What's on in São Paulo - Time Out São Paulo

Essential São Paulo

Art

Pinacoteca

São Paulo’s most traditional art institution

Art

MASP

The city's premier art museum

Shopping & Style

Mercado Municipal

A must-see gourmet market for food lovers

Cultural hubs

Around Town

Matilha Cultural

Urban culture at this cool downtown venue

Around Town

The Hub

A lively co-working space focused on entrepreneurs

Around Town

Serralheria

Music and art rule at this eclectic Lapa venue

Around Town

Tag & Juice

A cycle-centric bar, shop and Saturday hang-out

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

Around Town

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Scores of exhibitions fill this vast cultural space

Around Town

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Cultural centre and caféin a former downtown bank

Around Town

Itaú Cultural

Contemporary art and digital media on Avenida Paulista

Around Town

SESC Belenzinho

Just one of São Paulo's 16 SESCs - world-classs cultural institutions

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Museu da Língua Portuguesa

A brilliant introduction to Brazil's beloved language

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Museu Afro Brasil

Unearthing Brazil's African roots in Parque do Ibirapuera

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CAIXA Cultural

A downtown venue housing old maps and temporary exhibitions

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Kids' stuff

Around Town

O Mundo da Xuxa

The kiddie queen Xuxa's tiny tot kingdom

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Catavento Cultural

Kids love this downtown artsy science centre

Restaurants

Child-friendly dining

Eating out with kids is easy if you know where to go

Around Town

Instituto Butantan

Home to the largest serpentarium in the country

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

Around Town

Casa da Imagem

Peruse thousands of historic photographs in one of the city's oldest buildings

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Museu de Arte Sacra

Browse 800 pieces of religious art at this monastery

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Architecture in Centro

Explore the city's history through architecture

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Downtown murals

Tour some of the city’s most important murals, in Centro

Pick of the parks

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Parque da Cantareira

A challenging run in the forest outside São Paulo

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Parque Villa-Lobos

Follow the tarmac tracks on a flat circuit around the park

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Parque da Independência

History and culture set in gorgeous, landscaped gardens

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Parque do Ibirapuera

Two square kilometres of tranquility

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Modernist icons

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Oca

This Jetsons-style exhibition centre is just one of Oscar Niemeyer's modernist buildings in Parque do Ibirapuera

Art

Museu Lasar Segall

The former home of modernist artist Lasar Segall was turned into the non-profit Museu Lasar Segall in 1967

Around Town

Casa Modernista

Book a visit to the oldest modernist house in Brazil

Around Town

Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano

Head here for art and high tea in a modernist homestead, designed by Oswaldo Arthur Bratke in 1950.

Around Town

Museums, attractions, festivals and events in São Paulo

The city's best parks

Mercado Municipal

Regenerating São Paulo

Out of office

Bloom town

Essential São Paulo

Pinacoteca

MASP

Mercado Municipal

Cultural hubs

Matilha Cultural

The Hub

Serralheria

Tag & Juice

Don't-miss museums and cultural centres

Centro Cultural São Paulo

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil

Itaú Cultural

SESC Belenzinho

Museu da Língua Portuguesa

Museu Afro Brasil

CAIXA Cultural

Kids' stuff

O Mundo da Xuxa

Catavento Cultural

Child-friendly dining

Instituto Butantan

Explore São Paulo's historic centre

Casa da Imagem

Museu de Arte Sacra

Architecture in Centro

Downtown murals

Pick of the parks

Parque da Cantareira

Parque Villa-Lobos

Parque da Independência

Parque do Ibirapuera

Modernist icons

Oca

Museu Lasar Segall

Casa Modernista

Fundação Maria Luisa e Oscar Americano