Guidebook for Halifax

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Guidebook for Halifax

Drinks & Nightlife

Good live bands and LGBT friendly.
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The Company House
2202 Gottingen St
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Good live bands and LGBT friendly.
This place is special. It caters to an extremely diverse and friendly crowd. They have a couple pool tables, a jukebox and pretty decent drink specials. Referred to as "Cheers" of the north end.
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Charlie's Club/Bar
5580 Cunard St
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This place is special. It caters to an extremely diverse and friendly crowd. They have a couple pool tables, a jukebox and pretty decent drink specials. Referred to as "Cheers" of the north end.
The Seahorse Tavern is a thing of legend, one of the oldest pubs in Halifax. The Seahorse still is best known as a live music venue, hosting live bands in all genres, DJs, festivals, special events and karaoke nights.
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Seahorse Tavern
2037 Gottingen St
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The Seahorse Tavern is a thing of legend, one of the oldest pubs in Halifax. The Seahorse still is best known as a live music venue, hosting live bands in all genres, DJs, festivals, special events and karaoke nights.
The Marquee Club is truly a thing of legend, the north end's famed live music venue offers up an amazing concert space for music-makers of both local and international fame
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The Marquee Ballroom
2037 Gottingen St
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The Marquee Club is truly a thing of legend, the north end's famed live music venue offers up an amazing concert space for music-makers of both local and international fame
This unpretentious destination for live blues also serves ribs by the pound, burgers & snacks
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Bearly's House Of Blues & Ribs
1269 Barrington St
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This unpretentious destination for live blues also serves ribs by the pound, burgers & snacks
Gus’ cowboy-granddaddy mascot and his hilarious one-liners have earned a loyal fan base among the city’s music lovers, and with good reason. Pitchers of beer pour freely and cheaply as indie bands from across the country entertain on the cozy corner stage to an eclectic north end audience. Also host to The Ace Burger, probably the best burgers in Halifax.
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Gus' Pub & Grill
2605 Agricola St
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Gus’ cowboy-granddaddy mascot and his hilarious one-liners have earned a loyal fan base among the city’s music lovers, and with good reason. Pitchers of beer pour freely and cheaply as indie bands from across the country entertain on the cozy corner stage to an eclectic north end audience. Also host to The Ace Burger, probably the best burgers in Halifax.
Energetic joint offering typical tavern eats, a full bar & live music in a building from 1893.
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Halifax Alehouse
1717 Brunswick St
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Energetic joint offering typical tavern eats, a full bar & live music in a building from 1893.
Located on the Waterfront. Since 1974, the Lower Deck pub has had what ails you if you're looking for a Maritime good time.
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The Lower Deck
1887 Upper Water St
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Located on the Waterfront. Since 1974, the Lower Deck pub has had what ails you if you're looking for a Maritime good time.
The Crow is one of Halifax’s oldest pubs, but it doesn’t act its age. Popular with students, tourists and weekend revellers alike, the well-worn hard- wood floors are filled with stomping feet thanks to the bands who bring the house down daily
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The Split Crow
1855 Granville St
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The Crow is one of Halifax’s oldest pubs, but it doesn’t act its age. Popular with students, tourists and weekend revellers alike, the well-worn hard- wood floors are filled with stomping feet thanks to the bands who bring the house down daily
Cheers Bar has something for everyone. Check out their Karaoke Monday nights. Cheers is also attached to other nightclubs: The Dome and Taboo.
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Cheers Bar & Grill
1741 Grafton Street
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Cheers Bar has something for everyone. Check out their Karaoke Monday nights. Cheers is also attached to other nightclubs: The Dome and Taboo.
Cafe & wine bar offering regional food, beers on tap & local singer-songwriters in a snug setting.
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Lion and Bright
2534 Agricola St
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Cafe & wine bar offering regional food, beers on tap & local singer-songwriters in a snug setting.

