Before you leave home for the holidays to enjoy your well-deserved day off, it doesn’t hurt to check out the services in SP so you don’t run into any surprises along the way, does it?
That’s why we’ve listed the main activity times so you can stay up to date and make the most of your time off.
Check out how the services work in SP:
Metropolitan Transport
On Tuesday, the 9th, EMTU bus lines, the Metro and CPTM trains will run as they do on Sundays.
According to the companies linked to the Metropolitan Transport Secretariat, operations will be monitored and, if necessary, fleets should be reinforced to meet demand. However, they expect the flow to be less than on typical working days.
Parks
The municipal parks in São Paulo will operate normally during the holiday.
Museums
Before you leave home, it’s important to check the opening hours of the museum you want to visit, as there’s no pattern to the institutions’ operations during the holidays. See below for the schedule of the main museums for Monday 08 and Tuesday 09:
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- Pinacotecas – Closed on public holidays and open the day before from 10am to 6pm;
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- Resistance Memorial – Closed on the holiday, open the day before from 10am to 6pm;
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- Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m;
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- Portuguese Language Museum – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 9am to 6pm;
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- Museum of Sacred Art – Closed on the eve, open on public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m;
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- Favelas Museum – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 10am to 5pm;
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- Museum of Sexual Diversity – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m;
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- Catavento Museum – Closed the day before and open on public holidays from 9am to 5pm;
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- Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m;
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- MIS Experience – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m;
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- Soccer Museum – closed for renovations;
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- Casa das Rosas Museum – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m;
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- Mário de Andrade House Museum – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m;
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- Immigration Museum – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m;
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- Museum of Indigenous Cultures – Open on public holidays and the day before from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m;
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- Paço das Artes – Closed.
Cultural spaces and libraries
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- Villa-Lobos Park Library – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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- São Paulo Library – Closed the day before, open on public holidays from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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- Circus World – Closed.
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- Sala São Paulo – Open to the public with a ticket for the concert, from 18:30.
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- Culture Factories in the North and South Zones, Diadema, Osasco and Iguape – Closed.
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- Fábricas de Cultura Zona Leste, Santos and São Bernardo do Campo – Closed on the eve and open on the holiday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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- São Paulo Escola de Teatro – Roosevelt Unit open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Brás Unit closed.
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- São Paulo School of Dance – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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- São Paulo Dance Company – Open on public holidays and the day before, from 10am to 7pm.
Other services
Finally, check out the functioning of hospital services and Poupatempo:
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- State hospitals: urgent and emergency care, both in emergency rooms and in hospitalization and surgical centers.
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- Poupatempo: there will be no in-person services on Tuesday.