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# The night porters of Porto
- URL: https://hearstory.ghost.preview.themeanax.com/night-porters-of-porto/
- Published: 2026-09-24T07:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T07:30:00.000Z
- Description: Hotel lobbies at 2 a.m., and the people who run them.
- Author: Maya Okafor
- Tags: Night Shift, Culture, #video, #interview, #Import 2026-10-16 11:43, #Import 2026-11-12 07:06

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Maya spends a week of nights behind the front desks of Porto, from grand hotels to a six-bed hostel by the river.

## Show notes

1. **00:00** — Check-in at midnight
2. **13:15** — The regulars
3. **27:40** — Rui Matos on forty years of keys