Londrina - The Brazilian "Little London"

[Yuri S Andrade]

Thank you guys for all comments!

[Yuri S Andrade]

Originally Posted by charpentier

Yeah, a colourful mosaic, daring!

Charpentier, Londrina has also a small number of French expats, including all the teachers of Alliance Française of Londrina (où je essaye apprendre français...) and some businessmen.

[Parisian Girl]

WOW!! What a beautiful city... just so charming, colourful and vibrant. To the best of my recollection, I've never heard of Londrina, so thank you very much for posting these wonderful photos. Really want to visit some day!

[CF/PR]

The little London is really great.

[Yuri S Andrade]

ROLÂNDIA (56,352 people, 20 km west of Londrina), named after the warrior Roland (Germanic mythology). Rolândia organizes one of the biggest Oktoberfest in Brazil and hold a German consulate. The city is also part of Londrina Metropolitan Area. Rolândia is mainly German, Italian and Portuguese, but has also a sizeable Japanese community.

OKTOBERFEST 2008

Ein Prosit!
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Ops! Who are those intruders?
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"Could I be more German?"
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Trinken Sie?
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Ich esse nicht!
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Londrina as seen from Rolândia
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[charpentier]

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

Charpentier, Londrina has also a small number of French expats, including all the teachers of Alliance Française of Londrina (où je essaye apprendre français...) and some businessmen.

"où j'essaye" or "où j'essaie", both can be written. "d'apprendre (le) français"
My teacher of French at the high school was Brazilian, she came from the region Sul

Rolândia produces beer ? Interesting photos, thank you for sharing them.

[Yuri S Andrade]

Originally Posted by charpentier

"où j'essaye" or "où j'essaie", both can be written. "d'apprendre (le) français"
My teacher of French at the high school was Brazilian, she came from the region Sul

Rolândia produces beer ? Interesting photos, thank you for sharing them.

Merci! I knew about "j'essaye", my mistake, but I didn't know about "d'apprende".

About the beer, not only Rolândia, but also Londrina produces some artesanal beer. However, the Brazilian, even in South (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states), drinks the regular big labels. Londrina and the rest of Northern Paraná, are the less "European" part of South (Região Sul in Portuguese), but still hold huge immigrants parades.

[Yuri S Andrade]

More German Rolândia (Panoramio by Edson and José Farina)

Londrina-Cambé-Rolândia-Arapongas from space:
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Skyline with soy beans:
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Statue of Roland (Bremen's replica):
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Streets and buildings in City Centre:
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Only German? Celebration of IMIN 100 (100 years of Japanese Immigration in Brazil), in Rolândia, 2008. The city, like Londrina, has also an huge Japanese community. The Crown-Prince of Japan, Naruhito visited the city in IMIN 100 celebration.
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Erick Georg Stadium, of Nacional Atlético Clube, the local club. Pelé played there:
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Araucárias, the "Paraná's Pine" (Araucaria angustifolia), symbol tree of Paraná state:
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Lutheran Church, but the majority of population are Catholic (above 80%), including the Germans:
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Suburbs and rural areas:
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The beautiful "Caramuru Road", linking Rolândia and its rural district, Caramuru, near the Londrina-Maringá Highway:
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Londrina-Maringá Highway, with some Araucárias, the symbol tree of Paraná state:
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Some Australian Eucalyptus:
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The Best of the Old German Rolândia

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A old German cemitery, in a rural disctrict of Rolândia:
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[Parisian Girl]

Seems like a beautiful place to live...just appears so laid back, and the cultural diversity in the region is also very interesting.

[charpentier]

It looks Scandinavian.

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

More German Rolândia15.

It's the witch's house made in gingerbread from Hansel and Gretel!

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

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[Yuri S Andrade]

Originally Posted by Parisian Girl

Seems like a beautiful place to live...just appears so laid back, and the cultural diversity in the region is also very interesting.

For sure. Southern Brazil is widely know for its huge European heritage, specially Italian and German but also Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Russian, Lithuanian, etc. Londrina in addition, has also its big Japanese community, one of the biggest in the world. I'll post some photos of Londrina Matsuri Festival, when Japanese celebrate the beggining of spring.

Originally Posted by charpentier

It looks Scandinavian.

It's the witch's house made in gingerbread from Hansel and Gretel!

Differently of other Southern German brazilian communities, Londrina-Rolândia ones, is quiet knew. Those people arrived from Europe in 30's and 40's because the WWII. So, we don't have a traditional German architecture like in Santa Catarina.

Ah, "Hansel and Gretel" in Portuguese is "João e Maria".

[Embrace57]

Yeah that´s "little" alright.

[Yuri S Andrade]

Ok, reading is not a bad idea.

[seattle92]

There are so many Brazils inside the country.

It's kind of sad that foreigners only know the "Rio de Janeiro" Brazil. Futebol, samba e mulatas...

[christos-greece]

The buildings in Londrina city and the beyond area are really nice, like those 2 buildings above... especially from those photos (buildings) above, i like #2

[AcesHigh]

the SSC rule about posting pictures credits was scraped?

[Yuri S Andrade]

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

Part of the photos are mine. The rest was taken from SSC Brazil forums. For more Londrina's photos, visit the "SSC Brasil Sul Forum". There are several Londrina's threads there:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1117

First post. But thanks anyway for your concern.

[muckie]

Originally Posted by seattle92

There are so many Brazils inside the country.

It's kind of sad that foreigners only know the "Rio de Janeiro" Brazil. Futebol, samba e mulatas...

Pitty for the ones that only resemble Rio for soccer, samba and mulatas... being the most cliché and non interresting part of this cultural hub

By the way, Brazil is very diverse indeed...with this continental area, that makes sense...

but its areas can not be analysed steretypically,...

And yes, Londrina is very beautiful, as well as many other countryside metropolis that are booming right now...

[AcesHigh]

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

First post. But thanks anyway for your concern.

gee, i re-read the first post and didnt notice it. Sorry.

[Yuri S Andrade]

The Japanese Londrina II - Matsuri 2008

Like I mentioned in the begining of the thread, the Japanese community in Londrina are on eof the biggest of the world, together with São Paulo, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. There are more than 20.000 in the city and above in 100.000 in Northern Paraná state. Matsuri is a Japanese event to celebrate the begining of spring.

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Japanese or Texan?
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Nagashi Suomen
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