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New Rio Olympic Museum

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A new Rio Olympic Museum, a new cultural facility dedicated to the memory of the 2016 Games, has opened in Rio de Janeiro.

The museum occupies the upper level of the Velodrome in the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca, and brings together a thousand pieces distributed in thematic areas with immersive and interactive experiences. The velodrome track has been maintained.

For the first two months, the museum will operate on a soft opening basis, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free entry by booking on the museuolimpico.rio website. Access will initially be limited to 120 visitors per day, divided into four groups. After this period, visitors will be charged.

The museum is expected to be maintained by the Rock World group, organiser of Rock In Rio, which is building a theme park and entertainment centre on the neighbouring land, scheduled to open in 2028.

The museum joins The Olympic Museums Network, a global network endorsed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which now has 37 locations around the world.

Record numbers for Rio: The Guide

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The Insider’s Guide to Rio, since 2014 in the form of www.riotheguide.com, continues to inform readers about travelling to-and-visiting Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, with a lot of people using it to learn about Rio’s carnival.

Despite zero support from any tourist board in Brazil, the independent site continues to grow with a record 37,500 views in 2024. The site, as of 10 March, has been viewed 11,000 times so far in 2025, with over 4,000 of these visitors using it to get their information about Rio’s recent carnival.

Thank you for being one of the growing number of readers of Rio: The Guide.

London has its own Rio Olympic Lounge

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Rio Lounge 2016If you can’t get to Rio for the Olympics and are stuck back in London, you can still soak up the atmosphere of the games and Brazil at the Rio Olympic Lounge that is located in the Brazilian Embassy, just off Trafalgar Square (14-16 Cockspur Street. SW1Y 5BL).

Entry is free and the lounge is open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 and 19.00 from 6 to 21 August.

The Lounge showcases what lies beyond the city of Rio, and shows the state of Rio’s many other attractions. Basically where the residents of Rio – the Cariocas – head out to to have even more fun (if that is possible) at the weekends. Some even live there and go to Rio for the weekends!

If you are in Rio for the Olympics, you can get more information of what the city and state of Rio has to offer from the Visit Rio and TurisRio stands in Espaço Rio de Janeiro located at the Olympic Boulevard, at Orla Mayor Luiz Paulo Conde in the port area.

 

Art for Art’s Sake – The Contemporary Galleries of São Paulo

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66348498_bigFollowing the listing of the most interesting contemporary and modern art galleries in Rio de Janeiro, we have been asked if we had a similar list for São Paulo.

Ao we have asked our good friends at Ronya, one of Brazil’s leading experts in sourcing, acquiring, and maintaining art, to come up with some suggestions of the commercial art galleries in São Paulo where you can find some of the best and most interesting contemporary and modern Brazilian art and discover new emerging talents.

Ronya’s pick for São Paulo is:

Jardins

Vila Madalena

Pinheiros

Santa Cecília

Itaim

Vila Olímpia

Butantã

Morumbi

Vila Mariana

BA-SP-4

Timelapse Scenes of Rio

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Some interesting timelapse views of Rio de Janeiro from Joe Capra at Scientifantastic.

Capra shot the scenes to showcase the extreme resolution of the PhaseOne IQ180 camera on which it was shot. So try to view it in full screen.

This footage comes from a shoot Capra was doing for a major electronics manufacturer. An edited version from that shoot can be seen here…

Art for Art’s Sake – The Commercial Galleries of Rio

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7982752400_444f0ee098_zTo add a little something extra to the the section of Rio: The Guide that looks at the city’s museums and galleries, we have asked our good friends at Ronya, one of Brazil’s leading experts in sourcing, acquiring, and maintaining art, to come up with some suggestions of the commercial art galleries in Rio de Janeiro where you can find some of the best and most interesting contemporary and modern Brazilian art and discover new emerging talents.

Just click on the links below to go to the web sites of the respective galleries. And remember, commercial art galleries are a Brazilian way of life. You pass one, you enter, you appreciate. If you like something, and have the money, you buy it. If not, just look and enjoy.

Centro

Botafogo

Copacabana

Ipanema

Leblon

Gávea

Jardim Botânico