Winnipeg: Best Things to Do
SIGHTSEEING
Have a sightseeing tour around The Forks National Historic Site. It is a green oasis park located in the city center. With the nine-acre wide, this park offers a vast open green space to have a relaxing walking tour around. This park is decorated with artistic sculptures, stone pictographs and ceremonial bronze in every corner of the park.
The Forks National Historic Site
DOWNTOWN
Centered in Exchange District, Winnipeg has various tourist attractions to offer. One of the important landmarks to visit is the Manitoba Legislative Building. This government building is worth visiting for the majestic buildings and the historical rice. Built-in 1920, the building has Tyndall stone and Italian marble interior. You can have a tour around guided by professionals that will explain the features of the building such as hidden hieroglyphics, Freemason symbols, and secret numerical codes.
Manitoba Legislative Building
SHOPPING
Experience local shopping experience in The Forks Market. Not only a shopping place, but this restaurant is also an important historic site in Winnipeg. This indoor market features a six-story tower that can be accessed by stairs and elevator. The market offers art and handmade goods made by local and Canadian artisans. You can also find many fresh fruits and local foods in the market.
The Forks Market
FOOD & DRINK
Try the original taste of poutine in Winnipeg. It's one of the national dishes made of traditionally made french fries and cheese curds. The dish is varied with additional flavors like cheesy lobster or bacon. And for the drink, you can try the Caribou. It is a Canadian alcoholic beverage mixed with red wine, hard liquor, and maple syrup. It tastes sweet, yet has a strong content of alcohol. The drink is available in outdoor bars around the city.
CULTURE
The culture in Winnipeg is influenced by traditional and modern Canadian cultures, as well as the immigrants' cultures. This city hosts numerous annual festivals like Festival du Voyageur and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The people are very polite and humble. They welcome tourists warmly.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
Offering various kinds of outdoor traveling, it's best to visit the city around June to August. Around the time, the city is in the summer season with nice weather to travel outdoor. But if you want to have a winter holiday in the city, you can come around December.
HOTEL
Winnipeg is filled with various kinds of stay and hotel accommodations. Plan your itinerary wisely and choose the most strategic hotel for your attractions. Fort Garry Hotel is a classic style hotel located near to Winnipeg Convention Centre. Every room of the hotel is featured with free wifi and flatscreen TV. Buffet restaurant, spa, and ballrooms are available in the hotel. Another hotel that offers a great deal for your stay is Fairmont Winnipeg. Every room in the hotel is featured with flatscreen Tv, WiFi, and coffee machine. Restaurants, cozy lounge, indoor pool, and fitness center are available in the hotel. This hotel is located in the city center. With the strategic location, you can easily travel to the Manitoba Museum and the Convention Centre Winnipeg.
Fort Garry Hotel
Fairmont Winnipeg
RESTAURANT
Winnipeg has numerous tasty restaurants in the city. Canadians are famous for its steakhouses. Have a fine dining experience in 529 Wellington Steakhouse. Being one of the best steakhouses in the restaurant, the restaurant serves authentic local foods with good presentations. Located in a restored mansion, you can feel the authentic Canadian and calm atmosphere in the restaurant. Another good spot to eat in the city is Rae and Jerry’s. This restaurant offers a different vibe of the old-school venue. This great historic restaurant will bring you back in the old era. Order the T-Bone in their menu as the most recommended cuisine of the restaurant.
529 Wellington Steakhouse
Rae and Jerry’s
CAFE
If you are a caffeine addict, Parlour Coffee offers you a refreshing cup of coffee to start your day. As the first independent cafe to open in Winnipeg, this minimalist cafe is important to the city's coffee revolution. With the good vibes and atmosphere, enjoy a cup of goodness in this cafe overlooking Winnipeg's urban life in downtown. But, if you are are looking for a nice decorated coffee shop in the city, Little Sister Coffee Maker is where you go. Not only coffee, but this cafe also makes delicious pastries and cakes. With the clean looking inside and green-white accent interior, this cafe is one of the best coffee shops to take a rest from your long trip.
Parlour Coffee
Little Sister Coffee Maker
BAR AND NIGHTLIFE
What kind of nightlife would you spend in Winnipeg? The city has plenty of clubs and nightlife places to offer. The first place to go is 441 Main. Here you can have a live music performance of Winnipeg's top DJs and a great atmosphere of dance party night club. Decorated in woodsy-chic decor and pop art, the lounge also serves delicious cocktails to taste. But, if you want to spend a different nightlife in Winnipeg, book an upcoming live performance event in Burton Cummings Theatre. The venue is used to host more than 70 live entertainment events every year. The theatrical venus is decorated in vintage, a 70’ vaulted ceiling, and three levels of the audience seating. Check the schedule and book yours!
441 Main
Burton Cummings Theatre
INTERESTING PLACE
Assiniboine Park is Winnipeg's largest Park. The park is 1.100 acres long and designed in the English landscape style. The park itself is divided into many parts. One of the famous parts is the Assiniboine Park Zoo. The zoo is popular for its Journey to Churchill exhibition. It displays a polar bear, Arctic fox, wolf, musk ox, caribou, snowy owl, and seal habitats. Another Winnipeg's best attraction is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It is the world's first museum that focuses on human rights issues. This museum is not only dedicated to Canadian history but also international human rights struggles. The amazing architecture of the building and the natural complex is extraordinary. You can climb on the Israel Asper Tower of Hope. It's a 100 meter-high tower with a curling white metal stairway. From the high, you can see the city sky view. Just next to the museum, there is a city's symbolic bridge that spans above the Red River namely Esplanade Riel.
Assiniboine Park
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
INSTAGRAMMABLE SPOT
Winnipeg's museums are indeed instagrammable to get captured. Manitoba Museum has numerous spots that are picturesque. This museum displays the natural history of Manitoba province. You can see the high dinosaur skeleton of a 95-million-year-old Pliosaur fossil in the museum. But, the best instagramable spot in the museum is the Nonsuch or a replica of the famous massive sailboat from 1668. Another place offering good spots to capture is the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden. It is a landscape garden that features artistic bronze sculpture surrounded by flowers and decorated by benches & fountains. Not only amazing to capture, but this place is also a great place to walk and relax.
Leo Mol Sculpture Garden
The Manitoba Museum
