Published on
21/06/2026 - 18:29 GMT+2
Matosinhos entered the Guinness Book of Records last weekend, after a choreographed display involving 3,097 drones flying simultaneously, which lit up the skies over Greater Porto and drew thousands of people to Titan beach in Matosinhos.
The performance took place on the night of 19 June, at the opening of Air Invictus, a festival which over three days featured various aerial displays in the skies over Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos, including F-16, KC-390 and A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the Portuguese Air Force. The event also included exhibitions and several workshops.
The Spanish company, which days earlier had taken part in the blessing ceremony for the Tower of Jesus at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona – in the presence of Pope Leo XIV – brought to Matosinhos a drone show synchronised with imagery paying tribute to Portugal and to Porto, the “unvanquished city”, with depictions of the city’s historic monuments.
