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[Interesting places]

Some well-known neighbourhoods and other interesting places
within the city of Vancouver include:

• The downtown peninsula, including:
   
  • Burrard Street is home to high fashion retail, posh hotels, and—interestingly enough—the Financial District. There is an underground Sky Train station near the end of the street, in the middle of the Financial District.
     
  • Canada Place, a convention center, cruise ship terminal, and an Imax theatre built over the harbour
     
  • Chinatown, including the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen classical Chinese garden, the Chinese Cultural Centre, shops, restaurants, and open-air markets.
    The Sky Train station is located less than two blocks from Keefer Street in Chinatown
     
  • The Downtown Eastside
     
  • Gas town, with brick streets and original buildings reflecting Vancouver's history
     
  • Granville Mall, a pedestrian street, characterized by blazing neon signs and a 24/7 urban scene in the centre of downtown is a hip area of dance clubs, bars, theatres, concert halls, shops, and restaurants. It is also the main transfer area for many of the Trans Link buses and has its own underground
     
  • The "pot block" of 300-block of West Hastings, home to the [BC Marijuana Party], [Pot-TV], the [Urban Shaman] and the Museum of Psychoactive Substances
     
  • Robson Street, a hip and fashionable shopping and dining district
     
  • Sports arenas BC Place Stadium and GM Place, home to major sports teams like the BC Lions and the Vancouver Canucks as well as major touring concerts and gatherings. The Chinatown-Stadium Sky Train station is the closest rapid transit access
     
  • The West End, one of the most densely populated areas of North America, including access to English Bay, Sunset Beach, and Stanley Park including the Vancouver Aquarium
     
  • Yaletown and Coal Harbour neighbourhoods (previously industrial areas, now reclaimed with high-end residential high-rises, dance clubs, restaurants, and bars)
     
  •  False Creek, one of Vancouver's first planned condominium neighbourhoods, on the site of what was the largest lumber mill in the city
     
  • Kitsilano, Kits Beach and the Planetarium
     
  • Kerrisdale, a cozy, relaxed neighbourhood in the southwest, with sushi-bars galore
     
  • West Point Grey, the westernmost neighbourhood of Vancouver where you can relax on one of the many beaches
     
  • Queen Elizabeth Park (the highest point in Vancouver) known as Little Mountain. The park was at one time a gravel quarry. The Bloedel Conservatory and the Quarry Garden are situated near the peak
     
  • VanDusen Botanical Garden, a 22-hectare garden in the middle of the city with guided tours offered daily, major events include the yearly garden show and the winter Festival of Lights
     
  • Granville Island, including artist galleries and a bustling fresh food market. Tiny passenger ferries known as the "Aqua bus" connect Granville Island to the downtown core
     
  • Commercial Drive ("The Drive") for Little Italy, arts, restaurants, cafes, and "multiethnic" shopping; also the nexus for the Millennium and Expo Sky train lines (Commercial Drive Station and Broadway Station)
     
  • Main Street from around 4th Ave to 25th Ave, an area of coffee shops, vintage clothing stores, second-hand and antique shops, and artists' lofts, popular with Vancouver's hipster community
     
  • The Punjabi Market/Little India along Main Street around 49th Ave, for South Asian savours and treasures
     
  • The University of British Columbia campus and adjacent parklands, including clothing-optional Wreck Beach, the huge Pacific Spirit Regional Park, the Museum of Anthropology, and the U.B.C Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. The University of British Columbia also operates the T.R.I.U.M.F particle/nuclear physics laboratory
     
  • The Pacific National Exhibition (P.N.E) grounds, located in Hastings Park, is the site of the annual fair of the same name held at the end of August. It also has exhibition buildings and the coliseum, used for concerts and where the Vancouver Giants play
     
  • Playland, sharing its location with the P.N.E, is the city's amusement park and operates from April to September every year
     
  • Science World, built for Expo 86
     

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