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Welcome to Vancouver!
Vancouver is truly one of the world's most perfect places to visit or live. It is a sophisticated, fun loving, outdoor living city with a vibrant, prosperous downtown core.
Don't miss the new harbourside Convention Centre, so green it has grass growing on the roof. From its windows, you can watch float planes take off and land in the Burrard Inlet, cruise ships arriving and departing in summer and boats and ships sailing, rowing or motoring back and forth year round.
One tenth of the nearly 600,000 inhabitants live in downtown Vancouver, most of them in innovative, high rise apartment buildings that feature glass and more glass showcasing the city's light and views.
Along with its downtown, Vancouver has many mature, thriving, well defined neighbourhoods with locally owned businesses, a clear identity and a community feel. Each one presents a unique side of the city.
Moreover, Vancouver has one of the most diverse populations in North America and with that diversity comes all the benefits: great new ideas, an embracing, cooperative spirit and restaurants serving food from all over the world.
In Vancouver, you can swim at English Bay or Second Beach, kayak in False Creek or ride horses in Southlands. Twenty minutes away, in the North Shore mountains, you can ski and snowboard in winter and hike or mountain bike in summer.
From Vancouver you are 63 km from Victoria. Located on Vancouver Island, Victoria, British Columbia's capital, is another of the world's most beautiful cities. You can get from downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria in 35 minutes by float plane or three and a half hours by bus and ferry.
From Vancouver, you are only 120 km from Whistler, one of the most spectacular ski resorts and summer playgrounds in the world and the site, along with Vancouver, of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In February 2010, all the world will visit Vancouver for the Olympics, either actually or virtually, and they will discover its magic. We suggest you visit Vancouver this summer and beat the crowds.
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