Chris and Leah’s Portland Guidebook

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Chris and Leah’s Portland Guidebook

Neighborhoods

Located in Southeast Portland, this neighborhood has a mix of indie and vintage shops, bars, cafes, and food carts.
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Belmont
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Located in Southeast Portland, this neighborhood has a mix of indie and vintage shops, bars, cafes, and food carts.
This Northeast Portland neighborhood is filled with galleries restaurants, and bars. The streets are lined with street art.
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Alberta
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This Northeast Portland neighborhood is filled with galleries restaurants, and bars. The streets are lined with street art.
The Pearl District features galleries, cultural institutions, shops, and dining.
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Pearl District
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The Pearl District features galleries, cultural institutions, shops, and dining.
This historic North Portland street features live music, shopping, and popular restaurants and bars.
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North Mississippi Avenue
North Mississippi Avenue
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This historic North Portland street features live music, shopping, and popular restaurants and bars.
Escape the rush of the city in this former quiet, town with shops, pubs, and cafes.
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Saint Johns
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Escape the rush of the city in this former quiet, town with shops, pubs, and cafes.
Discover this historic central district with traditional gardens, museums, and shopping.
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Old Town Chinatown
13 NW 4th Ave
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Discover this historic central district with traditional gardens, museums, and shopping.

Food Scene

This is one of Portland's most popular and dog-friendly brunch spots! On weekends plan for a wait.
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Tin Shed Garden Cafe
1438 NE Alberta St
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This is one of Portland's most popular and dog-friendly brunch spots! On weekends plan for a wait.
New York Style Delicatessen
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Kornblatt's
628 NW 23rd Ave
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New York Style Delicatessen
Enjoy Thai dishes and cocktails in Tiki glasses at The Oregonian's 2019 Restaurant of the Year.
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Eem - Thai BBQ & Cocktails
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Enjoy Thai dishes and cocktails in Tiki glasses at The Oregonian's 2019 Restaurant of the Year.
No trip to Portland is complete without a visit to this donut shop. "The magic is in the hole" and unique offerings!
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Voodoo Doughnut
8145 SE 82nd Ave
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No trip to Portland is complete without a visit to this donut shop. "The magic is in the hole" and unique offerings!
Enjoy French-inspired dishes with local twists.
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Le Pigeon
738 E Burnside St
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Enjoy French-inspired dishes with local twists.
Enjoy farm-to-table, hand-crafted Northwest cuisine with Italian and French influences.
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Clarklewis Restaurant
1001 SE Water Ave
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Enjoy farm-to-table, hand-crafted Northwest cuisine with Italian and French influences.
Enjoy ramen, rice bowls, and steamed buns!
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Boke Bowl
1028 SE Water Ave
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Enjoy ramen, rice bowls, and steamed buns!
Amazing meat and cheese boards!
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Olympia Provisions
107 SE Washington St
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Amazing meat and cheese boards!
Visit one of Portland's longest-running food cart pods.
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Cartopia
1207 SE Hawthorne Blvd
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Visit one of Portland's longest-running food cart pods.
Enjoy amazing Mediterranean and Israeli foods while enjoying cocktails such as the Turkish Delight Slushy.
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Shalom Y'all SE - Eastside Location
117 SE Taylor St
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Enjoy amazing Mediterranean and Israeli foods while enjoying cocktails such as the Turkish Delight Slushy.
Try these small-batch, unique, local ingredient ice creams, with flavors like Strawberry Tres Leches, Brown Ale & Bacon, Cold Brew Coffee Cashew Praline, Pear & Blue Cheese, and Honey Lavender. On a warm day, expect a wait.
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Salt & Straw
2035 NE Alberta St
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Try these small-batch, unique, local ingredient ice creams, with flavors like Strawberry Tres Leches, Brown Ale & Bacon, Cold Brew Coffee Cashew Praline, Pear & Blue Cheese, and Honey Lavender. On a warm day, expect a wait.
Luce serves up simple but delicious pastas in a small, bright room.
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Luce
2140 E Burnside St
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Luce serves up simple but delicious pastas in a small, bright room.
A small taqueria chain in Portland.
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¿Por Qué No?
3524 N Mississippi Ave
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A small taqueria chain in Portland.
This taco shop started as a trike-based food cart roaming Portland and now is a brick-and-mortar eaterie.
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Taco Pedaler
2225 NE Broadway
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This taco shop started as a trike-based food cart roaming Portland and now is a brick-and-mortar eaterie.
This is a popular brunch spot, but worth the wait.
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Pine State Biscuits
2204 NE Alberta St
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This is a popular brunch spot, but worth the wait.
This is a popular Southern and soul food restaurant. Expect a wait.
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Screen Door
2337 E Burnside St
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This is a popular Southern and soul food restaurant. Expect a wait.
If you want a good burger, this may be the place to go.
Portland Luggage
440 SW 4th Ave
If you want a good burger, this may be the place to go.
Tasty Vietnamese food and bar. This place is popular, so you may have a bit of a wait.
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Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen
835 SW 2nd Ave
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Tasty Vietnamese food and bar. This place is popular, so you may have a bit of a wait.
This chicken and rice eaterie is humble but delicious. It began as a food cart and has expanded to a brick-and-mortar restaurant.
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Nong's Khao Man Gai
609 SE Ankeny St
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This chicken and rice eaterie is humble but delicious. It began as a food cart and has expanded to a brick-and-mortar restaurant.
This fairly new food cart pod offers tasty eats and drinks with a fire pit and covered seating.
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Hawthorne Asylum
1080 SE Madison St
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This fairly new food cart pod offers tasty eats and drinks with a fire pit and covered seating.
This food cart pod has great food options and an attached beer garden.
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Prost! Portland
4237 N Mississippi Ave
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This food cart pod has great food options and an attached beer garden.

