Misty forest as a stand-in for wet Vancouver

A rainy day in Vancouver

Markets, museums, dim sum, and the indoor things the city is actually built for.

Granville Island, MOA or Science World, Kirin if you will ride the Canada Line, and a bar in Gastown when the light goes.

Rain is not a cancellation. Start at Granville Island. Choose one museum. If you have a Canada Line ticket, Richmond dim sum is the correct lunch. End in a brick room in Gastown. Save the Seawall for tomorrow.

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Things to do nearby

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Downtown · Vancouver

Robson Square Ice Rink

A public outdoor rink under the provincial courthouse — seasonal, downtown, and free to watch.

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Downtown · Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery

The former courthouse on Robson Square — rotating exhibitions and a granite lawn for sitting.

Indoor bowling lanes with warm overhead lights

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Downtown · Vancouver

Commodore Lanes

Vintage lanes under Granville Street — a rainy-day game, an arcade, and a late downtown crowd.

Siwash Rock from the Stanley Park shoreline at sunset

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West End · Vancouver

Stanley Park & Seawall

Ten kilometres of seawall, old-growth forest, and the city’s most famous loop.

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Places to eat nearby

Rainy-day OK

Downtown · Vancouver

Jam Café

Fried chicken and waffles, long weekend lines, and a second room in Victoria.

Granville Island from the air, under the Granville Street Bridge

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False Creek · Vancouver

Granville Island

Produce stalls, studios, and a working industrial island turned playground.

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Waterfront · Vancouver

Miku

Aburi sushi with a front-row seat to Burrard Inlet and the North Shore.

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Cambie Village · Vancouver

Vij’s

The restaurant that put Vancouver Indian cooking on the world map.

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