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dependent - it will be swarming with people on a sunny weekend afternoon, while on a
misty weekday morning you'll have the place pretty much to yourself.
Pike Place Market MARKET
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( www.pikeplacemarket.org ; btwn Virginia St, Union St, 1st Ave & Western Ave; 9am-6pm Mon-
Sat, to 5pm Sun; Westlake) Take a bunch of small-time businesses and sprinkle
them liberally around a spatially challenged waterside strip amid crowds of old-school
bohemians, new-wave restaurateurs, tree huggers, bolshie students, artists, urban buskers
and artisans. The result: Pike Place Market, a cavalcade of noise, smells, personalities,
banter and urban theater that's almost London-like in its cosmopolitanism. In operation
since 1907, Pike Place is Seattle in a bottle, a wonderfully local experience that high-
lights the city for what it really is: all-embracing, eclectic and proudly singular.
Seattle Aquarium AQUARIUM
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( www.seattleaquarium.org ; 1483 Alaskan Way, at Pier 59; adult/child $19/12; 9:30am-5pm; ;
University St) While not comparable to Seattle's nationally lauded Woodland Park Zoo,
the aquarium is probably the most interesting site on the waterfront, and a handy distrac-
tion for visiting families with itchy-footed kids.
While there are no large sea mammals such as whales and dolphins, the aquarium does
have harbor seals and resident sea and river otters. An underwater dome on the lower
level gives a pretty realistic glimpse of the kind of fish that inhabit the waters of Puget
Sound, and the daily 'diver show' here is probably the best of the aquarium's live events.
Seattle Great Wheel FERRIS WHEEL
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( www.seattlegreatwheel.com ; 1301 Alaskan Way; adult/child $13/8.50; 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, to
midnight Fri & Sat, 10am-10pm Sun; University St) With the Alaskan Way Viaduct soon to
be confined to the 'ugly postwar architecture' chapter of the history topics, Seattle has
started work on beautifying its often neglected waterfront. Leading the way is this 175ft
Ferris wheel - called the Seattle Great Wheel - that was installed in June 2012 with 42
gondolas, each capable of carrying eight people on a 12-minute ($13!) ride.
Victor Steinbrueck Park PARK
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