Relaxing Bossa Nova Pomodoro is a free online focus timer paired with a 24/7 bossa nova radio. It was made to help you concentrate, relax, and enjoy your work or study sessions with the warm, laid-back sound of Rio de Janeiro playing in the background. Open the site, start the radio, set your timer, and let the music carry you through the day.
The idea is simple: combine a proven productivity method with calm Brazilian music and a peaceful view of Rio. There is no sign-up and nothing to download — everything runs right in your browser.
The Pomodoro Technique is a time-management method that breaks your work into focused intervals — traditionally 25 minutes long — separated by short breaks. After about four focus sessions you take a longer break to recharge. Each interval is called a "pomodoro," the Italian word for tomato, named after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer its creator used.
Working in short, timed bursts helps you stay focused, avoid burnout, and make steady progress without feeling overwhelmed. On this site you can use the classic Focus, Short break and Long break lengths, or open the Custom tab to set any length from 1 to 60 minutes.
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1950s, blending the rhythm of samba with the harmonies of cool jazz. Gentle, smooth and understated, it captured the relaxed spirit of Rio's beaches and went on to charm listeners around the world.
Its soft, steady rhythm makes bossa nova ideal background music for focus: present enough to set a calm mood, but never distracting. That is exactly why it pairs so naturally with a pomodoro timer.
When you open the site, tap anywhere on the welcome screen to start the bossa nova radio. Browsers require a single tap before any sound can play, so this first tap simply "tunes you in."
Pick Focus, Short break or Long break, or open Custom to set your own length up to 60 minutes. Each tab keeps its own clock, so you can glance at the others without stopping a timer that is already running.
Press Start to begin. When a block finishes, a gentle alarm lets you know. With "Auto-start the next block" enabled, the timer flows through Focus, Short break, Long break and Custom automatically.
Adjust the volume in the player, and tap the scene button to switch between six views of Rio — Sugarloaf at sunset, Corcovado, Copacabana, the Lapa Arches at night, Ipanema at dusk and the Botanical Garden.
Yes. Relaxing Bossa Nova Pomodoro is completely free to use.
No. There is no sign-up and nothing to install — everything works directly in your browser.
You choose. By default the radio can pause on breaks and resume when you focus again, but you can enable continuous play by unchecking "Play only during focus" on the timer.
Yes — open the Custom tab and choose any length from 1 to 60 minutes.