Cities that will take the World Cup football matches in 2014. São Paulo

• Cities that will take the World Cup football matches in 2014. São Paulo

Sao Paulo - the largest city in the Americas, as well as the largest metropolis in the southern hemisphere. It is an economic and industrial center of Brazil. The population of Sao Paulo and its suburbs has about 20 million people.

Megapolis is a place of attraction for business people of all kinds and is considered the richest city in Brazil. It is home to more than 30 thousand. Millionaires and helicopter fleet consists of 411 private helicopters (for comparison, in New York, reported a total of 120 turntables).

In São Paulo, quite happily live people who are cruising on private helicopters on the roofs of gleaming skyscrapers, could afford condescending run an eye over many kilometers of traffic jams and daily fuss 20,000,000th human anthill. To the Atlantic coast at hand - some 70 km through the air. Twenty minutes by helicopter - and the gentle ocean waves at your disposal.

Of course, the aforementioned millionaires - a drop in the sea motley and multi-ethnic population of São Paulo. The city is divided into districts on the basis of wealth and social status: prestigious areas alternating with favela, and the historic center of the city has long left the middle class, and now it is home to the poorest people, including thousands of homeless drug addicts.

A typical urban landscape - hundreds of high-rise buildings made of concrete blocks. Voyeuristic binoculars the neighbors would find in Sao Paulo her quiet happy haven.

Sao Paulo Downtown conceived and begin to build the image of New York. As far 50 years here there were trams, and the sidewalks were paved with cobblestones cozy. However, the city of São Paulo architects could not overcome a misanthropic tendencies, eventually randomly having built up a business center with so many concrete giants that now the poor white-collar workers suffer daily from lack of sunlight.

When we take into the hands of a tourist guide on any major city, usually on the cover we see a beautiful picture, which depicted a recognizable symbol of the city. If we are talking about São Paulo - on the cover will always show off the pile of high-rises, albeit with a perfectly calibrated composition and perspective. Impersonality, apparently, is the essence of this great city.

Sao Paulo fully sharpened by truck. The city built a lot of highways and bridges, and pedestrian crossings are provided huge overhead.

Sao Paulo - a city-building. Active construction here began in the 40s and continues for nearly 70 years, grabbing more and more new areas and territories.

By the way, on a construction site. Not everything went smoothly with the construction of the arena Corinthians, which will host matches of the World Cup. In November 2013, the stadium roof collapsed because of the deaths of two workers. The roof, of course, hastily restored, but remained osadochek.

Avenida Paulista - the main attraction of Sao Paulo. It focused a lot of offices of international companies, shopping centers, one of the most important museums in South America - Museum of Art of Sao Paulo and in the interior of the adjacent streets are dozens of nightclubs and other entertainment venues. On Paulista are the main events of the city - rallies, protests, celebrations, the largest in Latin gay parade America.

The typical time picture on the Paulista: white-collar workers rush to the subway after a hard day.

On the weekends you can play volleyball in the city center.

In an era of rapid industrial heyday of São Paulo (1940-80 gg.), When the city from across the country were involved tens of thousands of lower category, the historical center has been built up indiscriminately rather ugly high-rise apartment buildings of glass and concrete. Currently, many buildings require major repairs, but it seems that the city authorities do not care about how the appearance of the city, and on the living conditions of the poorest.

In São Paulo, a lot of homeless people. they usually live under overpasses, and all their movable property in the best case consists of a mattress so carts clogged garbage junk.

In the worst case, the homeless are not able to get hold of even ordinary mattress and content hammock.

In São Paulo, as well as in any other metropolis, full of freaks.

Ibirapuera Park - one of the most beautiful urban parks in South America. It is the largest park of Sao Paulo and a favorite vacation spot of townspeople.

Buskers find here endless source of inspiration.

Loving couple manage to be alone, even on a day when the park zapolonyayut tens of thousands of visitors.

longboard - one of the most fashionable enthusiasms of youth, not only in São Paulo, but also throughout South America.

At the weekend from all over São Paulo the park attracts brave knights, stuck in their violent fantasies in the distant Middle Ages.

The Brazilians love to sing to the guitar world famous bossa nova song.

On Saturdays in the town center there is a spontaneous market contraband products. Here you can buy counterfeits of famous brands and the usual consumer goods at a reasonable price.

In the market you can buy a football themed product: the official mascot of the ball or the World Cup - 2014.

A typical intersection in the center of Sao Paulo. In a classic diner in the background (bar necessarily tiled) - fresh fruit juices (papaya, guava, mango, orange, pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, etc. -.. All year), coffee, beer and hot rolls with cheese . Local guys spend hours staring at passers.

A typical representative of dives in one of the peripheral areas of São Paulo.

São Paulo - one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Hopefully, over time, the city will cope with all its problems and become a place worthy of life for people of all incomes and social status.