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Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.

Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.
Where is the station? — It is to the right of the museum.
From Lesson 32:Where things are: ficar (Onde fica...?)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Onde fica a estação? — Fica à direita do museu.

Why use fica instead of está or é to say is?
In Portuguese, the verb ficar (to stay or to be located) is the most natural way to talk about the permanent location of buildings, streets, and cities. While you might sometimes hear é or está, fica is the standard choice when asking where a place like a estação is located.
What does the backward accent on à mean?
It shows that two words have merged. The phrase for to the right is à direita. It combines the preposition a (to or at) with the feminine word for the, which is also a (matching the feminine word direita). Instead of writing a a, they mash together into à.
Why does the sentence use do museu instead of just de museu?
The phrase for to the right of is à direita de. Since we are talking about a specific museum, we need to add the masculine word for the (o) before museu. The preposition de (of) and the article o (the) combine to form do (of the).
Why is there no word for it in the answer Fica à direita...?
In Portuguese, you do not need to use a pronoun like it if the context is clear. Because the question just asked about a estação, the listener knows exactly what Fica (is located) refers to, so you can just drop the pronoun completely.

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