Written by people who live here
How things actually work in Brazil
Every guide names its sources and dates them. PIX and the tax ID that gates it, the licence you can drive on, the form nobody explains — each fact with the day it was read and where it came from.
What do you need to solve?
Pick the thing that is in your way. Each one goes straight to its guides.
- Pay for thingsPIX, CPF, cards, ATMs, tipping18 guides
- Sort your papersVisa by nationality, customs, layovers10 guides
- Get onlineSIM, eSIM, coverage, your own carrier5 guides
- Get aroundRide apps, metro, buses, airports16 guides
- Drive hereLicence by country, rentals, tolls, roads9 guides
- Handle the basicsPlugs, water, time zones, holidays11 guides
- Stay safeWhat the numbers say, city by city5 guides
- Stay longerCPF, renting, living here4 guides
- Plan a visitCarnival, landmarks, getting there5 guides
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Is Copacabana's New Year's Eve Free? How Rio's Réveillon Works
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When Is Carnival in Brazil? 2027 to 2030 Dates and How Cities Differ
Carnival 2027 is February 8 and 9, with dates to 2030. How Rio, Salvador, São Paulo, Recife and Olinda …
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How Do You Buy Rio Carnival Tickets? The 2027 Sambadrome Sale
Rio's parade tickets sell in stages on one official site. Dates, prices, what foreigners can register and …
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What Are Rio's Carnival Blocos? How the Official Calendar Works
Rio's street Carnival parades are licensed one by one. How the official list is built, what the city …
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What Is CGH Airport? Congonhas, the São Paulo Airport With a Curfew
CGH is Congonhas, the airport inside São Paulo. Why it shuts from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., what flies there, …
· 9 min readHow we research
Every number here has a date and an address
- The fact box comes before the prose. Each figure carries the day it was read and where it came from — you can check it without taking our word for it.
- "Not published" is content, not a failure. When an institution does not publish something, the guide says so, in the same box as everything else. Never filled in with "usually it is".
- We do not test things, and we say so. Every guide here is documentary research — the institution that published the rule, and the day we read it. No guide claims we tried something ourselves.