Originally posted by Golden Yoshiwhat places do you recommend checking out in the city?
If you dont have a car I'd recommend making a day out of taking one of the tour buses, getting off at all the stops and checking everything out. It highlights all the stuff you're going to want to see (the church, the concert hall, the other church, some other things i forget), but yeah you're definitely going to want to go to and climb the super tall church. The view is tremendous.
Other then that tho everything to check out is on one long road. On Fridays they have a bunch of weird art installation stuff to check out (or that might've been a summer thing). All the shops and bars and stuff are on one long road you can just walk down and check out. The night life is unreal, be sure to check it out.
There are free shuttles to their two malls, and I mean idk, they're alright. There was nothing there for me, but it would be a fun way to kill an afternoon I guess.
Dont go to the zoo, it's horrifically depressing.
There's a bunch of tours on the pier they offer. Whale watching is pretty boring but there's a trip to a puffin island that could be fun.
There's phenomenal street art on every wall so be sure to just walk around and check it all out.
Also dont act like a tourist, they get enough obnoxious tourists every day so just be cool and treat them with respect and you'll be fine.
I might be forgetting stuff but yeah just walk around and check everything out. The other big thing is that the entire city basically shuts down at 5, aside from the restaurants and the bars. So if you want to get ur shopping in make sure you do it before then (also be prepared to spend a lot of money!)
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