Fernando Meirelles' thriller “Blindness” (2008), starring Julianne Moore, turned downtown Sao Paulo's streets and viaducts into a city struck by an epidemic of blindness.
The Liberdade district holds the largest Japanese community outside Japan: immigration began in 1908 with the ship Kasato Maru docking at Santos.
At the Mercado Municipal, Bar do Mane has served its legendary 300g grilled-mortadella sandwich since 1933, from stall E14.