With almost 2 million population, Curitiba is a city located in the south of Brazil and is the capital of the state of Paraná. An interesting fact is that the city is calm but hectic.

 

A city like every great metropolis is well structured, it has several malls, movies, parks, pubs and restaurants for the most varied types of taste and prices.

One of the most important factors in choosing Curitiba to undertake a Portuguese language course is the fact that the city has a cost of living around 40% lower than cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

 

Curitiba is a place where people come from everywhere of Brazil and the world and you can perceive this when walking on the streets.

 

Curitiba recently received a self-sufficient city classification from the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC).

 

In a survey recently published by Forbes magazine (2017), the city was cited as the third most sagacious city in the world, who considers the city smart enough to be ecologically sustainable, with good infrastructure, quality of life and dynamism economic.

 

Curitiba is also considered one of the most influential Brazilian cities in the global scenario, being considered as one of the most globalized centers of the planet, receiving the classification of global city.