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 / East Vancouver

Duffin’s Donuts – East Van’s 24 Hour Legend

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / East Vancouver

The Dependability Of Helen’s Grill On Main St.

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Downtown East Side

The Railtown Nerd/Fashionista Lunch Rush

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Chinatown

Beautiful Views From A Parkade In Chinatown

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / The Islands

The Aging “Queens” Of The BC Ferries Fleet

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

We Embrace Our Total Incompetence In The Snow

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

The Rad-Tempered Sound Of Lightning Dust

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / West Side

Hanging Blue Whale Skeleton At The Beaty

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Omer Arbel’s Light Installation At Tacofino

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Railtown Japantown

The 50 Beer Selection At “The Alibi Room”

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Strathcona

The Old Volvo Wagon With A Canoe On Top

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

The Granville Strip After The Tornado Ends

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / The Islands

The Gnarled Brilliance Of The Arbutus Tree

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

The Urban/Rural Wonder That Is UBC Farm

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

The Awesome Contained In Uncommon Fog

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Lizzy Karp, Founder Of Raincity Chronicles

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Bestie, More Than Just Beer And Sausages

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Pulling An Overnighter Up At Porteau Cove

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Wandering In & Around The Marine Building

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Sometimes It Rains Through The Sunshine

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Strathcona

The Cooper’s Hawk That Hunts Strathcona

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / False Creek

Watching The Dragon Boats Trying To Park

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Chinatown

The View From Chinatown’s Plaza Parkade

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Chinatown

Ken Tsui, Provider Of Original Good Times

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver / Strathcona

Our Ramen Dominance Over North America

1,000 Cool Things About Vancouver

Pedalling Away The Politicization Of Bikes