Passo Fundo

Passo Fundo is a city in the north of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It's the 11th largest city in the state with an estimated population of 185,000 inhabitants. Passo Fundo is nicknamed "A Terra de Gente Boa", Portuguese for "The Land of Good People or Folks." The city is known as being one of the most gaúcho cities in all of Rio Grande do Sul. It is not uncommon to see gaúchos walking the streets of Passo Fundo dressed in their full "pilcha" or typical gaúcho clothing.

Passo Fundo is the home town of the football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari and the adopted place of Teixeirinha, a Gaúcho folkloric performer.

The city was mentioned at the science fiction/suspense movie Signs,as the place where a high quality alien-video was taken by a 42-years old man, called Romero Valadares at the seven year's old birthday party of his son.