Curitiba Strut

ketan

Yo -

I'm going to a conference at EXPO UNIMED TEATRO POSITIVO.  What neighborhood should i stay in? The Strut always comes through when i have these questions.

Records in Curitiba??

mickalphabet

https://www.facebook.com/Vinil-Velho-189648771120695/

trzakhstan

I went there in 2013, but didn't have any money to go hunting for vinyl. That was before the currency devaluation and the dollar was only worth R1.75 and I was on my way to Foz do Iguaçu on a shoestring budget.

I did like the Museu Oscar Niemeyer and the crazy tube bus stations. I didn't make it to the absurdly named Elvis Costella restaurant, which looks like it has closed. There is a train into the mountains that takes tourists to a historic city Morretes or to the coast but it didn't look worth the time so I didn't bother.

ppadilha

a local friend tells me the most bohemian neighborhood is the Centro and Centro Antigo, around Rua Trajano Reis and Rua São Francisco. She says there's lots of options around there for places to stay.

to go looking for records:


https://www.facebook.com/JoaquimLivraria/
https://www.facebook.com/solaris.cultura
https://www.facebook.com/figarolojadecultura/?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/Savarin-Music-197947560255106/
https://www.facebook.com/hifi.sebo
http://www.acervoalmon.com.br/




from what I understand they're all close to each other, the used record shops in Brazil all tend to stay in the city's old downtown area, I'm sure Curitiba is no different.

also, I've never been to Curitiba, but I hear that train ride up the mountain is actually pretty nice. You can probably find some good local beers too, southern Brazil is where the best microbrews are being made right now. And the local specialty is a beef stew type thing called barreado.

ketan

So much knowledge dropped.  Thanks everyone!