- Whyte Avenue for the restaurant row.
- The downtown farmers' markets in summer.
- Alberta beef and prairie plates across the city.
Edmonton City Guide
Downtown Edmonton on the North Saskatchewan River. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Edmonton is the festival city: the northernmost big city in North America, with the continent's largest urban parkland in its river valley and North America's largest mall as its famous landmark. Summer brings the Fringe, winter brings deep cold and the ice castles.
Whyte Avenue is the main strip, the Royal Alberta Museum anchors downtown, and the Muttart Conservatory's pyramids glow in the river valley. It is also the gateway to Jasper and the north.
What to do in Edmonton
City
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Edmonton river valley 7,400 hectares of parkland on the North Saskatchewan. - 2
Royal Alberta Museum The new downtown museum: natural and human history. - 3
Muttart Conservatory The glass pyramids in the river valley. - 4
West Edmonton Mall The giant: waterpark, ice palace and 800 stores. - 5
Whyte Avenue Old Strathcona's main street: shops, theatres and patios. - 6
Art Gallery of Alberta The twisting-steel gallery on Churchill Square.
Edmonton Hotel Guide
How to choose the best places to stay in Edmonton. Verified properties below; for the full list, search live availability on Booking.com.
Where to eat
Getting there and around
Edmonton International (YEG) is 30 km south; the LRT runs downtown. VIA Rail's Canadian stops in Edmonton. Jasper is 3.5 hours west on the Yellowhead.