I am Russian American and I live in Denver, Colorado. I have been to Brazil 6 times and my wife is Brazilian from Frederico Wesphalen, RS. She lived in Floripa for many years. I have been there many times and I love that town. I love Brazil and it’s people. Been to several cities and states in Brazil including Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, Búzios etc. Never felt unsafe in Brazil.
Born and raised on a poor neighborhood in São Paulo. Never been victim to no sort of crime at all, not even pickpocketing. Just don't act careless, as most major towns anywhere else.
A tip for up north is Jericoacoara, almost 0% crime because of the protection of their tourism!! Amazing places all around to live and can walk at any time of the night! Another popular place in the area is Preá which is the 2-3rd best place on the planet for Kite surfing!! People from all over the world, with beautiful hotels and airbnbs
I was in Rio this summer and i must say that i love this country and the people. I am myself a scandinavian from Denmark. Can you maybe make a video or talk about how it was being a scandinavian in Brazil? In my view, it seems like its very easy to integrate into Brazil and you will easy make new friends.
The problem in Brazil that pushes Brazil to the highest crime levels are Northeast and North of Brazil, unfortunately. I’ve lived in Europe and now back to south of Brazil, and here I feel safe like any place in Europe.
Really, south is better, for beach Florianopolis and Bauneário Camboriú is cool. States like Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul has a lot european/german influency (more safe).
Usually when It happens is because information about the existence of cash or jewelry in the house leaked to criminals. So always be careful with who has access to your house. Safety also varies a Lot frio town to town. The less you stand out and the simpler you live the better.
I live in Floripa and I love it here. I feel pretty safe, you are right about willing to live here. If you ever come to Floripa, I have an airbnb here, if you need a place to stay, lemme know.
I live in Rio Grande do Sul countryside, and I never had any interaction with crime, not even with small theft. My house has no fence and I frequently sleep with the house door unlocked, as well as my car’s, which is also frequently outside of the garage, sometimes with the keys in the ignition. I grew up here having this freedom to be incautious towards those things. But I am afraid indeed of going to greater cities like Porto Alegre, and I am definately cautious when I go there, specially talking about other states outside the south of Brazil.
i have been a big fan, and i have watched all your videos, im moving to petropolis neighbourhood with my family next year, you made it look good...thanks for all you do
I guess 'safety' can be quite an intrinsic feeling as well. People and national media often portray São Paulo as a violent city, when in reality, actual data shows that among all state capitals, São Paulo and Florianópolis are by far the safest. People come to the city with this 'unsafe' notion stuck in their minds, which I guess is kind of a good thing because it makes them take extra care, which is always nice.
Brazil is a country that is only 523 years old... Compare with other developed countries when it was this old and today it is 1,000, 2,000 years old, I believe that Brazil is much better. It has a large working population, make a video at the train, bus, subway, ferry terminals during business hours in Brazil☕🌎
in my hometown, theres 4 homicides in the last year. we have 150k inhabitants here. so, brazil it's a huge , continental country. theres place here more safe than a lot of cities from europe or america. in fact, if you have to choose to live on detroit, st louis or brusque (my hometown) if you want to live on a safety place, choose brusque.
Europe is not that safe anymore as it use to be. I am from Niteroi/RJ. I have living in Europe for about 30 years. Crime and violence in Europe right now is very high. I have been mugged in Barcelona and London at list 3 times in those past years. I live in Finland and I go a lot to Stockholm for work. There are areas in Stockholm that is as dangerous as some favela's in here.
as a brazilian, just avoid big cities overall, avoid the northeast, and mainly avoid the city of Rio de Janeiro/ São Paulo Everywhere else is pretty safe.
São Paulo is underated. O feel safe in São Paulo. I live in Guarulhos but, If you go to São José dos Campos, Sorocaba, Indaiatuba, Itu, São Caetano do Sul e muitas outras cidades do interior são MUITO SEGURAS e desenvolvidas.
Brazil is safe. But not as safe a first world country. Meaning, as long as you don't walk around showing off your iPhone 17 or big camera and don't walk around deserted places at night, you should be fine. Still, I would avoid big crowds like in carnival. In these situation you're not safe... Well, more specifically, your phone, your watch and your wallet are not safe. The high numbers about killing are not about criminals killing normal people, but more about criminals and cops killing each other. And, well, cops vs criminals is actually criminals vs criminals in Brazil. And yes, if you're black or brown, you should worry about cops too, depending on the state you live. Think about police brutality in the US. Brazil is waaay worse.
Most people in my hometown here in Brazil (20k inhabitants) still don't have the habit of locking their cars/homes, we had a few problems in the recent years with drugs and "people from outside of town", but in general all the crimes are like fights in general, that may lead to death and shootings. Don't know if it fits in your safe list, but I really feel safe there 😅
I am from a city of over 100k people in southern brazil, it's safe enough for me (not as much as these small towns though), last year the total number of car jackings was 2, which I consider to be pretty low, so parking at a private place over safety is a completely foreign concept to us here. The biggest problem I would say are burglaries, when people go on vacation during summer, it has gotten better though. I have also lived in Campinas, and it's definetly a big city (over 1 million people) so you have to be careful, but it's not on the same level as rio, são paulo and the northern cities so that felt like a nice middle of the road for people who like bigger cities, Curitiba is like that too.
Smaller cities are ideal for mature persons with family who may already have reliable streams of income, but what about a single/young person trying to establish themselves in a career? What opportunities are available in smaller safer cities? Education, language schools, jobs, internships, conveniences etc?
The best opportunities for single young person would be in the bigger cities but you don't need to move to Sao Paulo, there are many other nice cities like Florianópolis, belo horizonte, Curitiba
o brasil é um país q temos q estar atentos, infelizmente, em grandes cidades nao é seguro andar desatento, ou sem prestar atenção ao nosso redor; em nossas casas q temos q ter proteções e cuidados tbm, mas no geral, graças a e deus nao me aconteceu nada ate hoje, e me sinto mais ou menos seguro, mas sempre vigilante!
Hi I am a professor from Pakistan and am coming to Pato Branco south of Brazil to join university technology federal as a professor. Could you please guide me, how safe is the PB? And can I get Halal meat in the Pato Branco? Regards
I live in the northeast of brazil and due to the fact that we don't have a huge muslim population in most cities(são paulo is a melting pot with influence from multiple cultures, much alike new york, so they may be the exception), so I was not even aware of the terms halal/haram before I traveled to europe. I'd guess the majority of cities in brazil share the same lack of awareness(with the exception of SP, as I already stated), so you'll most likely have to find some creative way to eat meat that is proper to your culture/religion.
In Rio you have to be aware if you are a gringo and out drinking. As Swedish Gringo also says in his videos, its sadly a thing that happends to gringos
Indeed, you need to be careful that your drinks are not spiked when you go to bars and clubs. Thankfully the Swedish Gringo bounced back from that incident and is back to making great videos again.
@@Sigfredagerbo I mean, I think you should be aware anywhere in the world. Not paying attention to your drink is a pretty reckless thing to do. There are bad peopple everywhere.
I live in Rio and I never heard of someone being drugged. I don't think it's common. But my family always taught me to be aware of what I'm drinking, especially if i am with people I don't know.
You can, but you need to be over 25 years old and pass several psychotechnical exams,Calibers such as 4.5, 5.5, 6.0 are allowed from the age of 18 with only basic identification documentation
