Noah CooperAraucaria pine tree, a symbol of Curitiba by Willian Menq CC BY-NC 2.0 1. What this city needs is another shopping mall. 2. This holiday weekend, what I’d really love to do is sit in a traffic jam for hours on end and then stay near the beach...
Ready for the Zombie Walk We don’t do carnival in Curitiba. We have a couple of pre-carnival days a couple of weeks before the big holiday, but from the Friday before carnival the vast majority of people in this city escape to the beach...
Curitiba’s coat of arms (Wikipedia) Last week I sang the praises of my adopted city by looking at 7 things it gets completely right. In the pursuit of balance, here are 6 things that Curitiba gets completely wrong. 1. Pavements The pavements...
Curitiba’s flag kind of reminds me of another one I know well. (Wikipedia) I have been living in Curitiba for a while now and, while it might not be the best city in the world it certainly has a lot going for it. Here are 7 things that I...
Alfredo Andersen – Ilha do Mel (Wikipedia) Ok, so it isn’t really Curitiba’s best beach, but that is because Curitiba doesn’t have any beaches seeing as how it is up on a plateau about 1, 000m above sea level. However, in...
I live in the city of Curitiba in the state of Paraná in the south of Brazil. It is a relatively prosperous city and also quite organised. In the last 30 years the city has expanded at a phenomenal rate which initially saw the city expanding...
Could have been taken in Brazil (Wikipedia) It was cold here in Curitiba a couple of weeks ago. And I mean really cold. On one night it got down to -3! And it snowed! That’s how cold it was. It hasn’t snowed here since 1975. Ok, if...
What else are you going to do when it is chucking down? June is not the most pleasant of months here in Curitiba in the south of Brazil. It has been very wet and chilly, especially in the last two weeks as it doesn’t seem to have stopped...
None of them will do The weather has changed again in Curitiba. We have glorious autumnal days without a cloud in the clear blue sky. If you are in the sun the temperatures can reach up 24 or 25 degrees Celsius (that’s about 77 degrees...
Orange Colour Taxis. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So you have decided not to risk life and limb by walking to your destination. Your next idea is to get a taxi. Good luck with that. Getting a taxi In 1974 Curitiba had a population of 610, 000 served...