[5] Brusque has a strong women's volleyball team in the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol.

- The city is a pioneer in the invention of the voting machine, and the first polling station to use it was also in Brusque (1988).

- Headquarters of the first spinning industry of Santa Catarina (1892 - Textile Factory Renaux).

- The only city in Brazil to use chlorine dioxide to treat water consumed by the population.

Current ethnic composition: 90% Whites; 5% Pardos; 4% Blacks; 0.5% Native American; 0.5% Asian.