Matosinhos is the port city on Porto's north-western edge and the place people go to eat fish. On Rua Heróis de França the restaurants grill sardines, sea bass and squid over charcoal on the pavement, a few steps from the Leixões docks where the catch is landed.
It is also the city's beach. The wide sands of Matosinhos are lined with surf schools and face the net sculpture “She Changes” by Janet Echelman. The municipal market, the cruise terminal of 2015 and the Casa da Arquitectura give the town a life of its own beyond the seafront.
Metro line A ends here, with stops at Matosinhos Sul, Mercado and Senhor de Matosinhos, about twenty-five minutes from Trindade. Apartment blocks near the beach are popular with families and with people who work in Porto but want the sea at the end of the street.
Museum in Matosinhos. Address: Avenida Menéres 456, 4450-189.
Museum in Matosinhos. Address: Rua de Alfredo Cunha, 4450-009.
Dental clinic in Matosinhos. Address: Avenida da Liberdade 135, 4450-396.
Regional restaurant in Matosinhos. Address: Rua Pinto de Araújo 20, 4450.
Gallery in Matosinhos. Address: Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques, 4454-510.
Pub in Matosinhos. Address: Rua Heróis de França 617, 4450-159.
Café in Matosinhos. Address: R. França Júnior 59-67, 4450-065.
Sushi restaurant in Matosinhos. Address: Estrada Exterior da Circunvalação 15960.
Dental clinic in Matosinhos. Address: Rua de Brito Capelo 708, 4450-068.
Bookshop in Matosinhos. Address: Rua de Conde Alto Mearim 924, 4450-030.
Regional restaurant in Matosinhos. Address: Rua Heróis de França 487, 4450-159.
Italian restaurant in Matosinhos. Address: Rua de Brito Capelo 705.
