Beginners welcome After the run: coffee
Founders Running Club :: Porto
Jardim do Morro Metro Station, Cais de Gaia
Saturday 10:00
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
The numbers we can source. Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, reports 215,000 participants in 2024 and 200,000 in 2025 on its own campaign page; sign-up for 2027 had not been announced when we checked on 20 October 2026. That counts people who signed up with the charity, not everyone who skips a drink in January. Alcohol Change UK ↗
This page only adds a view. Bars, pubs and every other listing stay exactly where they are on Come Alone. Dry January, Damp January (drinking less) or neither: all fine.
A month
One regular thing a week, built from what exists
A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.
- Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan. Run club: Founders Running Club :: Porto — Saturday 10:00
- Week of 4 Jan. Game night or quiz: Associação Quebra-Dados — various
- Week of 11 Jan. Language café: Clube de Conversacao de Linguas Romanicas (Parlons francais / Falemos portugues) — Monday (French, third week monthly; Portuguese event 2 Nov); Friday…
- Week of 18 Jan. Run club: Founders Running Club :: Porto — Saturday 10:00
- Week of 25 Jan. Game night or quiz: Associação Quebra-Dados — various
Run clubs
Run clubs in Porto
Run clubs and walking groups: the drink, if any, comes after. Check the official page before you go.
Beginners welcome
Oysho Running Club (women-only free sessions)
not given
various (a few sessions per month)
free
checked 2026-10-19
Porto Expat Runners
location varies
Tue & Sat 19:00 (Tue); Sat morning (time not given)
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Porto Runners - Tue/Thu training with Centro Municipal de Marcha e Corrida
Parque da Cidade, Castelo do Queijo entrance, near the transparent building by the viaduct
Tuesday & Thursday 19:00
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Porto Runners - weekend open runs
South entrance of Parque da Cidade (Av. da Boavista)
Saturday & Sunday 09:30
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Beginners welcome
Unconfirmed — page not reachable when checked, verify on site
Caes D'Avenida - Mensalao 10K
In front of the tennis court in Foz
2nd Saturday of each month 09:30
price on the page
checked 2026-10-19
Game nights, chess and quizzes
Game nights, chess and quizzes in Porto
The game is the point; a pub quiz is still a pub, and an alcohol-free drink is a normal order there. Check the official page before you go.
Associação Quebra-Dados
Rua de Brito de Capelo 82, Porto
various
1.50 EUR per player
checked 2026-10-19
Portal - Board Game Cafe & Bar
Rua de Álvares Cabral 420, Porto
various
3 EUR fee
checked 2026-10-19
Language cafés
Language cafés in Porto
Talk, practise a language, go home early. Check the official page before you go.
Languages: fr/pt/es/ca/it
Clube de Conversacao de Linguas Romanicas (Parlons francais / Falemos portugues)
Shopping Cidade do Porto
Monday (French, third week monthly; Portuguese event 2 Nov); Friday event also listed 19:00
checked 2026-10-19
Three phrases
What to say at the bar
Pubs and bars are still on the map; this is how to be at one and not drink. For more phrases for a specific evening, try First Phrases ↗.
| EN | ES | FR | DE | IT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Something alcohol-free, please. | Algo sin alcohol, por favor. | Quelque chose sans alcool, s’il vous plaît. | Etwas Alkoholfreies, bitte. | Qualcosa di analcolico, per favore. | Algo sem álcool, por favor. |
| I’m not drinking tonight, but I’m in. | Esta noche no bebo, pero me apunto. | Ce soir je ne bois pas, mais je suis partant(e). | Ich trinke heute nichts, bin aber dabei. | Stasera non bevo, ma ci sono. | Hoje não bebo, mas alinho. |
| Do you have anything without alcohol? | ¿Tenéis algo sin alcohol? | Vous avez des boissons sans alcool ? | Habt ihr etwas ohne Alkohol? | Avete qualcosa di analcolico? | Têm algo sem álcool? |
How it works
A month of evenings out in Porto: how it works
- Pick one regular thing a week, such as a run club on Wednesday or a game night on Friday. A fixed slot is easier to keep than a plan.
- Open the official page and check the date, time and price; January schedules shift after the holidays.
- Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat. Many of the events on our sites are also in the app.
- Order what you like. Use the phrases above if it helps; nobody at a quiz or a run-club coffee is counting.
Questions people ask
Where can I go in Porto in January without drinking?
We list 9 options in Porto: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.
Are there alcohol-free events in Porto?
No listing in Porto carries an alcohol tag from the organiser, but the formats here are about the activity, not the drink. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.
Do you hide bars and pubs?
No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.
How current is the Porto list?
Each card shows the date we checked it; library and book-club events come from the feed for 1–31 January 2027 and fill in 2–6 weeks ahead. Always confirm on the official page.
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