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Vancouver holidays

January 2020

  • One of only two fellow passengers enjoying a sunny afternoon on board the cargo ship.

    I didn't want to fly – so I took a cargo ship from Germany to Canada

    A slow boat across the Atlantic plus a scenic train home to Vancouver add up to a hugely enjoyable three-week trip

July 2018

  • Off-road in British Columbia, Canada

    British Columbia road trip: the art of getting lost

    This epic Canadian landscape is best enjoyed on a meandering, unplanned overland tour – in a Jeep with a bed on the roof

July 2017

  • Fred Herzog, New World Confectionery, 1965

    Lost Vancouver – in pictures

    From squats to shops selling logger boots, from clapped-out wooden houses to neon hotspots, photographer Fred Herzog blazed a trail for colour as he captured half a century of change in the Canadian metropolis

October 2016

  • Life-size killer whale installation on Vancouver's waterfront.

    Canada's music cities
    Vancouver: a guide to the underground music scene – video

    Woody Anderson visits Vancouver, where he finds a techno, grime, garage, drum’n’bass and jungle scene heavily influenced by the UK

August 2016

  • The shelter and view over the Southern Gulf islands in Galiano, Canada.

    Canada unplugged: away from it all on Galiano Island

    A camping lookout above the natural beauty of little-visited Galiano Island, near Vancouver, offers wildlife, meteor showers – and a landscape full of affable locals

June 2016

  • Galiano-Island-Books

    Interview with a bookstore by Literary Hub
    Interview with a Bookstore: Galiano Island Books, on a tiny Canadian island

    The owners of this family-run bookshop on Galiano Island (population 1,258) talk about getting bitten by the ‘bookstore bug’ and surreal customer exchanges

May 2016

  • Vancouver’s proposed freeway would have separated the city, shown here in 1971, from its harbour waterfront.

    The story of cities
    Story of cities #38: Vancouver dumps its freeway plan for a more beautiful future

    In the 1960s, Vancouver’s historic downtown was at risk of being razed for modern road projects – only for an extraordinary protest movement to turn the tide, helping transform it into one of North America’s most ‘liveable’ cities

April 2016

  • Doan's Craft Brewing Company, Vancouver

    On the radar
    In the round: Vancouver's craft beer community

    The Pacific city’s eastern district is home to a growing concentration of craft brewers and is set to become a major draw for UK travellers with low cost flights about to launch

November 2015

  • Squid served at Richmond Night Market, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

    Canada's top 10 food festivals and foodie experiences

    Vancouver-based food bloggers pick the country’s top 10 food experiences, from Arctic game and fine seafood to French patisserie – and no maple syrup in sight

August 2015

  • Seawheeze half marathon - running through beautiful Stanley Park. Camera-shy whales not included.

    The running blog
    How was your weekend running?

    Jet lag, no sleep, a whale, and a PB. I’ve had one amazing weekend in Vancouver. Share your own triumphs, woes, and marine mammal spotting below the line as always

July 2015

June 2014

  • Chesterman Beach near Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

    The world's best beach hotels and accommodation on a budget
    Top 10 budget beach hotels, hostels and campsites near Vancouver, British Columbia

    British Columbia's rugged beaches offer everything from wild camping to luxury lodges. All these places to stay near Vancouver start at under £100 a night

April 2014

  • Fliptop Filipino Fusion

    Top 10 budget restaurants and food trucks in Vancouver

  • Instagram: Johannesburg ice-cream van

    Urban Instagram photographers you should follow

March 2014

  • interior of slum in Dhaka

    City links
    City links: the best of the web

    Our round-up of city content includes slums, citizen engagement lessons, aerial snowy photos and fictional transit maps

May 2013

  • Alaska Highway

    The Alaska Highway: road trip through the wilds

    The Alaska Highway across Canada's British Columbia and Yukon is stunning, but even more memorable than the road trip itself are the people Anne Kostalas meets along the way

March 2013

  • Mount Rainier at sunset from Tipsoo Lake

    Railroad romance: taking the train from Vancouver to San Francisco

    A train journey from Vancouver to San Francisco gives you the chance to witness the epic scenery and vibrant cities of the Pacific Northwest at a more relaxed pace and rhythm, says Emma John

January 2012

  • Havana video

    The best travel videos on the web
    The best urban travel videos on the web

    For our new series we asked you to send us your favourite online travel videos, starting with films about cities around the world. Leave your discoveries by adding a comment

October 2011

  • Japa Dog Japanese-style hotdogs in Vancouver

    One from the cart: street food in Vancouver

    A new scheme has created an explosion of high-class street food in Vancouver – and Kevin Gould nearly exploded when he tried to sample it all

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