The seafront line
A long, nearly straight beach runs the length of the town, and the avenue behind it gives the coastal edge a clean double line on the map.
Minimalist map poster · Portugal
41.3834° N / 8.7636° W
A long Atlantic shoreline with a tight grid of streets pressed against it and a fishing harbour at its southern end.

One city, five moods
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On the wall



The map
Póvoa de Varzim sits on the open Atlantic coast north of Porto. From above, the town is shaped by one straight line: a long sandy beach backed by a seafront avenue. The street grid runs parallel to that edge, fairly dense near the water and looser inland, where it gives way to fields and scattered parishes.
The harbour at the southern end breaks the smooth coastline with breakwaters that show up clearly as angular lines on the map. Póvoa grew as a fishing community, and its fishermen once marked their boats and belongings with siglas, a system of simple carved signs. The writer Eça de Queirós was born here in 1845.
A Póvoa de Varzim map poster shows how closely the town is tied to the sea. Almost every street either runs along the beach or leads down to it, and the Metro do Porto line that ends here adds a thin rail corridor heading south toward the city.
A long, nearly straight beach runs the length of the town, and the avenue behind it gives the coastal edge a clean double line on the map.
At the southern end, the harbour walls reach into the Atlantic in sharp geometric arms, the only real interruption to an otherwise smooth coastline.
Inland from the beach, streets follow the coast in parallel rows, forming a compact grid that loosens as it moves away from the water.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Póvoa de Varzim
People who spent summers on this beach, or grew up in a family that fished from this harbour, often want the coastline on a wall. The shape is simple and easy to recognise: one long edge of sand with the town built along it.
You can set your own title, subtitle and coordinates line, for example a family name or the year you first visited. Choose from five styles: Classic black and white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand.
Order the Póvoa de Varzim poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Pick a style at the top of the page, then choose Printed Poster — a size and, if you like, a frame — or Digital HD Files. Checkout takes one step, and your order page updates as soon as the payment goes through.
It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
Yes. Choose a solid wood frame in black, white, natural oak or dark wood. It comes with shatterproof glazing and is ready to hang. Framed posters start at $99, shipping included.
Shipping is free to 60+ countries. Each poster is printed by the nearest of our print partners in 30+ countries and usually arrives in 3–7 business days. You can follow the status and tracking under My Orders. A few countries take 2–5 weeks, and where we don't ship yet, the site tells you before you pay.
Send us a photo within 14 days of delivery and we will reprint it for free or refund you.
Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
For $9 you get 300 DPI PNG and print-ready PDF files in all six sizes, without a watermark, to print anywhere. Not sure yet? Download a free watermarked preview first.
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