São Bernardo do Campo

Sao Bernardo do Campo anchors the ABC region on Sao Paulo's industrial fringe, the birthplace of Brazil's modern automotive industry after Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and Ford built plants there through the mid-twentieth century. That concentration of factory labor also made the city the cradle of Brazil's modern union movement, reshaping national politics in the late twentieth century. The Paranapiacaba district, a preserved English railway village, sits in the forested hills above, its restored train station and workers' cottages drawing day-trippers for the cool, foggy climate. Weekend crowds still ride the old funicular up through the cloud forest to reach it. Talent covering Sao Bernardo do Campo lists here on a subscription basis, and the platform handles the booking and the payment.