Florianopolis municipality has 406.564 habitants, which is comparable to Antwerp city in Belgium. The city offers everything you desire from a city, yet remains of a very human size, contrary to many other Latin American cities. The metro area of Florianopolis has 821.423 habitants.
The below video from Gabriel Sandalo, a Brazilian skater gives a very good feel of the citymood of Florianopolis.
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Being from Antwerp, I concur: Floripa definitely shares several characteristics with my hometown. Both are relaxed, easygoing places with great nightlife and plenty of things to do.
Perhaps the only thing that is slightly different is the quality of the beaches: St. Anneke (for those in the know) does not stack up very well when compared to Praia Mole
Great video, captures the Floripa-vibe really well …
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