Best of Porto Alegre, Brazil : Brazil : Travel Channel, Brazil Vacation Destinations : Travel Channel

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Porto Alegre is not like the Brazil you know. The capital of Brazil’s southern state, Rio Grande do Sul, is decidedly, and proudly more European, holding fast to the traditions of Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and German descendants. The 2014 World Cup city is also the modern outpost of the region’s gaucho culture, represented by a love of open spaces, fierce independence and a taste for chimarrão, the local erva maté tea, passed down by Brazil’s wandering cowboys.