Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

urbane · June 3rd, 2006, 05:54 AM

Here are some images of the city of Londrina, located in northern Paraná state, in southern Brazil. With 662.885 inhabitants in its metropolitan area, Londrina is the second largest city in Paraná (after Curitiba and before Maringá). The city was founded in 1929 and named after London (Londrina in Portuguese means little London) because the railroad company that settled northern Paraná was British.

I took the photos in January during my trip to Paraná. I posted a picture thread of Maringá (Paraná’s third largest city) earlier: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=336192

I was in Londrina only one day, so the photos are mainly from the city center as I didn’t have time to explore the rest of the city.

But first, let’s start with some aerials of the city from the airplane:

USA style sprawl in Londrina

The countryside of Paraná:

Airport:

The inter-city bus terminal:

Walking in the city-center:

I found that Londrina’s streets are narrower and less likely to have a median with trees that characterizes the roads of Maringá. I suppose this is due to the fact that Londrina was settled earlier. Overall the city feels more compact than Maringá. Furthermore, this compactness is probably what enabled Londrina to convert a road into an attractive pedestrian boulevard (Avenida Paraná), something which I think is definitely lacking in Maringá:

The “Big Ears” telephone booths:

Londrina has a small museum of modern art:

as well as a history museum, which I planned on visiting but was closed for holidays (they forgot to put this info on their website)

Inside a mall in downtown with Christmas decorations:

Despite the hot summer weather, moving white-bears were on display:

Londrina’s Cathedral is located in the town center:

A small part adjacent to the cathedral:

While most of the architecture in Londrina is modern, there seem to be a few traces left of architecture and design from the first half of the 20th century:

The typical wooden houses (with a tile roofs) characteristic of Paraná’s early settlement period:

Some low-rise buildings:

Caged…..even on the second floor

This one wins the prize of worst building in the city

Now to the high-rises: almost exclusively residential (just like Maringá):

A couple shots of the suburbs taken from the bus:

Hope you enjoyed.

Ozcan · June 3rd, 2006, 02:28 PM

Very interesting place, thanks for sharing

How did you conceive the idea to visit this place (unkwown to most people) in Brazil?

levinas by the store · June 3rd, 2006, 03:01 PM

guess brazil has as good cities as states

levinas by the store · June 3rd, 2006, 03:04 PM

i just love the mixed architectutre of brazilian cities.

urbane · June 4th, 2006, 12:19 AM

Thanks for the comments !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozcan

Very interesting place, thanks for sharing

How did you conceive the idea to visit this place (unkwown to most people) in Brazil?

I was in Paraná state for 20 days for personal reasons, so I took a day trip to Londrina.

Soon I will post more threads on other places that I visited.

samba_man · June 4th, 2006, 01:52 AM

The aerial pics are fabulous!!

Nice thead!

Do u enjoy Brazil?

***Bond James Bond*** · June 4th, 2006, 05:41 AM

Looks nice. I like the sprawl.

urbane · June 4th, 2006, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samba_man

The aerial pics are fabulous!!

Nice thead!

Do u enjoy Brazil?

Thanx

Of course I enjoyed Brazil very much !

samsonyuen · June 4th, 2006, 11:00 PM

Nice pictures. I wonder why it's named after London?

MasonsInquiries · April 12th, 2007, 05:21 AM

great aerials!

TEBC · April 12th, 2007, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samsonyuen

Nice pictures. I wonder why it's named after London?

The Londrina name is a homage to the English capital London (Londres in Portuguese), since the settlement was originated by the investment of an English cotton company.

urbane · April 14th, 2008, 05:26 PM

An update with photos taken this February:

Avenida Paranà in downtown:

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The theater Ouro Verde:

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Some photos of the area near the former train station:

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The former train station, now housing a museum of the history of Londrina:

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The interior:

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An old map showing the subdivision of Londrina by the Companhia de Terras Norte do Paranà when the city was founded:

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An underground walkway:

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Una vecchia fotografia di Londrina, l'edificio curvo è quello che vedete in fotografia sopra:

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Other shots of Londrina:

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A shopping center outside the city:

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A model showing available lots in a new gated community:

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Parque Arthur Thomas: a small piece of the forest that used to cover northern Paranà preserved in the suburbi of Londrina:

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Let’s go in the jungle

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That’s all: hope you enjoyed

JPBrazil · May 16th, 2009, 05:02 PM

I don't understand how a wonderful thread like this has ZERO comments. Really your pics are amazing.

rodrigorc · May 16th, 2009, 06:43 PM

I liked the jungle in the last photos!!! Amazing place.

