All Over Aveiro 

In addition to Aveiro’s canals and art, it also has some beautiful architecture and parks.  (The food isn’t bad either, especially the ovos moles — a lovely little sweet that is basically an egg yolk confection in a paper-looking wrap in the shape of a shell.  This is why we walk around so much — to either “earn” our treats or work them off.). But back to the buildings —

A very attractive building close to our Airbnb

The former rail station, located right next to the new one

The first building you see on the way out of the train station (right past the block-headed sculpture). It just seemed so incredibly white!

While the hotel looks a bit boxy, it has a lovely bar over looking the lake where you can watch the boats go by and the people playing in the park. You can also see a bit of the I love Aveiro sign, and a another sculpture near the lake.

This former ceramic factory is the only factory building in this once industrial area that was retained. It has been repurposed for governmental offices. All of the factories still in existence have been moved to an industrial park outside of town to make space for the lake, park, and residential/retail developments along the canal.

The former canal administration building that now houses governmental offices



The church of Misericórdia dating from the 17th century

The beautiful art nouveau building that now houses the City Museum

Aveiro’s city center has a number of buildings in the art nouveau style. This building is the Art Nouveau Museum which honors the Portugese heritage of this design style.

Chapel of São Gonçalinho

Just some houses that we liked

Traditionally colored Portugese facade — gold over blue

An attractive building in the modern part of town

The Santa Joana Museum of Aveiro which contains collections of religious art in a former Dominican monastery

The Aveiro Cathedral next to the Aveiro Museum

We also explored a little bit of the campus of the University of Aveiro.  It is only 40 years old with 12,500 students and offers 58 baccalaureate, 40 masters and 25 PhD programs.

One of the many signs up announcing the 40th anniversary

One of the science buildings on campus

The University of Aveiro Water Tank

From the University, we walked back to our Airbnb through a lovely park.

A little lake with a duck house

A bridge across the lake

The tree- lined street that splits the park

A fountain by the tennis and pickle ball courts