Vancouver, Whistler & Vancouver Island - Washington, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest - page 749

( www.granvilleisland.com/public-market ; Johnston St; 9am-7pm; 50, miniferries) Van-
couver's fave sunny-afternoon hangout, Granville Island's highlight is the Public Market,
a multisensory smorgasbord of fish, cheese, fruit and bakery treats. Pick up some fixings
for a picnic at nearby Vanier Park or hit the international food court (dine off-peak and
you're more likely to snag a table).
Granville Island Brewing BREWERY
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( 604-687-2739; www.gib.ca ; 1441 Cartwright St; tours $9.75; tours noon, 1:30pm, 3pm,
4:30pm & 5:30pm; 50) One of Canada's oldest microbreweries offers half-hour tours
where smiling guides walk you through the tiny brewing nook (production has mostly
shifted to larger premises), before depositing you in the Taproom for three 4oz samples.
This will likely include the company's lager and cream ale, but if you're really lucky
there'll be a small-batch seasonal made right here on the island.
Kitsilano
A former 1960s hippy haven, 'Kits' is now a pleasant neighborhood of heritage homes
and browsable shops. Take a lazy afternoon stroll along store-lined W 4th Ave or hit the
Vanier Park museums.
Museum of Vancouver MUSEUM
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(MOV; www.museumofvancouver.ca ; 1100 Chestnut St; adult/child $12/8; 10am-5pm Fri-Wed, to
8pm Thu; ; 22) One of the three well-established educational attractions clustered to-
gether in Vanier Park, the MOV has upped its game with cool new temporary exhibitions
and regular late-opening parties aimed at an adult crowd. It hasn't changed everything,
though. There are still colorful displays on local 1950s pop culture and 1960s hippie
counterculture - a reminder that Kits was once the grass-smoking center of Vancouver's
flower-power movement.
HR MacMillan Space Centre MUSEUM
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( www.spacecentre.ca ; 1100 Chestnut St; adult/child $15/11; 10am-5pm; ; 22) Popular
with packs of marauding schoolkids - expect to have to elbow them out of the way to
push the flashing buttons - this slightly dated science center illuminates the eye-opening
world of space. There's plenty of fun to be had battling aliens, designing a spacecraft or