Joinville
Joinville is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil.
Joinville is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a major industrial, financial and commerce center.
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Worth seeing in and around Joinville
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Arena Joinville
Arena Joinville is a multi-use stadium located in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It hosts football matches as well as Brazilian and international shows.
1.1 km · multi-use stadium in Santa Catarina, Brazil · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Bolshoi Ballet School (Escola de Teatro Bolshoi), Avenida Beira Rio, 315,. Fri 10AM-4PM. Well worth a visit if you're in the area. This is the only school run by the famous Bolshoi Ballet Company outside of Russia. Guided tours are in Portuguese (though if you're lucky the guide may be fluent enough in English to give you a run down), and should be booked in advance. R$3. Caiera Park (Parque da Caiera) (south zone).
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Things to do
Solidarity Fest (Festa da Solidariedade). June. Joinville Dance Festival (Festival de Dança de Joinville),. 10 days in late July. Considered the biggest dance festival in the world, thousands of dancers from all over Brazil and beyond flock to the city, making it possibly the best time to visit the city.
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Where to eat
In addition to the standard array of Brazilian, Italian, and Middle Eastern food that can be found pretty much anywhere in Brazil, Joinville is an excellent place to enjoy traditional German and Swiss cuisine, and restaurants of this type can be found throughout the city.
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Getting to Joinville
- Airports
- Ministro Victor Konder (NVT), 65 km · Curitiba-Afonso Pena (CWB), 94 km · Hercílio Luz (FLN), 153 km
- Navegantes → JoinvilleTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Curitiba → Joinville106 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · R$36–48
- Florianópolis → Joinville147 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · R$48–65
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Joinville
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Joinville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBlumenau São Francisco do Sul - It could be worth making the trip to this a fishing community on an island across from Joinville; it is around a 30-minute drive by car, or can be reached by ferry from Vigorelli Beach (See section above).
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