Later, the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro was the site for the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix from 1978 to 1989. People can buy tickets for the Metro at train stations and can either buy single tickets or rechargeable cards. Rio de Janeiro also became the first city in the southern hemisphere outside of Australia to host the games – Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000. The Guanabara Bay has lost mangrove areas and suffers from residues from domestic and industrial sewage, oils and heavy metals. In 2003, over 91 thousand passengers moved through the Port of Rio Janeiro on 83 cruise vessels.[175]. [141], Rio de Janeiro has inherited a strong cultural role from the past. The 2011 Military World Games were the largest military sports event ever held in Brazil, with approximately 4,900 athletes from 108 countries competing in 20 sports.[166]. The greater portion of the city, commonly referred to as the North Zone (Zona Norte, Rio de Janeiro [pt]), extends to the northwest on plains composed of marine and continental sediments and on hills and several rocky mountains. The trams are the first in the world to use a combination of ground-level power supply (APS) and on-board supercapacitor energy storage (SRS), in order to eliminate overhead lines along the entire route. Sites of interest include the Paço Imperial, built during colonial times to serve as a residence for the Portuguese governors of Brazil; many historic churches, such as the Candelária Church (the former cathedral), São Jose, Santa Lucia, Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Santa Rita, São Francisco de Paula, and the monasteries of Santo Antônio and São Bento. As there was no physical space or urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. The energy of its residents is legendary. Many people have this stunning city on their bucket list, and you should add it too if you have not already! [66] The lowest temperature ever registered in the 21st century was 8.1 °C (46.6 °F) in Vila Militar, July 2011.[68]. Rio de Janeiro is the most awarded destination by World Travel Awards in the South American category of "best destination". Events calendar, tourist information, where to stay and where to eat in Rio de Janeiro. It has 8 lines and 270 kilometres (168 mi), with 102 stations. It was the main stage of the abolitionist and republican movements in the last half of the 19th century. Many of Rio de Janeiro's roughly 1000 slums, or favelas, are located in the North Zone. Their main playgrounds are the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, names t… The Biblioteca Nacional (National Library of Brazil) ranks as one of the largest libraries in the world. The city is served by a number of expressways, like Linha Vermelha, Linha Amarela, Avenida Brasil, Avenida das Américas and Avenida Infante Dom Henrique (Aterro do Flamengo); in spite of this, traffic jams are very common. The collection contains 48,236 items. It remains an area of accelerated growth, attracting some of the richer sectors of the population as well as luxury companies. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is the second largest archdiocese in Brazil after São Paulo. The Paralympics were held from 7 to 18 September 2016. The "pardos" for example thought of themselves as ⅓ European, ⅓ African and ⅓ Amerindian before the tests, and yet their ancestry on average reached 80% European. [26] Inspired by the city of Paris, Passos built the Municipal Theatre, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the National Library in the city's center; brought electric power to Rio and created larger avenues to adapt the city to automobiles. The city is commonly divided into the historic center (Centro); the tourist-friendly wealthier South Zone (Zona Sul); the residential less wealthy North Zone (Zona Norte); peripheries in the West Zone (Zona Oeste), among them Santa Cruz, Campo Grande and the wealthy newer Barra da Tijuca district. Industrial enterprises are being built in lower and lower middle class residential Santa Cruz, one of the largest and most populous of Rio de Janeiro's neighbourhoods, most notably Ternium Brasil, a new steel mill with its own private docks on Sepetiba Bay, which is planned to be South America's largest steel works. The Olympic Games were held from 5 to 21 August 2016. [73], The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro or PUC-Rio), Brazil's top private university, is located at the edge of the forest, in the Gávea district. According to the people, the raise in the bus and subway fares are invalid, seeing that the amount charged is too high for the low quality of the services. [190] A ticket is R$20.00 (about US$3.75),[190] one way or return, and people pay as they pass through the barrier to the right of the entrance. Even within Brazil, cariocas are known as fun, sensual, and easygoing. In early May 2013, winds registering above 90 km/h (56 mph) caused blackouts in 15 neighborhoods of the city and three surrounding municipalities, and killed one person. On the top of its summit is a huge rock formation (some, such as Erich von Däniken in his 1973 book, In Search of Ancient Gods, claim it to be a sculpture) resembling