Curitiba is a Brasilian city with a high cultural movement.
We asked our architect settled in Curitiba about rainy days there and this was his answer:

“Curitibans are used to rain. Despite what you might think because its in Brazil, the city is pretty much like norhtern Europe for a lot of the year. There are plenty of fine galleries and museums to check out, and most of them are free too. The easiest way to find out what’s on is to check the fundacao culturalde curitiba guide or you could also see if there are any events down in the Bicicletaria Cultural.  If its Friday evening, rain or no rain, you can always go to Ukraine Square (Praça da Ucrânia) where there a food fair, loads of people come here to meet up, get some great grup from the different immigrant communities the city is comprised of, have a beer and enjoy the night…

Duncan Crowley”

Photo by Ben Tavener

We completely agree with the suggestion of our achitect in Brasil, Duncan Crowley. In one hand, Ukraine square is well known all over Curitiba beause of its semanal fairs where you can enjoy some typical food and drinks, fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, organic products, pasta and much more. There’s also a bronze 2.50 m high statue of Ukrainian poet Taras Schevtechenko taken by French sculptor Charles-André.

Photo by Doug Dax

Finally we couldn’t miss the opportunity to recommend the “Museo Oscar Niemeyer“. It’s a really architecturally interesting museum that every first Sunday of the month opens it’s doors for free.