Latest news from Rio de Janeiro.
From Ipanema health food stores to Zona Norte street markets, cariocas are discovering that beans, fish, and tropical seeds can carry the nutritional weight that beef once monopolized.
From Ipanema beachfronts to community centres in Tijuca, Rio's meditation scene has never been more accessible — here's how to actually start.
From Flamengo's waterfront lanes to the natural pools of Recreio, cariocas are rediscovering open-air swimming as a fitness discipline — not just a beach habit.
From Feira de São Cristóvão to the community kitchens of Complexo do Alemão, Rio's food culture offers surprisingly affordable paths to a nutritious diet.
From Copacabana's neon-lit streets to the pre-dawn funk blasting in Madureira, Rio de Janeiro's 24-hour culture is quietly wrecking the health of its residents — here's what the research shows and what you can actually do about it.
From Santa Teresa to Tijuca, Rio's classrooms are quietly turning to meditation—and the science behind the push is hard to ignore.
From jackfruit stew to camu-camu sorbet, Rio's July markets are overflowing with winter produce that belongs on your plate this week.
While visitors queue for cable cars and Christ the Redeemer selfies, cariocas are quietly logging kilometres through some of the most spectacular urban forest trails on the planet.
From Copacabana apartment noise to Zona Sul humidity, Rio's sleepers face specific obstacles — here's what sleep specialists say you can fix tonight.
Pen, paper, and fifteen minutes a day may be the most underrated wellness practice in Rio — here's what the evidence says and where to begin.
Rio's midday heat makes the temptation to sleep irresistible, but sleep scientists warn that the wrong nap can quietly wreck your night.
From Porto Maravilha to the slopes of Santa Teresa, a new generation of startups is reshaping what Rio de Janeiro's innovation economy looks like in mid-2026.
Decades after decline, the hilltop district is drawing artists, families and entrepreneurs back with a blend of colonial charm and grassroots community organising.
From Minha Casa Minha Vida to the favela removal controversies, the path to Rio's current housing emergency runs through years of policy reversals, Olympic-era displacements, and federal neglect.
Across the Zona Norte and the Baixada Fluminense, grassroots football and community sport programs are pulling thousands of young Cariocas off the streets and onto something bigger.
As Europe buries more than 2,000 heat deaths and West Africa drowns under record rains, Rio de Janeiro is confronting its own climate emergency — and the gaps in its response are impossible to ignore.
Ten years after the Olympic Games transformed Barra da Tijuca, the city's sporting venues are at a crossroads — some thriving, others decaying, and a major renovation push now under way.
From Barra da Tijuca's office towers to the Port of Rio, a new wave of investment data is giving businesses reasons for cautious optimism in the second half of 2026.
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