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…
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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.
Several secondary streets in Funchal's uppermost regions are already undergoing their Christmas light transformation.
An alert has been issued by the Regional Civil Protection Service, advising the population that for the next three days (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), there will be a large number of ambulances driving around in the municipalities of Funchal, Câmara de Lobos, and Machico, due to a defensive ambulance driving training course.
Early this evening there was a report that a fire had broken out at a property in Avenida Luís de Camões.
Decathlon has opened a new store in the centre of Funchal.
The Liberal Madeira Initiative promises to “insist until they are blue in the face” the problems related to the lack of security in the city centre of Funchal.
A foreign citizen claims to have been raped by a man she met during a night out.
Yesterday lunchtime, a man, aged between 30 and 40 years old, was seen walking nude through some of Funchal's busier streets, including Ponta Nova, Rua dos Ferreiros and the Court area, which caused quite a stir.
Buying a home in Funchal is becoming less and less affordable for the average Madeiran.
The Madeira Regional Command of the Public Security Police recovered a mobile phone worth €1,700, which was stolen from a shop counter in Funchal yesterday afternoon, and later discovered in Machico.