a sphinx-like, bearded head that is visible for many kilometres around. In 1950, the Maracanã Stadium hosted 8 matches, including all but one of the host team's matches. Rio de Janeiro synonyms, Rio de Janeiro pronunciation, Rio de Janeiro translation, English dictionary definition of Rio de Janeiro. [185] Integration of bus lines has been recently implemented, allowing users to take two non-air conditioned bus rides in two hours paying just one ticket. So he wrote to his wife, Elizabeth, asking her to bring a football when she joined him. In July 2007, Rio successfully organized and hosted the XV Pan American Games. In Brazil, most interstate transportation is done by road. Yet long before it became a food star, the residents of Rio de Janeiro were eating it as part of their daily life. Christ the Redeemer presides over the city on Mt Corcovado. "The Localization of Global Funk in Bahia and Rio." Another type of local bus is called the "Frescão" (air-conditioned). The people of the city rebelled against Cruz's policy, in what would be known as the Vaccine Revolt.[28]. The old farms became worker villages with red-bricks houses, and a neo-gothic church was created, which still exists as the Saint Sebastian and Saint Cecilia Parish Church. Residents of the city are known as cariocas. Rio's public transportation service has been a target of many critics and the motive of the 2013's protests and manifestations that started in São Paulo and spread through the entire country. The street and the nearby beach, famous tourist spots, are remarkable for their popularity in the LGBT community. Morrison, Allen (November 2010; later updates). Duration: 10 hours (approx.) [30], Plans for moving the nation's capital city from Rio de Janeiro to the centre of Brazil had been occasionally discussed, and when Juscelino Kubitschek was elected president in 1955, it was partially on the strength of promises to build a new capital. The statues on the top, of two women representing Poetry and Music, are by Rodolfo Bernardelli, and the interior is rich with furnishings and fine paintings. [126], Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's primary tourist attraction and resort. Pre-purchase your skip the line admission ticket and jump on the next available train up to the statue. [117], To attract industry, the state government has designated certain areas on the outskirts of the city as industrial districts where infrastructure is provided and land sales are made under special conditions. There have been a number of government initiatives to counter this problem, from the removal of the population from favelas to housing projects such as Cidade de Deus to the more recent approach of improving conditions in the favelas and bringing them up to par with the rest of the city, as was the focus of the "Favela Bairro" program and deployment of Pacifying Police Units. The mountainous areas register greater rainfall since they constitute a barrier to the humid wind that comes from the Atlantic. Some of the main neighbourhoods of Rio's North Zone are Alto da Boa Vista which shares the Tijuca Rainforest with the South and Southwest Zones; Tijuca, Vila Isabel, Méier, São Cristovão, Madureira, Penha, Manguinhos, Fundão, Olaria among others. [90] A large majority has some recent sub-Saharan ancestor. The Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (BVRJ), which currently trades only government securities, was the first stock exchange founded in Brazil in 1845. There are 53 University-preparatory schools with 14,864 teachers and 154,447 students. It is named for the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state capital, which was the capital of Brazil from 1763 [111] It concentrates 68% of the state's economic strength and 7.9% of all goods and services produced in the country. The most geographically close sister city to Rio that is on the other side of Guanabara Bay is Niterói. Its installations have a collection of great historical and religious value: the Archdiocesan Museum of Sacred Art and the Archdiocesan Archive. [162], Rio de Janeiro was one of the host cities of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, for which on both occasions Brazil was the host nation. It was named after Brazilian ex-FIFA president João Havelange. [154] Commercial and cultural imports from Europe and North America have often influenced Brazil's own cultural output. Our design hotel connects local soul with cutting-edge design. 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It is considered good luck to shake the champagne bottle and spray around at midnight. Expansion of the city to the north and south was facilitated by the consolidation and electrification of Rio's streetcar transit system after 1905. Rio de Janeiro was the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, making the city the first South American and Portuguese-speaking city to ever host the events, and the third time the Olympics were held in a Southern Hemisphere city. In 1992, Rio hosted the Earth Summit, a United Nations conference to fight environmental degradation. A large terminal for long-distance buses is in the Santo Cristo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. The "Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea" has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.. "the weather is getting cold"), usually refers to temperatures going below 21 °C (70 °F), which is possible year-round and is commonplace in mid-to-late autumn, winter and early spring nights. The Brazilian census of 1920 showed that 39.7% of the Portuguese who lived in Brazil lived in Rio de Janeiro. [161], As in the rest of Brazil, association football is the most popular sport. