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Local: Visitor Tips

• Visit the top of the Calgary Tower, to see the city and the nearby mountains.
• The Glenbow museum features excellent exhibits of native Indian culture, pioneer life, and the oil & gas industry.
• For a quick "breather", visit TD Square with its 4-acre Devonian Gardens rooftop garden park
• If you have children with you, visit the Calgary Zoo (you can take the Northeast L.R.T. line from downtown to the "Zoo" station) to see the Prehistoric Dinosaur Park and the Mountain Wilderness areas. Its open every single day of the year!
• Feel like checking out Calgary's night life? The under-25 set is generally found along 1st Street SW (around 13 Avenue) and 17th Avenue (around 4th Street), with the over-25 set heading to the Eau Claire Market area.
• If you've got kids, end the day at Eau Claire, where there's not only a movie theatre, there's an IMAX, and a "Cinespace" arcade with virtual reality games (oh, yes, both a Hard Rock and a food court).

• Breakfast at the historical 1886 Cafe.
• See the Canada Olympic Museum at Canada Olympic Park, the site of several events in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.
• Drive along Sarcee Trail or Crowchild Trail South to Glenmore Park and Weaselhead Flats, where you can see some of Calgary's local wildlife in a anatural setting.
• Drive around the reservoir to Heritage Park which is a living history of pioneer Alberta from before the First World War (open seasonally).
• Explore the many shops, restaurants and boutiques along 4th Street SW, 17th Avenue SW (around 8th Street), in Inglewood ("Atlantic Avenue", known for its antique shops), or in Kensington, all of which are a short hop from downtown.