# The narrowest street (or lane?) on São Miguel

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2025-06-12

sao-miguel, azores, small-street, narrow-street, laser-distance-measurer, street-design, urban-design, streets, urbanism, travel

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[The Azorean adventure](https://brandondonnelly.com/visiting-the-motherland) is over. But it wouldn't be a trip to Europe without some sort of post about street dimensions.

So here's a primary retail street in downtown Ponta Delgada — 6.7m from building face to building face, or about the size of a standard two-way drive aisle in Toronto.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/339512e068894f9c2c07454391c7a6ac.jpg)

And here's the narrowest street/lane that I came across on the island. I couldn't find a street name, but it did have [utility meters on it](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-utility-meter-vitrines-of-sao-miguel), and it was about the size of a residential building corridor.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b9e561d7719418a120d813bed29ff90b.jpg)

We also stumbled upon quite the street party in this same area. There's a lot happening in this photo.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/73be14adb622841c68b51ecb821848ed.jpg)

I did also manage to find a memory card reader for my camera at a Continente (supermarket) along the way. So make sure you're following [Globizen's Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/globizen/).

Regularly scheduled programming will resume tomorrow.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-narrowest-street-or-lane-on-sao-miguel)*