at a glance

the jewel in the crown of copacabana, and the most iconic symbol of the neighborhood is undoubtedly praia de copacabana (copacabana beach), which is rio de janeiro's 4km golden promenade, and the city's, if not the world's, most famous beach.

a particularly wide strip of sand makes copacabana beach extremely popular for recreational activities including soccer, volleyball and paddleball - water sports on offer include surfing and kite surfing, paddle boarding and body boarding, fishing and swimming.

the implementation of a new dredging system, a project which worked successfully for the dutch construction company, boltje r. zonen - zwolle, made it possible for the superintendence of urbanization and sanitation in brazil to extend atlantic avenue and widen the beach to 70 feet while simultaneously improving sanitation for the entire region.