Baião joins Earth Hour
The Municipality of Baião will join Earth Hour, an initiative of the global nature conservation organization WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), scheduled for March 26, between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm. This year’s edition has the theme “Nature Restoration”. The Municipality undertakes, for one hour, to turn off the external lighting of the Paços […]
Baião City Council and Portuguese Environment Agency collaborate in enhancing the Ovil River
The Mayor of Baião, Paulo Pereira, in the company of the Vice-President of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), Pimenta Machado visited the works of the first phase of upgrading the River Ovil, which have recently begun. The President of the Union of Parishes of Ancede and Ribadouro, Daniel Guedes and the author of the project, […]
Sustainable Tourist Destination – Baião is the first Certified Portuguese Municipality
The Municipality of Baião was certified with the Silver EarthCheck Award as a sustainable tourist destination, an internationally recognized certification validated by the international organization Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). Baião is the “greenest” municipality in the district of Porto with 68 percent of its territory covered by green areas and forest and thus becomes […]
Environment is a priority in the Ovil River rehabilitation project
On January 17th, at the building of the Parish Council of Ancede, a clarification session took place on the project for the rehabilitation and enhancement of the Ovil River. The work started this Thursday, and this first phase extends between Ponte Nova (Ancede) and the mouth of Ovil (Ribadouro),and was awarded for the value of […]
Baião City Council acquired new land next to Fraga do Rio Leisure Area
The Municipality of Baião acquired land in the surroundings of the Fraga do Rio Leisure Area, in the parish of Campelo e Ovil. The purchase of this space, with an area of about 27 thousand square meters, represented an investment of 49 thousand and 750 euros. With this acquisition, the municipality intends to promote the […]
First phase of the pedestrian route along the Ovil River
Baião City Council will create a nature trail along the Ovil River. The first phase of the work is approximately 2.5 kilometers long between Ponte Nova (Ancede) and the mouth of the river (Ribadouro). The works have already been awarded for the value of 157 thousand euros, financed by the Portuguese Environment Agency and the […]
Baião City Council with a more environmentally friendly car fleet
The municipality of Baião acquired, in 2021, two new electric vehicles, thus continuing its commitment to electric mobility, which guarantees greater savings and is more “environmentally friendly”. The City Council’s car fleet currently has five 100% electric vehicles. One of the vehicles is assigned to the cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance services of green spaces in […]
2 services for citizens: Free collection of construction waste and household monsters
The Municipality of Baião has at the disposal of its citizens two free services for the collection of Construction and Demolition Waste (RCD’s) from small domestic repairs and domestic monsters. 1 – Collection of Construction and Demolition Waste In the activities of construction, reconstruction, expansion, alteration, conservation, and demolition of buildings subject to licensing or […]
Clean and disinfected garbage containers once again in the municipality of Baião
The Baião City Council is carrying out another regular operation of washing and disinfecting the unsorted municipal solid waste containers in the municipality. Around 1112 containers located in all parishes are being covered by the action. Some containers that are more difficult to access, located on streets where it is not possible to access with […]
Baião highlighted as a sustainable tourist destination
The municipality of Baião began, in 2018, certification as a sustainable tourist destination, through the international EarthCheck methodology. This process begins to give visibility to the municipality of Baião in global terms. On the 8th of September, the international page DESIGNHOTELS.COM highlighted destinations for sustainable tourism and Baião appears referenced. “Portugal is quickly establishing itself […]