Living Van Gogh Porto — Attraction in Porto

They have a few reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings cheaply printed on fabric. Then you get to see a projection of his paintings. It is quite slow and boring, at times they put scary music and make some of his paintings seem scary even though that is not how he probably intended them to be (irises). You can then discover for a few seconds how is it to look at his most famous painting on shrooms and pose in a hat with fakey candles in front of a fakey canvas. Upstairs you can see an exhibition made out of huge sunflowers made of wires, fabric and lights and see a projection of a Portuguese actor with in post gingered hair (which they forgot to paint in one take). He is painting, dancing with sunflowers and plucking their petals. He seems crazy. I can't understand how people like it'. Absolute disgrace to Van Gogh and his life. Waste of...

We went to the Van Gogh immersive experience, which was really interesting. Lots of different types of 2D and 3D effects. You can either stand or walk around while the videos are playing on all the walls. There are a few chairs to sit and watch the videos if you can't stand for any length of time. We got a taxi to the front entrance because there isn't a car park. Entrance price is reasonable considering all the ettects of...

Living Van Gogh is a fun and entertaining experience. We liked the combination with classical music best, however would have wished for a little more educational approach (background information etc) and maybe some more original paintings before entering the experience. Recommended especially for rainy days and with children (if old enough to be quiet since this is necessary for this...