PDV has selected some of this week’s cultural highlights around Portugal.

A reporter from the American newspaper visited Lisbon and found out that, despite the constraints brought on by the current economic crisis, the city’s art scene is actually thriving.

Thank goodness for the internet – Portuguese products are widely available online and easily within reach of everyone. PDV shows you where to buy some of the country’s quintessential goods or innovative products through the world wide web.

Between 27 April and 20 May Lisbon receives the 55th World Press Photo exhibition, which brings the best works of press photography from around the world to the city.

Photograph: Samuel Aranda/The New York Times

The best time of the year for bibliophiles in Portugal’s capital will begin this Tuesday, as the Lisbon Book Fair opens its doors to the public. The event, which also includes an extensive cultural programme and the usual much-awaited for discounts on countless books, will remain open until the 13 May.

The most recent project by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a database with an inventory of Portuguese architectural heritage around the world – and it is open to contributions.

PDV has selected some of this week’s cultural highlights around Portugal.

The national landmark was invaded and metaphorically destroyed before being subject to reconstruction through art.

While in Lisbon filming Bille August’s adaptation of “The Night Train to Lisbon”, the award-winning British actor said the city centre was a “real jewel”, and should be preserved by the relevant authorities.