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, Carnival, samba, bossa nova, and balneario beaches[11] such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. [196] Because of the organization of the 2016 Olympics the city is installing four BRT systems to link Barra da Tijuca with other major neighbourhoods: TransOlimpica (between Barra and Deodoro); TransBrasil (over the Avenida Brasil expressway); TransCarioca (between Barra and the Galeão International Airport); and TransOeste (between Barra and Santa Cruz, over Avenida das Américas). [58] The average yearly precipitation is 1,069 mm (42.1 in). Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state, after São Paulo and Minas Gerais. [99], Afro-Brazilian religions such as Umbanda and Candomblé find support in various social segments, although professed by less than 2% of the population, many Cariocas simultaneously observe those practices with Roman Catholicism. They come in both non-air conditioned (R$3.80)[183] and air conditioned versions (R$3–R$5.40). The Port of Rio de Janeiro contains almost seven thousand metres (23 thousand feet) of continuous wharf and an 883-metre (2,897-foot) pier. Rio has many important cultural landmarks, such as the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), one of the largest libraries in the world with collections totalling more than 9 million items; the Theatro Municipal; the National Museum of Fine Arts; the Carmen Miranda Museum; the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden; the Parque Lage; the Quinta da Boa Vista; the Imperial Square; the Brazilian Academy of Letters; the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro; and the Natural History Museum. High rise flats and sprawling shopping centers give the area a far more modern feel than the crowded city centre. The elderly tramcars, which dated from the 1950s,[192] were retired and replaced with newly built replicas that have the appearance of the old fleet but with new mechanical equipment and additional safety features;[193] delivery began in 2014. Po São Paulu je druhým největším brazilským městem a šestým největším v Americe. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. However, availability of sufficient rainfall to supply tap water to both metropolitan areas in the future is merely speculative. Another sport that is highly popular in beaches of Rio is called "Frescobol" (pronounced [fɾe̞ɕko̞ˈbɔw]), a type of beach tennis. Thus the monsoon-like climate has dry and mild winters and springs, and very wet and warm summers and autumns. Fique atualizado com as principais notícias sobre Rio e acompanhe tudo o que está acontecendo no Brasil e no mundo. Rio de Janeiro, or Rio, is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the second-largest … For example, the hip hop that has stemmed from New York is localized into forms of musical production such as Funk Carioca and Brazilian hip hop. A newer electronics and computer sector has been added to the more-established industries. [122], Compared to other cities, Rio de Janeiro's economy is the 2nd largest in Brazil, behind São Paulo, and the 30th largest in the world with a GDP of R$ 201,9 billion in 2010. [20] Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a republic. [94][95] Other studies showed similar results[93][96]. The illegal discharge of sewage and the consequent deaths of algae diminished the oxygenation of the waters, causing fish mortality. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.[6]. In May 1894, Thomas Donohoe, a British worker from Busby, Scotland, arrived in Bangu. Serviços online, notícias, transparência, acesso à informação da Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Facing largely south, the city was founded on an inlet of this stretch of the coast, Guanabara Bay (Baía de Guanabara), and its entrance is marked by a point of land called Sugar Loaf (Pão de Açúcar) – a "calling card" of the city. Welcome to Yoo2 Rio de Janeiro, the newest member of Preferred Hotels&Resorts - the largest independent luxury hotel collection in the world. Most Brazilians with some cultural contact with Rio know how to easily differentiate between the local dialect, fluminense, and other Brazilian dialects. Future plans include building a fourth subway line to Niterói and São Gonçalo, including an underwater tunnel beneath Guanabara Bay to supplement the ferry service currently there. In the late 19th century, there were sessions held of the first Brazilian film and since then, several production cycles have spread out, eventually placing Rio at the forefront of experimental and national cinema. [131], The Portuguese language is the official and national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. It has an altitude of 1024m.