Interesting Photo of the Day: Amazing Tree Covered Street in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Interesting Photos  •  Street Photography

Known as the most beautiful street in the world, the Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho in Porto Alegre, Brazil is like a bit of rainforest in the middle of a metropolis. Formed by over 100 tipuana trees lining both sides of the street with serpentine branches creating a canopy overhead, the “Green Tunnel” stretches for approximately 500 meters (over 1,500 feet) through the middle of the city. Sunlight filtering through the branches casts a lime-green glow on drivers and pedestrians below:

The Famous Green Tunnel Street of Brazil

Originally planted in the 1930s by German workers employed at a local brewery, the stretch of trees was at risk for destruction in 2005 to make room for a shopping mall, but residents fought to protect the natural wonder, which has now been classified as an environmental heritage site.

View from above, Porto Alegre, Brazil