Talk:Rio de Janeiro/Centro

Trams and safety

I should maybe just plunge forward and edit the article, but I'm not an expert or that familiar with the city. I just visited Rio (and Sao Paulo) and I was scared stiff at first by all the stuff I'd picked up from guide books about the potential dangers. I'm not saying you don't need to be careful, but is it really as bad as all that? I didn't feel taking the tram was a risk and neither, by the looks of it, did hordes of other tourists. (I might add that my printed guide book made no mention of any danger related to the trams, except for one comment about the Estacao Carioca area where the trams start, which is completely the opposite to what the article says. I won't say what the guide said as I don't want to risk any copying.) While some general advice to take care and highlights of anything particularly dangerous is surely welcome, I can't help thinking the current article is over-egging the pudding a bit. Maybe I'm just totally naive. Anyone? --(WT-en) zorn 00:56, 29 January 2010 (EST)

Bairros

Just to make clear what bairros belong here:

• Campo de Santana
• Centro
• Gamboa
• Lapa
• Santa Teresa
• Saude

(WT-en) Texugo 11:04, 29 March 2010 (EDT)

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I like the current one a lot already. Just wanna summarize the available options:

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The national museum has burned down

The Brazilian National Museum in the former Imperial Palace (Paço de São Cristóvão) was destroyed in a fire yesterday together with a huge number of historical artifacts from Brazil and all over the world. Surprisingly we hadn't listed this museum, though it's no point to do that any longer. Still, I think it's good to mention it here on the talk page, as it apparently was a major attraction and per Wikipedia one of the biggest of its kind in the Americas. --ϒpsilon (talk) 19:43, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, amazing that it wasn't listed. Terrible tragedy and also due to neglect and underfunding. Yes, it's worth mentioning that it burned down, so any visitor to the city who was hoping to go there will know not to bother. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

For whatever reason, it was listed in Rio de Janeiro/Zona Norte. -- andree.sk(talk) 10:49, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

I looked at that article too before writing the comment, in the case someone had accidentally listed it there (per the district division and the map mask the museum should be in the Centro, but just 200 m from the border to North). As the listing was deleted earlier, I could of course not see it. ϒpsilon (talk) 11:00, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Infobox added. ϒpsilon (talk) 11:12, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Update: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48023691 Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:38, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Carnaval Museum

• 1 Carnaval Museum (Museu do Carnaval), Rua Marquês de Sapucaí - Praça Onze (next to the Sambadromo), ☏ +55 21 2502-6996. History of Brazilian carnival and parades. If you're here outside of Carnaval season, this is a good way to get a glimpse of what it's like. 

Only comments I have found on this are a few years old. Removed from article, please return if anyone finds recent information about it. --Traveler100 (talk) 10:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)