Edmonton ☀️

Edmonton, the capital of Alberta and the gateway to the north, is the northernmost metropolis in Canada 🇨🇦 with its approximately 800,000 inhabitants.

Our motel is located on the outskirts of Edmonton, so we started our sightseeing tour at the Muttart Conservatory (with free parking all day).

The Muttart Conservatory consists of five glass pyramids and is located south of the North Saskatchewan River, which flows through Edmonton.

Along the river, there are spacious green areas with walking and cycling paths.

From the Muttart Conservatory, we continued across the Low Level Bridge to Downtown, passing Chinatown (with amazing street art) to Churchill Square. Here, you can find the City Hall with a glass pyramid on top of the building.

Churchill Square was buzzing with activity. Due to the weather (sunny and 29 degrees) and the Edmonton Street Performers Festival, there was a lot going on. The fountain in front of the City Hall had turned into a water playground, and there were various performances by street artists. And of course, there were food stalls offering everything from hotdogs to tacos to frozen yogurt.

Finally, we walked through Downtown to the Alberta Legislature Building, where the bell tower plays different songs every hour. Today, we were treated to 'Yesterday' by the Beatles :-).

We returned to our car via the bridge on 105th Street, following the river. According to the GPS in my watch, we walked a distance of almost exactly 15.02 kilometers (so almost spot on ...