GEOGARCIA · January 7th, 2011, 02:26 AM

SIMPLESMENTE LINDA !

***christos-greece*** · January 7th, 2011, 11:32 AM

Londrina its for sure an amazing place

JoseRodolfo · January 7th, 2011, 02:40 PM

Really, really good thread!

insidebr · March 9th, 2011, 06:47 AM

Nice pics!

I lived in Londrina for two years, I still visit the town to meet old friends!

Do you visited the avenue Higienopolis and the surroundings of Igapó Lake?

alcadiaz · July 29th, 2011, 03:39 PM

[QUOTE=urbane;19653500]An update with photos taken this February:

... Man, I've gotta tell you that your pics are amazing!! I'm moving to Londrina within the next couple of weeks, and thanks to your post, now I have a better idea of how the city and its metropolitan area look like.

I definitely appreciate it!!

Linguine · July 30th, 2011, 02:53 PM

Really nice pics....thanks for sharing them..

June 3rd, 2006, 05:54 AM	#1
urbane Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Offenbach a.M. (D) / Trieste (I) Posts: 1,380 Likes (Received): 0	Londrina, Paraná, Brazil Here are some images of the city of Londrina, located in northern Paraná state, in southern Brazil. With 662.885 inhabitants in its metropolitan area, Londrina is the second largest city in Paraná (after Curitiba and before Maringá). The city was founded in 1929 and named after London (Londrina in Portuguese means little London) because the railroad company that settled northern Paraná was British. I took the photos in January during my trip to Paraná. I posted a picture thread of Maringá (Paraná’s third largest city) earlier: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=336192 I was in Londrina only one day, so the photos are mainly from the city center as I didn’t have time to explore the rest of the city. But first, let’s start with some aerials of the city from the airplane: USA style sprawl in Londrina The countryside of Paraná: Airport: The inter-city bus terminal: Walking in the city-center: I found that Londrina’s streets are narrower and less likely to have a median with trees that characterizes the roads of Maringá. I suppose this is due to the fact that Londrina was settled earlier. Overall the city feels more compact than Maringá. Furthermore, this compactness is probably what enabled Londrina to convert a road into an attractive pedestrian boulevard (Avenida Paraná), something which I think is definitely lacking in Maringá: The “Big Ears” telephone booths: Londrina has a small museum of modern art: as well as a history museum, which I planned on visiting but was closed for holidays (they forgot to put this info on their website) Inside a mall in downtown with Christmas decorations: Despite the hot summer weather, moving white-bears were on display: Londrina’s Cathedral is located in the town center: A small part adjacent to the cathedral: While most of the architecture in Londrina is modern, there seem to be a few traces left of architecture and design from the first half of the 20th century: The typical wooden houses (with a tile roofs) characteristic of Paraná’s early settlement period: Some low-rise buildings: Caged…..even on the second floor This one wins the prize of worst building in the city Now to the high-rises: almost exclusively residential (just like Maringá): A couple shots of the suburbs taken from the bus: Hope you enjoyed. __________________ My latest threads: Palermo, Sicily Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil My hometown: Trieste photo thread BRASIL photos: Curitiba (PR) Maringá (PR) Londrina (PR) Iguaçú/Iguazú waterfalls & tri-border Bombinhas & Porto Belo (SC)

June 3rd, 2006, 02:28 PM	#2
Ozcan BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,151 Likes (Received): 0	Very interesting place, thanks for sharing How did you conceive the idea to visit this place (unkwown to most people) in Brazil? Last edited by Ozcan; June 3rd, 2006 at 02:39 PM.

June 4th, 2006, 01:52 AM	#6
samba_man Jelly Filled Donuts Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 14,020 Likes (Received): 1170	The aerial pics are fabulous!! Nice thead! Do u enjoy Brazil? __________________ \|<O>\| Proud to be Brazilian

June 4th, 2006, 05:41 AM	#7
*Bond James Bond* Licence to kill. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Apple Maggot Quarantine Area Posts: 6,996	Looks nice. I like the sprawl. __________________ Please DO NOT "like" any of my posts or request "friend" status. I don't care if you like me, or my posts. Thank you. - If you do either of these more than once you will be put on my ignore list.

