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Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the capital city and the most populous city of the state Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil. With 4. Wikivoyage

Population 1,388,794 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Brazil

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Brazil
Tourist office · 650 m Serviço de Atenção ao Turista

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

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

  1. Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre

    November

    (Porto Alegre Book Fair). Held every year in November, thousands of publishers sell their books at Praça da Alfândega, in the Historic District. It is possible to find books at cheap prices at the fair.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Porto Alegre); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Feira de Antiguidades

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 08:00–14:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–14:00

    370 m from the centre

  • Mercado Público de Porto Alegre

    1. Monday: 07:30–19:30
    2. Tuesday: 07:30–19:30
    3. Wednesday: 07:30–19:30
    4. Thursday: 07:30–19:30
    5. Friday: 07:30–19:30
    6. Saturday: 07:30–18:30
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    07:30–19:30
    Tuesday
    07:30–19:30
    Wednesday
    07:30–19:30
    Thursday
    07:30–19:30
    Friday
    07:30–19:30
    Saturday
    07:30–18:30
    660 m from the centre

  • Mercadão do Produtor

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 07:00–12:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–12:00

    660 m from the centre

  • Feira Modelo - EPATUR

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 15:30–20:30
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    15:30–20:30

    660 m from the centre

  • Brique da Redenção

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: 09:00–18:00

    09:00–18:00

    1.6 km from the centre

  • Fruteira do Lado

    1. Monday: 07:00–21:00
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–21:00
    3. Wednesday: 07:00–21:00
    4. Thursday: 07:00–21:00
    5. Friday: 07:00–21:00
    6. Saturday: 07:00–21:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–21:00

    1.7 km from the centre

  • Feira de Artesanato

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 14:00–19:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    14:00–19:00

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Seleção Natural

    1. Monday: 09:00–19:30
    2. Tuesday: 09:00–19:30
    3. Wednesday: 09:00–19:30
    4. Thursday: 09:00–19:30
    5. Friday: 09:00–19:30
    6. Saturday: 09:00–18:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    09:00–19:30
    Tuesday
    09:00–19:30
    Wednesday
    09:00–19:30
    Thursday
    09:00–19:30
    Friday
    09:00–19:30
    Saturday
    09:00–18:00
    1.9 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

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Somewhere to run

Getting around

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