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What to see in Vancouver on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Vancouver is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, viewpoints, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Vancouver pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks5

  1. 1VPL: Central Library
  2. 2Canada PlaceCanada Place, co-named Komagata Maru Place, is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. 3False CreekFalse Creek is a short narrow inlet in the heart of Vancouver, separating the Downtown and West End neighbourhoods from the rest of the city.
  4. 4Birks Clock
  5. 5The Pink Alley

Historic Sites10

  1. 62010 Olympic CauldronThe 2010 Winter Olympics cauldron was erected for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 7Canadian Pacific 374Canadian Pacific 374 is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive that operated on the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
  3. 8Waterfront StationWaterfront station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. 9Vogue TheatreVogue Theatre is an Art Moderne styled building and an event venue for the performing arts, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  5. 10Hartney Chambers
  6. 11OrpheumThe Orpheum is a theatre and music venue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  7. 12Angel of Victory
  8. 13Cambie Bridge Ring Gear Monument
  9. 14Terry Fox Memorial
  10. 15Former Site of King George High School 1914-1963

Viewpoints1

  1. 16Harbour Centre Lookout Tower

Museums & Galleries6

  1. 17Or
  2. 18BC Sports Hall of Fame and MuseumThe BC Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in the BC Place stadium, at Gate A, the main entrance to the stadium, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. 19Vancouver Art GalleryThe Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. 20Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
  5. 21Chali Rosso
  6. 22The Space Art Gallery

Parks & Gardens6

  1. 23Victory SquareVictory Square is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 24George Wainborn ParkGeorge Wainborn Park is a 2.5-hectare park along False Creek, located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. 25Nelson ParkNelson Park is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  4. 26Harbour Green Park
  5. 27Hinge ParkHinge Park is a naturalized wetland park in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  6. 28Robson SquareRobson Square is a landmark civic centre and public plaza, located in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

Public Art22

  1. 29Digital OrcaDigital Orca is a 2009 sculpture of a killer whale by Douglas Coupland, installed next to the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 30The DropThe Drop is a steel sculpture resembling a raindrop designed by the group of German artists known as Inges Idee, located at Bon Voyage Plaza in the Coal Harbour neighborhood of downtown Vancouver.
  3. 31King Edward VII FountainThe King Edward VII Memorial Fountain is a fountain in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. 32Nike
  5. 33Four Boats Stranded
  6. 34Water Work
  7. 35Royal Sweet Diamond
  8. 36Province Newspaper Memorial
  9. 37Mind Crystal
  10. 38Jasper
  11. 39F Grass -Ai Wei Wei
  12. 40Spirits In A Landscape
  13. 41Requiem for Yan
  14. 42The Great Fire
  15. 43Bird of Spring
  16. 44The Four Elements
  17. 45Florentine Door & Wall No 3
  18. 46Builders
  19. 47Public Service/Private Step
  20. 48Slow
  21. 49Moving Pictures
  22. 50Spring

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