Food Scene

Some say the best coffee in Halifax.
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Alteregos Coffee House
2193 Gottingen St
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Some say the best coffee in Halifax.
One of the best and most popular restaurants in Halifax at the moment - reservations are not possible but it is worth the trouble for lunch, dinner or the extremely popular brunch on Saturday or Sunday. Closed Monday.
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Edna
2053 Gottingen St
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One of the best and most popular restaurants in Halifax at the moment - reservations are not possible but it is worth the trouble for lunch, dinner or the extremely popular brunch on Saturday or Sunday. Closed Monday.
Artisanal French charcuterie and cheese shop using mostly local ingredients - very, very tasty. You can also book for an 8 course tasting menu in their The Kitchen Table dining room. "Our ever changing menu involves using local and foraged ingredients. We accommodate any allergies, dietary restriction, vegetarian and pescatarian. We offer a suggested wine pairing, a wine list by the bottle or you may choose to bring your own wine. The dining room consists of 14 seats at the communal table and 6 seats at the kitchen counter. The kitchen table is open Wednesday to Saturday year around."
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Ratinaud
2157 Gottingen St
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Artisanal French charcuterie and cheese shop using mostly local ingredients - very, very tasty. You can also book for an 8 course tasting menu in their The Kitchen Table dining room. "Our ever changing menu involves using local and foraged ingredients. We accommodate any allergies, dietary restriction, vegetarian and pescatarian. We offer a suggested wine pairing, a wine list by the bottle or you may choose to bring your own wine. The dining room consists of 14 seats at the communal table and 6 seats at the kitchen counter. The kitchen table is open Wednesday to Saturday year around."
Artisanal ice cream and wonderful sandwiches and coffee.
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Dee Dee's Ice Cream
5668 Cornwallis St
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Artisanal ice cream and wonderful sandwiches and coffee.
Good coffee, sandwiches and pastries and a table on Gottingen in the summer.
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The Nook on Gottingen
2118 Gottingen St
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Good coffee, sandwiches and pastries and a table on Gottingen in the summer.
A small restaurant in the North End of Halifax, Field Guide is dedicated to bridging the gap between diners and their food through an open concept kitchen and passionate service. Placing a big focus on supporting local farmers and producers, featuring NS craft beers and serving up some of the best cocktails around, Field Guide is a place to gather.
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Field Guide
2076 Gottingen St
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A small restaurant in the North End of Halifax, Field Guide is dedicated to bridging the gap between diners and their food through an open concept kitchen and passionate service. Placing a big focus on supporting local farmers and producers, featuring NS craft beers and serving up some of the best cocktails around, Field Guide is a place to gather.
Laid-back pizzeria offering gourmet thin-crust New York style authentic Italian Pizza, Hot Hero Sandwiches & Cannoli for Dessert.
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Salvatore's Pizzaiolo Trattoria
5541 Young St
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Laid-back pizzeria offering gourmet thin-crust New York style authentic Italian Pizza, Hot Hero Sandwiches & Cannoli for Dessert.
Very popular amongst locals. Tiny counter-serve cafe serving innovative breakfast dishes & espresso drinks, with weekend brunch.
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The Coastal Cafe
2731 Robie St
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Very popular amongst locals. Tiny counter-serve cafe serving innovative breakfast dishes & espresso drinks, with weekend brunch.
Amazing French Bakery! Try their pain au chocolate.
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LF Bakery
2063 Gottingen St
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Amazing French Bakery! Try their pain au chocolate.
One of the best seafood restaurants in Halifax. Refined restaurant serving oysters, lobster & steaks in a former fire station dating from 1906
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McKelvie's Restaurant
1680 Lower Water St
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One of the best seafood restaurants in Halifax. Refined restaurant serving oysters, lobster & steaks in a former fire station dating from 1906
Irish pub with tasty food and live music every day. Also, has a lively atmosphere
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The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse
5136 Prince St
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Irish pub with tasty food and live music every day. Also, has a lively atmosphere
Halifax Italian Soul Restaurant, North American Food named after Vittorie De Sica's 1948 Film. Located on the waterfront with a cool sculpture made of bicycles outside.
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The Bicycle Thief
1475 Lower Water St
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Halifax Italian Soul Restaurant, North American Food named after Vittorie De Sica's 1948 Film. Located on the waterfront with a cool sculpture made of bicycles outside.
This upmarket veteran known for its local seafood menu also serves steaks, burgers & martinis.
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The Five Fishermen
1740 Argyle St
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This upmarket veteran known for its local seafood menu also serves steaks, burgers & martinis.
Located in North End Halifax, our small bistro is serving up hearty dishes using quality ingredients. Great craft beer on tap and a cool atmosphere
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The Brooklyn Warehouse
2795 Windsor St
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Located in North End Halifax, our small bistro is serving up hearty dishes using quality ingredients. Great craft beer on tap and a cool atmosphere
At the Wooden Monkey Restaurant our vision is to provide a healthy, yet tasty, alternative to dining in Halifax. We are striving to offer local and organic products.Our Menu covers fresh haddock dishes, free-range chicken, beer and Lamb, to vegan plates too. We are there to feed you all. (no deep fryers,or microwaves too!)We serve great local beer, wines, homemade Rootbeer, to local blueberry juice, and lots more!!
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The Wooden Monkey
40 Alderney Dr
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At the Wooden Monkey Restaurant our vision is to provide a healthy, yet tasty, alternative to dining in Halifax. We are striving to offer local and organic products.Our Menu covers fresh haddock dishes, free-range chicken, beer and Lamb, to vegan plates too. We are there to feed you all. (no deep fryers,or microwaves too!)We serve great local beer, wines, homemade Rootbeer, to local blueberry juice, and lots more!!

