Espinho is a city in Espinho Municipality in Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. It is a reputed beach resort and a zone of legal gambling with a casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

 - Casino Solverde. Its fair

Fair

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 - Feira de Espinho, having been first organised in 1894, is well known in Portugal. The city is home to CINANIMA - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação, an international animation festival.

Espinho is about 15 km from Oporto (Porto) and approximately 50 km from Aveiro. It is serviced by trains to Porto, Gaia, Ovar, Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisbon (Linha do Norte

Linha do Norte

Linha do Norte is the Portuguese main railway track that connects the two main Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto. In its 314 km, it crosses some other important cities like Vila Franca de Xira, Santarém, Entroncamento, Pombal, Coimbra, Aveiro, Espinho e Vila Nova de Gaia, among others...

) and S.M.da Feira, S.J.da Madeira, O.Azemeis, Águeda and Aveiro via linha do Vouga.
Espinho became a city in 1973. It is located in the famous Costa Verde (Portugal){Green Coast}; it has several beaches and a golf course.

Sports

The city is the home of two Portuguese sports clubs: Sporting Clube de Espinho and Associação Académica de Espinho

Associação Académica de Espinho

Associação Académica de Espinho has a Volleyball team based in Espinho, Portugal. It plays in Portuguese Volleyball League A1.-Current Squad 2006/07:...

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