Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Brasília


Brasília, the capital of Brazil, is reference for urban planning. The city was planned by Lucio Costa and designed by Oscar Niemeyer. It is widely recognized that the architecture of the city is really modern and also revolucionary. It atracts lots of people that want to see National Congress, "Palácio da Alvorada", "Palácio do Planalto", "Praça dos Três Poderes", The Cathedral of Brasília, Juscelino Kubistschek bridge and Paranoá Lake, the artificial lake of Brasília.



There is no doubt that Brazil's capital has a complete infrastructure to host any kind of event. Normally the city hosts political events, music performances, movie festivals. In addition, on April 21, aniversary of the city usually it's made a huge party for the population with a lot of shows of famous national singers.


However, the capital appears to have problems too. Though it was originally projected to have 500,000 inhabitants but nowadays it has over 2 million. The overpopulation seems to have caused the emergence of poor areas, with no infrastructure for people who live there; urban violence and out of work too.


Even so, people who like a calm city with lots of family programs to do, a lot of parks, clubs and tourist points to visit will love the city. On the other hand, there is space for a hectic night life too, with bars, shows and night clubs.

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