SHOPS & SERVICES GUIDE 

  TO CURITIBA

2. USEFUL INFORMATION FOR DAILY LIFE

2.1.     Relocation Manager

     Welcome Relocation - Áurea Formoso - 9964-2175 + 3362-7381  

Áurea as a IWCP-Member offers Housing, Hotel and Flat Services, office space, Look-and-See-Trip, settling-in service, documentation (Visa, RNE, CPF, Driver’s License), school registration and translation assistance, safety orientation, etc. “Welcome Relocation Services will help you with your personal and professional needs for a successful transition to Curitiba”.

Liliana Lacerda André – Relocation Consultant - 3244-7001 + 9908-4284

Home finding programme, school search, settling-in service and 3-months elephone support service Her mission: “Helping the expatriate and his family to find a new home and to settle into the new community!”.  lilacerda@brturbo.com

2.2.           Legal Advice

            Advogados Hapner & Kroetz - 3350-7900 

                R. Lysimaco Ferreira da Costa, 80 – Centro Civico

                 Drs. Carlos and Tarcísio speak perfect English.

                www.hapnerkroetz.com.br and hk@hk.com.br

           Advogados Roberto Ferraz -   3351-3510 + 3251- 3511

                Av. Nossa Senhora da Luz, 700 – Bacacheri

                 Roberto@ferrazadvogados.com.br

2.3.           Accountants

             Organização Contábil Giacomitti -   3363-9000

                R. Benjamin Constant, 233 – Centro

                Maria Angela Fracaro does the accountant work for the IWCP

                angela@giacomitti.com.br

2.4.           Domestic Employees

            Sindicato dos Empregadores Domesticos do Paraná - SEDEP

                Av. República Argentina, 3305 – Portão -     3229-2272

                Will find you a maid and help with the contract  

2.5.          Children

             Schools, baby sitters and entertainment

2.6.           Advertising Agencies

            Agência de Publicidade -  Mario Grau Filho - 3016-2000

                R. Domingos Nascimento, 660 – São Francisco

2.7.           Official Translators

            Dione M. Gomes Schaitza - 3222-9465

                R. Buenos Aires, 444, cj. 25 – Batel

              Silvia Breiby -  3266-5882 + 9103-0903

                silviabreiby@swi.com.br

                English / Portuguese / English for Business and Personal Documents

2.8.           Printers

            Gráfica Wunderlich - 3335-2925

                R. Euclides da Cunha, 1512 – Bigorrilho                

                Printer of the Pine Post for many years

              Gráfica Rosa de Bassi - 3297-3095

                R. Via Veneto, 890 – Santa Felicidade                

                Rosa Kupka speaks English and does a lot of printing and editing work for

                the International School of Curitiba.  

2.9.           Websites   

IWCP’s Newcomer’s Guide to Curitiba and Website

    www.iwcp.hpg.ig.com.br

“Where” Curitiba

    O melhor Roteiro da Cidade, every 2 months www.wherecuritiba.com.br

Magazine VEJA “Curitiba. O Melhor da Cidade”

     Once a year in August. www.vejaparana.com.br

Websites of Paraná or Curitiba with lots of information like events, concerts, movies, weather=  www.tudoparana.com.br or www.guiacwb.com.br or

 Lists of all kinds of things, maps, search for telephone numbers and addresses from all over Brasil and more www.telelistas.net or http://busca.sos102.com.br/maps/bussola.asp

For a virtual trip through Curitiba choose www.telelistas.net/guiacuritiba

For the airport shuttle bus=                                http://www.aeroportoexecutivo.com.br/home.htm

For hotels= http://www.hotel-curitiba.com.br/economicos.htm

For restaurants= http://www.curitibagourmet.com.br/

For theatre programs you can check= www.pr.gov.br/guaira and

www.uol.com.br/agoraparana/teatros.htm

Cultural programs you will find under www.curitibainterativa.com.br

For classifies= http://alonegocios.folha.com.br/classificados/