Shopping

Very good craft beers, ales and stouts with a long history at this location.
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Propeller Brewing Company
2015 Gottingen St
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Very good craft beers, ales and stouts with a long history at this location.
Big box stationery and computer supplies location.
Staples
2003 Gottingen St
Big box stationery and computer supplies location.
The Historic Farmers' Market is located in downtown Halifax's Brewery Square. Stroll through the bustling courtyards & rooms of a 200-year-old, granite & ironstone heritage building. Meet local, small-scale farmers & artisans. Enjoy freshly-prepared food in a traditional market setting. Open every Saturday, 7am-1pm.
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Halifax Brewery Farmers Market
312-1496 Lower Water St
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The Historic Farmers' Market is located in downtown Halifax's Brewery Square. Stroll through the bustling courtyards & rooms of a 200-year-old, granite & ironstone heritage building. Meet local, small-scale farmers & artisans. Enjoy freshly-prepared food in a traditional market setting. Open every Saturday, 7am-1pm.
Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market is the longest continuously running Market in North America. Open on Saturday (8-2) and Sunday (10-2).
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Фермерский рынок Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market
961 Marginal Rd
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Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market is the longest continuously running Market in North America. Open on Saturday (8-2) and Sunday (10-2).

Essentials

Joe's corner store is only a two minute walk away. Friendly family owned and operated with a variety of items avail. Ask Joe's wife if she has homemade hummus or tabbouleh... it's so good!
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Joe Thomeh Kwik-Way
5580 Cornwallis St
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Joe's corner store is only a two minute walk away. Friendly family owned and operated with a variety of items avail. Ask Joe's wife if she has homemade hummus or tabbouleh... it's so good!
Best Korean Grocery Store in Halifax. There is a good reason why this place has been around so long. Top rated, very friendly and helpful family run grocery.
JJ Korean Mart
2326 Gottingen Street
Best Korean Grocery Store in Halifax. There is a good reason why this place has been around so long. Top rated, very friendly and helpful family run grocery.
Grocery store with a large selection and only 15 mins walk or couple mins drive from house. Close to a NSLC (provincially run liquor store) and other restaurants on Quinpool Road.
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Atlantic Superstore
6141 Young St
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Grocery store with a large selection and only 15 mins walk or couple mins drive from house. Close to a NSLC (provincially run liquor store) and other restaurants on Quinpool Road.
Open 24 hours 7 days a week!
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Sobeys North &Windsor
2651 Windsor St
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Open 24 hours 7 days a week!
Locally-loved award-winning market with a taste of old world charm
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Pete's Fine Foods
1515 Dresden Row
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Locally-loved award-winning market with a taste of old world charm

Entertainment & Activities

Very well established and regarded Taoist Tai Chi centre.
Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® - Halifax
3055 3331Connaught Ave
Very well established and regarded Taoist Tai Chi centre.
Skating on large outdoor oval both summer and winter! They rent skates and have washrooms and changing rooms. A Halifax institution.
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Emera Oval
5775 Cogswell St
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Skating on large outdoor oval both summer and winter! They rent skates and have washrooms and changing rooms. A Halifax institution.
Olympic size city swimming pool.
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Centennial Pool
1970 Gottingen St
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Olympic size city swimming pool.
"SEVEN BAYS BOULDERING is a 6000sq. ft. facility on Gottingen st. that hosts a 120 ft long bouldering wall and a licensed café with plenty of comfortable seating."
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Seven Bays Bouldering
2019 Gottingen St
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"SEVEN BAYS BOULDERING is a 6000sq. ft. facility on Gottingen st. that hosts a 120 ft long bouldering wall and a licensed café with plenty of comfortable seating."
The Halifax Waterfront and Boardwalk is host to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Cows Ice Cream, plenty of good restaurants, The Harbour Hopper city and harbour tour, Theodore Tugboat and several other motor and sailing vessels, deep sea fishing and whale watching, The Halifax/Dartmouth Ferry and much more. Truly a must see for travelers.
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Halifax Waterfront
Lower Water Street
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The Halifax Waterfront and Boardwalk is host to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Cows Ice Cream, plenty of good restaurants, The Harbour Hopper city and harbour tour, Theodore Tugboat and several other motor and sailing vessels, deep sea fishing and whale watching, The Halifax/Dartmouth Ferry and much more. Truly a must see for travelers.

