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Places to visit in Seattle

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The Seattle Great Wheel

The Seattle Great Wheel is a giant observation wheel at the end of Pier 57 on the Seattle waterfront, rising about 175 feet above Elliott Bay. Opened in 2012, it gives riders a slow, high view of the harbor, the downtown…

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The Seattle Aquarium

The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium on the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, focused on the marine life of Puget Sound and the wider Pacific Northwest. It sits on Pier 59 at the foot of the city's down…

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The Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum is the main art museum of downtown Seattle, standing on First Avenue a short walk from Pike Place Market and the waterfront. Its collection ranges across many cultures and periods, and a giant stee…

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Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market is a historic public market on the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, where farmers, fishmongers, craftspeople and food stalls have traded since 1907. It is one of the oldest continuously op…

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The Chief Sealth statue

The Chief Sealth statue stands at 99 Yesler Way in Pioneer Square, the oldest part of downtown Seattle. It honors Chief Seattle, the Duwamish and Suquamish leader whose name the city carries, and it sits in a neighborhoo…

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The Seattle International Fountain

The International Fountain sits at the middle of Seattle Center, left over from the 1962 World's Fair and since rebuilt, firing jets in time to music from a shallow bowl. Children treat it as a swimming pool on hot days.…

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Kreielsheimer Promenade

The Kreielsheimer Promenade is the open plaza in front of McCaw Hall at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. Its paving doubles as a shallow water feature that mirrors the sky, the metal canopy and the evening lights. …

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Marvin's Garden

Marvin's Garden is a small park on Ballard Avenue NW in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. A bell tower stands on the site of the old Ballard City Hall, and the park is named after a well-loved local figure. It is a qu…

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Bergen Place

Bergen Place is a small triangular park in the heart of Ballard, Seattle, named for Bergen, Norway, one of the city's sister cities. It is best known for a mural that tells the story of the neighbourhood's Scandinavian s…

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