riodejaneiro

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brazil / Rio de Janeiro
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Located on Brazil's Atlantic coast, **Rio de Janeiro** was the country's capital between 1763 and 1960 and is the country's second largest city.

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RSS
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Flickr
[|Rio 2016 Etnias: Obra do muralista brasileiro Kobra]

Wikipedia
[|Rio de Janeiro] [|Tijuca_Forest] [|Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro]

Wiki
rio plus20

Headlines [|Americas’ Largest Slave Cemetery to Close at End of Week Due to Abandonment by Rio Authorities]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Beyond the Map] [] [] [|http://www.riodejaneirourbanadventures.com] http://riotimesonline.com - https://twitter.com/TheRioTimes

2016 Olympics
[|https://www.rio2016.com] - [] [] [] Hashtag: [|#Rio2016]

The [|Maracana stadium] hosts the 2016 Olympics ' opening and closing ceremonies. [|@Rio2016_en] [|google]

http://www.rioonwatch.org/?p=32037 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/311504/counting-the-true-cost-of-rio's-games [|Olympic Tour: How to Get Around Rio de Janeiro By Bike - Paste Magazine] [|Rio has broken its promise of an environment-friendly Olympics] [|An Optimist’s Guide to the Rio Olympics] [|Brazil Olympics: Rio bay 'will not be clean for 2016'] http://qz.com/744600/thousands-of-olympic-tourists-will-be-enjoying-mirrored-ceilings-and-stripper-poles-in-rios-love-motels http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-travel/touring-rio-de-janeiro-during-the-2016-olympics http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/olympic-organisers-promise-of-a-transformed-rio-despite-us157b-spent-has-already-been-broken/news-story/2cc2d18bce185b9f2716b48b8ff531f4 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/03/pollution-fears-taint-rio-bay-olympic-games http://www.wastedive.com/news/troubled-waters-how-rios-trash-problem-goes-far-beyond-the-olympics/423840 http://www.rioonwatch.org - http://www.rioonwatch.org/?p=31545 - https://twitter.com/RioOnWatch
 * Coverage **

http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/08/18/the-reality-of-brazils-olympic-tourism https://inews.co.uk/explainers/iq/rio-de-janeiro-visit-favelas-tourism-social-development-brazil-charity/ http://www.vibe.com/2016/08/tourists-slumming-favelas-rio-olympics http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/instagram-creates-walkable-route-of-rio-street-art - [|Outbounding] http://www.vice.com/video/daily-vice-rio-olympics-favela-tours http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/rios-olympic-tourism-expected-to-reach-outside-of-the-city https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/tourists-really-dont-know-how-to-fit-in-at-rios-famous-beaches/2016/08/17/b15ac916-631e-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na
 * Olympic Tourism**

Olympics: Impact on Rio [|PUC Architecture Students Launch Site Documenting 7 Years of Urban Transformations in Rio de Janeiro] - @RioOnWatch @StephReist

http://www.childrenwin.org/human-and-child-rights-organisations-meet-the-ioc-to-report-on-violations-during-rio-2016

Water Quality
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/what-happens-when-theres-sewage-in-the-water/476013 http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14791849/trash-contamination-continue-pollute-olympic-training-competition-sites-rio-de-janeiro http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/bathing/statement-rio-water-quality/en/

Food
One of the famous local foods is [|feijoada], a traditional bean and pork meat stew. There is also moquequinha, a traditional fish stew in coconut milk.

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/travel-tips-and-articles/eat-like-a-carioca-rios-best-food

Parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Parks_in_Rio_de_Janeiro_(city)

Museums
Museum of Tomorrow [] [] [] []

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Photos
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Recommended Listening
[|Brazil Calling] - Join an Australian singer in Rio on a quest to learn the sound and rhythms of bossa nova.

Quotes
You know the city's decorated for the Games, but it's not really fit for purpose for the people that live here. - Zurich University senior research fellow Christopher Gaffney http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/audio/10-years-of-debt-for-rio-de-janeiro-post-fifa-world-cup-and-olympics/