Arts & Culture

Canada's national museum of immigration. Pier 21 was an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Over one million immigrants came to Canada through Pier 21. The Pier 21 Story exhibition shows visitors what it was like to immigrate through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971. Visitors can open replica children's trunks to see what five immigrant children might have brought with them to Canada, walk through a replica of the colonist train cars that newly-arrived immigrants boarded for the next stage of their journey, and even dress up as some of the key staff and volunteers at Pier 21.
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Канадский музей иммиграции на Пир 21
1055 Marginal Rd
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Canada's national museum of immigration. Pier 21 was an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Over one million immigrants came to Canada through Pier 21. The Pier 21 Story exhibition shows visitors what it was like to immigrate through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971. Visitors can open replica children's trunks to see what five immigrant children might have brought with them to Canada, walk through a replica of the colonist train cars that newly-arrived immigrants boarded for the next stage of their journey, and even dress up as some of the key staff and volunteers at Pier 21.
Named after NSCAD’s Victorian founder—feisty origin of the heroine of the film The King and I—the Anna Leonowens Gallery is the public exhibition space and resource centre on campus. Three public galleries are devoted to the exhibition of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design, and curatorial projects generated exclusively within the university community. Weekly exhibitions primarily feature student work, with occasional shows by faculty members, visiting artists and curators, and two-week graduate thesis projects.
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Anna Leonowens Gallery
1891 Granville St
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Named after NSCAD’s Victorian founder—feisty origin of the heroine of the film The King and I—the Anna Leonowens Gallery is the public exhibition space and resource centre on campus. Three public galleries are devoted to the exhibition of contemporary studio and media art, craft and design, and curatorial projects generated exclusively within the university community. Weekly exhibitions primarily feature student work, with occasional shows by faculty members, visiting artists and curators, and two-week graduate thesis projects.
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime Museum in Canada. Visitors are introduced to the age of steamships, local small craft, the Royal Canadian and Merchant Navies, World War II convoys and The Battle of the Atlantic, the Halifax Explosion of 1917, and Nova Scotia’s role in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster.
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Морской музей Атлантики
1675 Lower Water St
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The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime Museum in Canada. Visitors are introduced to the age of steamships, local small craft, the Royal Canadian and Merchant Navies, World War II convoys and The Battle of the Atlantic, the Halifax Explosion of 1917, and Nova Scotia’s role in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster.

Parks & Nature

Point Pleasant Park situated in the south end of the Halifax peninsula is a historic 75-hectare wooded park crisscrossed with 39 km of easy winding trails and wide paths, many wheelchair-accessible. Visitors can experience preserved ruins of early fortifications, coastal ecosystems, as well as cultural resources. Other parkfeatures include a supervised beach for swimming, off-leash dog walking areas, and and washroom facilities. The park can be booked for weddings and special events.
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Парк Пойнт Плезант
5530 Point Pleasant Dr
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Point Pleasant Park situated in the south end of the Halifax peninsula is a historic 75-hectare wooded park crisscrossed with 39 km of easy winding trails and wide paths, many wheelchair-accessible. Visitors can experience preserved ruins of early fortifications, coastal ecosystems, as well as cultural resources. Other parkfeatures include a supervised beach for swimming, off-leash dog walking areas, and and washroom facilities. The park can be booked for weddings and special events.
The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The landscaping style is Victorian formal and provides a popular setting for wedding and prom photos. In addition to statues and extensive flower beds, there are three fountains, two stone bridges, three ponds (one large and two small), and a small concession building (located in the original Horticultural Hall).[3] The gardens also feature a bandstand that is used for free public concerts on Sunday afternoons during the summer.
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Публичные сады Галифакса
Summer Street
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The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The landscaping style is Victorian formal and provides a popular setting for wedding and prom photos. In addition to statues and extensive flower beds, there are three fountains, two stone bridges, three ponds (one large and two small), and a small concession building (located in the original Horticultural Hall).[3] The gardens also feature a bandstand that is used for free public concerts on Sunday afternoons during the summer.
The North Common contains a cricket ground, several softball diamonds, a large fountain near the centre, tennis courts, a soccer field, an outdoor city-owned swimming pool, skateboarding facilities, and a smaller fountain.
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Парк Halifax Common
5816 Cogswell St
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The North Common contains a cricket ground, several softball diamonds, a large fountain near the centre, tennis courts, a soccer field, an outdoor city-owned swimming pool, skateboarding facilities, and a smaller fountain.