Music, art and toys. Here comes the new ContraNatura sex shop in Lisbon – NiT
Music, art and toys. Here comes the new ContraNatura sex shop in Lisbon
The oldest store for adults in the capital is getting ready to open another space. Arrives at Rossio with an original concept.
One of ContraNatura’s missions, a sex shop oldest in Lisbon, it is noble and simple at the same time: improving the sex life of customers. That’s why, on the 22nd of September, the store opens a new space at 23 Rua dos Douradores, in Rossio, Lisbon.
Although there are already two stores in downtown Lisbon, those in charge make perfect sense to have a fifth facility in the same area. “It’s a different and new concept. We are going to create a cultural and intervention space with exhibitions, lectures and artistic presentations”, explains Alex Amorim, from ContraNatura, to NiT. “We wanted to create a space that, while still being a sex shop, gives voice to more people”.
As far as the offer is concerned, the brand has little to prove. From the most modern vibrators to a wide range of vibrators, everything can be found in ContraNatura’s physical spaces. The next step for a new rumor to the business then went through a different approach.
Now, adults can count on a biweekly schedule, which starts with a DJ set right at the opening party, in partnership with Trumps and QueerArtLab. Over time, there will be several musicals – music being an excellent companion in sexual moments –, sculptors, painters and even filmmakers to bring art to the sexual space.
And, because there is a possibility more not, also doctors, scientists and psychologists will be. “As without collaborating with public bodies or public institutions, we always have access to partners to democratize a healthy sex life”.
Participation in these events is free of charge. They are all slated for a space of over 200 square meters, decorated in an erotic design, as you would expect.
A pioneering brand in Portugal
“We are the first sex shop to open in Lisbon, the pioneers in this area, and perhaps in Portugal. Before we opened, we believed that there were none in any other area of the country. It’s not a local issue, it’s a national one”, explains Alex Amorim.
It was in 1989, on Rua do Conde Redondo, in Lisbon, that it all began. At the time, the store thirty years one immediately shaped the society or the vision of the Portuguese in recent years. At the end of the 1980s, the backwardness felt in the country in this area was clearly noticeable. “The time there was an erotic film in Portugal, at the Cinemateca, it was ‘Emanuelle’ and people got to the front row at the door. It’s not even a pornographic film, just erotic.”
“We have everything on the market and we also sell to all stores in Portugal”, concludes Alex, who highlights the offer in the field of clitoral suction cups. In physical stores, they have a full gala that contrasts with a scarce offer of models in other places that sell the same type of items.
Currently, ContraNatura has five more facilities, four of them in Lisbon (next to Praça do Chile, Praça da Figueira, Marquês de Pombal and Chiado) and one in Setúbal.
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