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Rio de Janeiro gets a foursquare city badge

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By on May 10th, 2012

Rio de Janeiro, a city where foursquare is incredibly popular, has landed a foursquare city badge. It’s named Carioca for the Portuguese name given to the people of Rio. It becomes the second city in Brazil with its own badge, behind São Paulo.

To earn the badge, you’ll need to check in at five of foursquare’s recommended spots in the city. As with all city badges, the list was developed with help from local residents, so you can be sure it will point you to some quality spots, from tourist spots to nightclubs popular with the locals.

The unlock text reads:

From the girls of Ipanema to the die-hard fans at Maracana, Rio knows. Spend the afternoon sipping Caipirinhas and feasting on feijoada, then head to Lapa for some Samba. Catch a ride home on a Kombi and do it all again tomorrow!

Foursquare says they’ll begin rolling out the international city badge winners next week.

What do you think of the Carioca badge?

This badge appears on the foursquare city badge list×
  • Thiago AC

    For a wonderful city like Rio, could have done a better design. Sugar loaf, Christ the Redeemer (new wonderful of world), sea, forest, beaches, aqueduct… :/

    • Murilo

      Agree. Carnival is a big part of Rio but there’s so much more. I expected to see the Sugar Loaf on the badge. I’m pretty disappointed.

  • http://www.joelscoleti.com.br Joel

    I expected to see the Sugar Loaf or Christ the Redeemer on the badge. I’m pretty disappointed. (2)

  • Joe M.

    While I agree that I don’t like this design, Sugarloaf Mountain would be too boring of a design. It’s just a lump. Should have been Christ the Redeemer

    • Murilo

      Christ the Redeemer is for sure the most recognizable icon in Rio, but at the same time is a religious landmark.

  • Carlos S

    For the record, “Carioca” means “House of the white man” in Tupi-Guarani, the language of local indians living at the land when the first Portuguese arrived in there. unfortunately, foursquare remove the mention to “Kombi” and replaced with “Havaianas”. Both are national icons but Kombi is “close to home” since it is a way of transportation widely used by the working classes in the “Zona Norte e suburbios”, where most of the samba/soccer (Truly Rio’s identity) come from. I understand their desire to create a badge more related to carnaval, but, it could be better. At the end, there is only so much that you can do relying on free information.

  • Jeff

    Next time i hope to read “Mexico City gets a foursquare city badge”.

  • Thiago AC

    Serious that Petropolis’ Cathedral is in the list to unlock the badge and Rio’s cathedral is not? #fail :P

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