5 of the best · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
What’s Being Built in Rio
The rebuilt port of Porto Maravilha, the new Gávea metro station, the Museu Nacional rising again, the Santa Teresa tram’s new cars and the IMS’s works in Gávea. We give status, not prices.
Our 5 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three Rio addresses we would send a friend to first, chosen from this list.
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Porto Maravilha: the rebuilt port
The old port district rebuilt around the Praça Mauá: the Museu do Amanhã, the MAR, the Orla Conde and the VLT light rail.
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Works and projects 5
What’s open and what’s coming.
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Porto Maravilha: the rebuilt port
The old port district rebuilt around the Praça Mauá: the Museu do Amanhã, the MAR, the Orla Conde and the VLT light rail.
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Closed for works
The Instituto Moreira Salles house
The IMS’s modernist house and Burle Marx garden in Gávea, closed for works.
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Being rebuilt
The Museu Nacional
The national museum in the old imperial palace at the Quinta da Boa Vista, being rebuilt after the 2018 fire.
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Running, with new cars
The Santa Teresa tram
Rio’s old bonde, running again to Santa Teresa, with new cars and a returning branch line.
