Vancouver travel guides & articles
All 12 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Vancouver — newest first.
Tours & tickets
Vancouver's Yaletown Seawall on a September Afternoon
A flat, unhurried afternoon through Yaletown's three waterfront parks, the rail relics behind them and the ferry dock that gets you across False Creek for the price of a coffee.
Vancouver's Wettest 10K and the Crews Who Run It
Ten kilometres from the Downtown Eastside waterfront, through Stanley Park, to a sauna in Mount Pleasant, with the clubs, the kit and the 2026 race dates that make the rain worth running in.
How Vancouver's Rain Built a Noodle and Dumpling City
Vancouver gets nine wet months a year. Here are fifteen steam-fogged rooms serving the hand-pulled noodles and hand-folded dumplings people eat once the rain sets in.
Umbrella Etiquette and Six Wet Months in Vancouver
Locals here own hoods, not umbrellas. Once you know the covered routes, the closed-Monday traps and the three unwritten rules, the wet season is something you can plan around rather than work around.
Rain Turned Vancouver Into an Indoor City
Vancouver never fought its 160 rainy days a year. It built a second city indoors, from covered markets to steam-filled cafés, and this is the map for 2026.
Vancouver's Music Weekend: Eight Rooms, Two Nights
From Kingfishr's sold-out Commodore stand to a Y2K-themed Fortune Sound Club Friday, here's exactly where Vancouver's music scene is spending August 15 and 16.
Vancouver's Ale Trail: East Van to Mount Pleasant
A self-guided crawl through Vancouver's original East Vancouver breweries and the Main Street taprooms of Brewery Creek, with honest notes on which stops actually work for a group.
North of the Water: Vancouver's North Shore, from the Grouse Grind to Deep Cove
A calm, walkable plan for Vancouver's mountain half — three peaks, two canyons, one legendary doughnut, and the SeaBus that gets you there in twelve minutes.
The City That Rides: Vancouver's Seawall and the World's Longest Uninterrupted Waterfront Path
A calm, itinerary-shaped guide to riding Vancouver's 28-kilometre car-free Seawall — where to rent, the counter-clockwise Stanley Park loop, and the honest food and beach stops that break it up.
How Vancouver Became a Sushi City
From a Michelin-starred counter to the homegrown flame-seared oshi that spread across a continent, here is how a rainy Pacific port turned into one of the world's great sushi cities — and where to sit down in 2026.
Sea-to-Sky: A Local's 48-Hour Escape from Vancouver to Whistler
Fly into Vancouver with a weekend to spare and this is the two-night Whistler run I give friends — real timings, honest door notes, and not one thing you'll wish you'd skipped.
The Best Whale Watching Tours in Vancouver
How to pick the right boat, from the right dock, for the whales off Vancouver in 2026 — comfort catamarans, open zodiacs, and the honest cheaper alternative.