Belém
Belém is a city of 1.3 million people (2023) near the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil. Wikivoyage
Population 1,303,403 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Brazil
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Theatro da Paz Attraction · 770 m -
Estação das Docas Attraction · 110 m -
Palácio das Docas Castle · 300 m -
Forte do Castelo Attraction · 750 m -
Casa das Onze Janelas Attraction · 860 m -
Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês Attraction · 150 m -
Mercado Ver-o-Peso Attraction · 390 m -
Palácio Lauro Sodré Museum · 780 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Círio de Nazaré
October
(on the second Sunday of October): one of the largest Catholic parades in the world
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Belém); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.