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1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver is a pretty self-explanatory Scout column that gives equal weight to the common attributes and obscure intangibles that make our city well worth living in. Getting to a thousand is a pretty ambitious goal, but we believe in our city and we’re already well under way.

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Downtown

All That Colourful Art on the Walls at ‘The Magnet’ Is Not What It Seems…

Downtown's beer-forward restaurant is a trove of quirky details from bar to bathroom. Here's a cool thing to look out for...

Jan 17, 2020
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Main Street

This Mt. Pleasant Restaurant Honours Its Veteran Staff Members in a Really Cool Way

Wallflower Diner recognizes and celebrates its long-serving crew members by affixing their names to the long edge of the wooden bar.

Apr 4, 2019
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / False Creek

The One Delicious Day of the Year We Actually Looking Forward to Meat Sweats

The annual Brewery and the Beast festival of meat and beer easily cracks our 1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver list.

Jul 25, 2018
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Kitsilano

The Floating Respite Within Easy Swimming Reach of Kits Beach

Kits Beach would be a shoe-in for our 1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver project if it wasn't so damn obvious. This makes more sense.

Jul 16, 2018
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Railtown Japantown

Our Favourite Event of the Summer? The Powell Street Festival

The annual festival in and around Oppenheimer Park offers up full plates of Japanese-Canadian arts, culture, and fabulous food.

Jun 13, 2018
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Commercial Drive

Get Your Eating Pants Ready! Italian Day is Coming

The annual celebration of Italian heritage is one of our great entertainment assets -- 14 blocks of delicious things to eat, drink, see and do!

Jun 8, 2018
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

From Humble Beginnings Came This Outstanding, Week-Long Beer Festival

Our '1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver' series continues with a no brainer: Vancouver Craft Beer Week

May 28, 2018
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Strathcona

Sunshine, Concrete Couches and Ping Pong Next to a Brewery on a Bike Route

The new double-triangle bike route hangout on Vernon Drive (at Union Street) is the chillest place to take a break during rush hour.

Sep 14, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

One of the Coolest, Most Fleetingly Delicious Facts of Life in Vancouver…

What's free, delicious, hard to get, impossibly sweet, juicy and incredibly versatile? Local blackberries!

Aug 28, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Commercial Drive

Catch This Well-Timed, Beefalicious Skylight Smoke Show on Commercial Drive

A lot of smoke, a skylight and the right time of day combine for magic at La Mezcaleria

Aug 21, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

It Offers Workers Truly Spectacular Commutes

Jun 7, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Coming Home After A Long Time Away From It

May 29, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / West End

The Constant Hum & Spectacle Of Seaplanes

May 17, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

That One Day When Summer Suddenly Arrives

May 8, 2017
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Gastown

The Social Seating Experiment At Timbertrain

Nov 15, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Strathcona

A Hidden Arcade Of Cool Classics In Strathcona

Oct 24, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Its A Natural Amphitheatre For Amazing Sunsets

Aug 24, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / West Side

Arthur Erickson’s Soothing Waterfall Building

May 25, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Downtown

Tuesday Nights At The Vancouver Art Gallery

May 18, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Downtown

Hunting Titles & Smelling Deep At MacLeod’s

May 11, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Main Street

CRAB Park: A Hidden Gem On The Waterfront

Apr 28, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / East Vancouver

The View Of The City From This East Van Alley

Mar 22, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / West Side

Its Scattered ‘Living Fossil’ Monkey Puzzle Trees

Mar 15, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / East Vancouver

A Hot Wheels Illusion On The Dunsmuir Viaduct

Jan 13, 2016
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Gastown

A Glance Up Cambie Between Water & Cordova

Dec 18, 2015
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / North Shore

A Local Abundance Of Wild, Delicious Shrooms

Oct 29, 2015
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Main Street

The Purple Lights Of Our Ancient Basements

Oct 19, 2015
1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / East Vancouver

A Vintage “Tin Can Studio” Of Mobile Creativity

Sep 22, 2015
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