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It curves along every inch of Copacabana Beach, the Sugarloaf mountains peaking over one end and the turrets of the Forte de Copacabana at the other. It’s a place that steals the breath at most hours of the day but is particularly potent around dusk, night slowly, steadily creeping in off the ocean and up the hills of the Marvellous City.
Saving a visit til dusk also increases the chances of catching one of Rio de Janeiro’s most underrated sights. With almost no regularity or discernible pattern, young Cariocas pick a night here and there to congregate on the traffic islands that separate the six lanes of traffic on Avenida Atlantica. From there they treat passers-by to awe-inspiring exhibitions of capoeira, whirling dervishes against the stunning backdrop.
