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Aveiro

Aveiro is a city in Portugal, with 50,000 inhabitants in 5 parishes the municipality has 73,335 and 14 parishes, capital of a district with the same name. Located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, Aveiro is an industrial city with a seaport. Aveiro is known in Portugal for its traditional sweets, the ovos-moles and the trouxas de ovos , both made from eggs. It is sometimes called "The Portuguese Venice" because of its canals and boats that remind one of the Italian city of Venice. The city is famous for its production of salt, made possible by a huge storm a long time ago that created a reef barrier at the Atlantic Ocean. They also harvest seaweed for fertilizer in the area. They have a new football stadium, built for the 2004 European Football Championship.