April 14th, 2008, 05:26 PM	#12
urbane Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Offenbach a.M. (D) / Trieste (I) Posts: 1,380 Likes (Received): 0	Updated photos An update with photos taken this February: Avenida Paranà in downtown: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr The theater Ouro Verde: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Some photos of the area near the former train station: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr The former train station, now housing a museum of the history of Londrina: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr The interior: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr An old map showing the subdivision of Londrina by the Companhia de Terras Norte do Paranà when the city was founded: image hosted on flickr An underground walkway: image hosted on flickr Una vecchia fotografia di Londrina, l'edificio curvo è quello che vedete in fotografia sopra: image hosted on flickr Other shots of Londrina: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr A shopping center outside the city: image hosted on flickr A model showing available lots in a new gated community: image hosted on flickr Parque Arthur Thomas: a small piece of the forest that used to cover northern Paranà preserved in the suburbi of Londrina: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Let’s go in the jungle : image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr That’s all: hope you enjoyed __________________ My latest threads: Palermo, Sicily Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil My hometown: Trieste photo thread BRASIL photos: Curitiba (PR) Maringá (PR) Londrina (PR) Iguaçú/Iguazú waterfalls & tri-border Bombinhas & Porto Belo (SC)

June 3rd, 2006, 03:01 PM	#3
levinas by the store Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	guess brazil has as good cities as states

June 3rd, 2006, 03:04 PM	#4
levinas by the store Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	i just love the mixed architectutre of brazilian cities.

June 4th, 2006, 11:00 PM	#9
samsonyuen SSLL Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canary Wharf > CityPlace Posts: 8,534 Likes (Received): 0	Nice pictures. I wonder why it's named after London?

April 12th, 2007, 05:21 AM	#10
MasonsInquiries B-MORE than u strive for! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Baltimore/Columbia, Md. Posts: 2,259 Likes (Received): 0	great aerials!

May 16th, 2009, 05:02 PM	#13
JPBrazil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belo Horizonte Posts: 5,790 Likes (Received): 4	I don't understand how a wonderful thread like this has ZERO comments. Really your pics are amazing.

May 16th, 2009, 06:43 PM	#14
rodrigorc BBMP! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Salvador da Bahia Posts: 1,825 Likes (Received): 355	I liked the jungle in the last photos!!! Amazing place. __________________ A BAHIA DAS MONTANHAS!

January 7th, 2011, 02:26 AM	#15
GEOGARCIA BANNED Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 26 Likes (Received): 0	SIMPLESMENTE LINDA !

January 7th, 2011, 11:32 AM	#16
*christos-greece* Moderator! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 73,791 Likes (Received): 3532	Londrina its for sure an amazing place __________________ Urban Showcase: Athens Kalamata Trikala Thessaloniki Cityscapes: Paris Barcelona Dubai, U.A.E. Monte Carlo, Monaco General photography: Castles of France - Chateau de France and, since May of '08: Greece!

January 7th, 2011, 02:40 PM	#17
JoseRodolfo NON DVCOR DVCO Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: São Paulo - Brasil Posts: 4,331 Likes (Received): 17	Really, really good thread! __________________ _________ Faça parte do movimento de defesa do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, entre para o Preserva São Paulo: http://www.preservasp.org.br/

March 9th, 2011, 06:47 AM	#18
insidebr Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bauru Posts: 236 Likes (Received): 8	Nice pics! I lived in Londrina for two years, I still visit the town to meet old friends! Do you visited the avenue Higienopolis and the surroundings of Igapó Lake? __________________ "Os números quando bem torturados confessam qualquer coisa!!!"

July 29th, 2011, 03:39 PM	#19
alcadiaz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1 Likes (Received): 0	[QUOTE=urbane;19653500]An update with photos taken this February: ... Man, I've gotta tell you that your pics are amazing!! I'm moving to Londrina within the next couple of weeks, and thanks to your post, now I have a better idea of how the city and its metropolitan area look like. I definitely appreciate it!!

July 30th, 2011, 02:53 PM	#20
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