This year, and especially in Funchal, the Christmas lights, which will be turned on on the 1st of December, will make use of technological advances.
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How do I say this…Madeira-Weekly is a Tourist/Resident information blog; we love our island and want to portray our home in a positive way. But once in a while, we receive a report that tourists are not being treated fairly in the popular “Mercado dos Lavradores” when paying for the…
An individual is being sought by the police after leaving the scene of the accident.
The group Cidadania Ativa (consisting of two members, Tina and Ursula, at the moment) met with Dra. Livia, the City Hall manager of “Mobilidade and Transito” on Sept 4. Our first issue: We’d like the City to keep sportive events* out of Downtown Funchal (Av do Mar and Av Arriaga),…
Ursula and Martina (with the new initiative “Cidadania Ativa”) met with two Horarios do Funchal admin members, to talk about problems and new ideas, on July 4 The existing Information Painels The old Panels (financed with the help of the EU) cannot be maintained anymore, spare parts are not available.…
The Municipality of Funchal has confirmed that following the “municipal contract for Control and monitoring of leaks in the water networks associated with the existing remote management system in the Municipality of Funchal – 2nd Phase,” it will be necessary to interrupt road traffic on Rua João de Deus, between…
La Vie Shopping Centre, Funchal, which has been managed and marketed by Widerproperty since 2015, was acquired by real estate fund CA Património Crescente last week, with Square Asset Management SGOIC as manager of the Fund now owning La Vie da Madeira. In the last 8 years, Widerproperty through its…
Ursula and Martina (with the new initiative “Cidadania Ativa”) met with two Horarios do Funchal admin members, to talk about problems and new ideas, on July 4 Tourists We have many more tourists, we have too many beds now. Tourists are not getting or looking for information on how to…
Ursula and Martina (with the new initiative “Cidadania Ativa”) met with two Horarios do Funchal admin members, to talk about problems and new ideas, on July 4 The company Horarios is a public share company, the Government holds the shares. Horarios in numbers: http://www.horariosdofunchal.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=213 In 2012, Horarios had 18 Mio…
In summer, Funchal is subject to sportive events in its streets, marathons for runners, bike competitions and such. On the weekends, the Av. do Mar and Av. Arriaga are blocked off for traffic and ceded to the sportive minds, good for them. The downside is that the public bus services…
The top temperature recorded in Funchal at 15h00 was 36.3 degrees. It is the highest temperature so far and surpasses the 33.7°C recorded by the Cancela weather station.
The Madeira Electricity Company (EEM) has announced that power supplies to the following areas in Funchal will be affected due to maintenance work.
Horários do Funchal has confirmed that due to market night, there will be changes to their bus schedules. The changes will take place from 19:00 on the 23rd, and the company asks all those using public transport to check both its website and Facebook pages for additional information. The number…
Four firefighters were called out this morning to rescue a dog who was trapped in the São João river, in Funchal.
Returning after the Covid-19 hiatus, the Men's Race will return to the streets of Funchal on the 26th of November.