We had a look around the Monumental Axis where the museum of modern art, the weird cathedral, different ministries and many more government buildings are located. As this city was built in one go, all the buildings are in the same concrete/modernist style.
Together with the city they also dammed the river Paranoá to create Lago do Paranoá. Sadly there wasn't much around the shore so we returned to the centre after a look at the JK bridge.
Also worth mentioning is the stadium they built for the World Cup. Brasilia doesn't even have a soccer team playing in the mayor Brazilian soccer league, they will never fill it again after the games.
During our stay we didn't see any other tourists although there where hundreds of hotels around (probably catering to diplomats and politics). It also seems everybody eats what room services offers. As our hotel directed us to the next shopping mall when asked for a restaurant... o_O
All in all Brasilia isn't really a tourist destination. The nature of the city (or its lack of it) makes it unbearable during all but dusk and dawn. You can see it all in a day, so fly-in in the morning and out in the evening as it is even duller at night, bureaucrats don't seem to party ;)
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| One of almost two dozen ministries along the road |
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