Qualla: Curitiba https://qualla.com/curitiba en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Curitiba https://qualla.com/curitiba Curitiba: Introduction https://qualla.com/curitiba/ Transit planners make pilgrimages here. Since the 1970s, Curitiba has been the city that proved buses could move people as efficiently as subways, at a fraction of the cost, and urban designers from Bogota to Beijing have come to study its dedicated busways, tube-shaped stations, and bi-articulated vehicles. But reduce Curitiba to a transportation case study and you miss the city itself: a sprawling, multicultural capital at 932 meters elevation where frost coats the park lawns on winter mornings, the smell of Italian cooking drifts through the Santa Felicidade neighborhood, and a centuries-old cidade velha still hosts a massive arts and crafts fair every Sunday.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/g/k/z/curitiba-wk/6gkz-curitiba-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Curitiba: The Immigrant Mosaic https://qualla.com/curitiba/ Curitiba's population reads like a roll call of nineteenth- and twentieth-century European migration. German settlers arrived first, followed by waves of Ukrainians, Russians, Italians, and Poles who shaped distinct neighborhoods that retain their character today. Santa Felicidad...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/g/k/z/curitiba-wk/6gkz-curitiba-the-immigrant-mosaic.mp3 0:06 2 full Curitiba: Tubes, Buses, and a Transit Revolution https://qualla.com/curitiba/ What Curitiba built was not just a bus system. The Rede Integrada de Transporte features grade-separated busways where bi-articulated buses carry passenger loads comparable to subway cars. Stations are enclosed tubes with raised platforms for level boarding. Passengers pay before...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/g/k/z/curitiba-wk/6gkz-curitiba-tubes-buses-and-a-transit-revolution.mp3 0:06 3 full Curitiba: Through the Atlantic Forest by Rail https://qualla.com/curitiba/ For many visitors, the main reason to come to Curitiba is to leave it. The Serra Verde Express departs at 08:30 each morning for a four-hour descent through the Serra do Mar mountains to the coastal town of Morretes. The train drops through some of the last remaining Atlantic rai...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/g/k/z/curitiba-wk/6gkz-curitiba-through-the-atlantic-forest-by-rail.mp3 0:06 4 full Curitiba: Cold Nights in the Tropics https://qualla.com/curitiba/ Curitiba confounds expectations about Brazilian weather. Its elevation places it high enough that winter nights regularly drop to freezing, and even summer evenings can dip into the low teens Celsius. Frost transforms the city's parks into crystalline landscapes before the mornin...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/g/k/z/curitiba-wk/6gkz-curitiba-cold-nights-in-the-tropics.mp3 0:06 5 full Curitiba: Libraries Shaped Like Lighthouses https://qualla.com/curitiba/ Curitiba's municipal libraries are built to look like lighthouses, their metallic structures rising 17 meters above schools and public spaces. The design pays homage to the ancient library and lighthouse of Alexandria, and the buildings are distinctive enough to have become neigh...

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