Market shopping in Vancouver
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Lonsdale Quay
As well as being a transportation hub – this is where the SeaBus from downtown docks and you pick up transit buses to Capilano, Grouse and beyond – this waterfront facility built for Expo ’86 houses a colorful indoor market. The region’s second-best market (after Granville Island), this one is a popular spot for fresh fruit and glassy-eyed whole fish on the main floor and trinkets and clothing on the 2nd floor. There’s also a lively food court and a couple of sit-down restaurants. It’s a nice afternoon jaunt from the city, with many visitors scooping up an ice cream and lingering over the boardwalk vistas of downtown.
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Chinatown Night Market
Smaller and less frenetic than its clamorous Richmond brother, this colorful downtown evening bazaar lures with its sensory combination of cheap trinkets, knock-off designer goods and aromatic hawker food – it’s like a walk-through buffet of noodles, fish balls and bubble tea. There’s live music on stage most nights and, once the sun sets and all you can hear are Chinese voices, it’s not hard to imagine yourself in Hong Kong. Order a fresh coconut (plus a straw) and you’ll fit right in.
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