Beach Volleyball Test Event to Take Rio’s Copacabana Beach
The world's best players in one of Brazil's most popular sports, beach volleyball, are coming to Copacabana Beach starting on...
August 31, 2015Topic
Copacabana
Marathon Swimming and Sailing Olympic Test Events Come to End
Under blazing winter sunshine and in temperatures of up to 34 degrees athletes took to the waters off Rio this...
August 24, 2015Leme: Rio’s Small and Secluded Beachfront Neighborhood
Tucked away between popular neighborhoods of Urca and Copacabana in Zone Sul (South Zone), Leme is a quieter residential area...
August 21, 2015
Olympic Road Cycling Test Event in Rio Deemed a Success
This weekend, cyclists raced the roads from Copacabana to Recreio and the event was deemed a success by athletes and...
August 18, 2015Copacabana: Rio’s Bustling Middle Class Neighborhood
Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has become a wealthier part of the city since 2009. However, it still boasts...
August 7, 2015
Series of Olympic Test Events to Start This Weekend in Rio
With almost exactly one year to go until the 2016 Olympic Games start in Rio de Janeiro on August 5,...
July 31, 2015
Controversy Over Olympic Waters Continues in Rio With New Data
The controversy over the pollution of the sea and lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, which host several water sports at...
July 30, 2015
Rio MIS Museum in Copacabana Seventy Percent Complete
According to a government report the long awaited Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) that faces Copacabana beach has reached...
July 25, 2015
New Hiking Trail Opened in Rio’s Pavão-Pavãozinho Community
The communities of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho have restored a hiking trail along their hills in order to boost ecotourism in...
May 26, 2015