Watering Holes (Bars)

This is a fun underground wine bar.
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Les Caves: a Winery Bar
1719 Northeast Alberta Street
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This is a fun underground wine bar.
Boozy mason jars and vegan comfort food.
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Bye and Bye
1011 NE Alberta St
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Boozy mason jars and vegan comfort food.
Enjoy local brews and food.
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Ecliptic Brewing
825 N Cook St
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Enjoy local brews and food.
This bar, restaurant, and music venue had craft cocktails and features local distilleries.
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White Owl Social Club
1305 SE 8th Ave
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This bar, restaurant, and music venue had craft cocktails and features local distilleries.
One of Portland's many breweries.
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Wayfinder Beer
304 SE 2nd Ave
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One of Portland's many breweries.
Taste some locally made whiskeys.
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Westward Whiskey
65 SE Washington St
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Taste some locally made whiskeys.
Taste original, hand-crafted spirits that feature fresh, natural flavors of the Pacific Northwest.
Wild Roots Spirits
77 NE Grand Ave
Taste original, hand-crafted spirits that feature fresh, natural flavors of the Pacific Northwest.
Enjoy tastes of small-batch spirits.
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New Deal Distillery
900 SE Salmon St
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Enjoy tastes of small-batch spirits.
Enjoy family-owned and -operated business producing handcrafted organic spirits from still to bottle.
Rolling River Spirits
1215 SE 8th Ave
Enjoy family-owned and -operated business producing handcrafted organic spirits from still to bottle.
This is both an urban winery and a taproom pouring up to 44 taps of wine, beer, cider, and more.
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Coopers Hall
404 SE 6th Ave
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This is both an urban winery and a taproom pouring up to 44 taps of wine, beer, cider, and more.
Check out the spirits made in this women-run distillery.
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Freeland spirits
2671 NW Vaughn St
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Check out the spirits made in this women-run distillery.
Taste and enjoy small-batch wines made on site.
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ENSO Winery
1416 SE Stark St
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Taste and enjoy small-batch wines made on site.
The Radio Room is in an art deco building that formerly was a service station built-in 1949.
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Radio Room
1101 NE Alberta St
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The Radio Room is in an art deco building that formerly was a service station built-in 1949.
Relaxed bar with huge patio.
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Rontoms
600 E Burnside St
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Relaxed bar with huge patio.

Cafes

Direct trade coffee and local coffee roaster.
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Case Study Coffee Roasters
1422 NE Alberta St
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Direct trade coffee and local coffee roaster.
A cute little cafe and shop with an amazing variety. You can start the day with coffee, rent surfing gear, shop, and end with a pint of beer or hard kombucha.
Cosube
1580 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
A cute little cafe and shop with an amazing variety. You can start the day with coffee, rent surfing gear, shop, and end with a pint of beer or hard kombucha.
A sneaker-themed coffee shop, featuring a rare sneaker collection and unique coffee drinks. Try the Zero Chill (mix of a southern sweet tea and iced coffee) or the Lebronald Palmer (mix of southern sweet tea, iced coffee, and lemonade).
Deadstock Coffee Roasters
408 NW Couch St
A sneaker-themed coffee shop, featuring a rare sneaker collection and unique coffee drinks. Try the Zero Chill (mix of a southern sweet tea and iced coffee) or the Lebronald Palmer (mix of southern sweet tea, iced coffee, and lemonade).
This local cafe serves Trailhead Coffee and Ranger Chocolate. The Micro Mocha is a fun treat!
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Cup and Bar
118 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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This local cafe serves Trailhead Coffee and Ranger Chocolate. The Micro Mocha is a fun treat!

Entertainment

Enjoy second-run films and an arcade!
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Avalon Theatre
3451 SE Belmont St
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Enjoy second-run films and an arcade!
Enjoy concerts in this small venue with attached BarBar and patio.
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Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave
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Enjoy concerts in this small venue with attached BarBar and patio.
Learn about insect pinning and shop the oddities of exotic plants, taxidermy, crystals, animal skulls, curios, and mounted insects.
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Paxton Gate
4204 N Mississippi Ave
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Learn about insect pinning and shop the oddities of exotic plants, taxidermy, crystals, animal skulls, curios, and mounted insects.
Craft a new project while sipping beer and wine, with guidance and help from DIY Bar's "craft-tenders."
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DIY Bar
3522 N Vancouver Ave
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Craft a new project while sipping beer and wine, with guidance and help from DIY Bar's "craft-tenders."
Shop locally made goods and food.
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Portlandin lauantaimarkkinat
2 SW Naito Pkwy
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Shop locally made goods and food.
Learn about Chinese American history, art, and culture of Portland's historic Old Town Chinatown.
Portland Chinatown Museum
127 NW 3rd Ave
Learn about Chinese American history, art, and culture of Portland's historic Old Town Chinatown.
Play old-school video games, while enjoying the full bar and DJ.
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Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade
115 NW 5th Ave
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Play old-school video games, while enjoying the full bar and DJ.
Darcelle XV has been entertaining for over 50 years and turned 80 in 2010. Come enjoy the entertainment of this local legend and the extravaganza.
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Darcelle's XV
208 NW 3rd Ave
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Darcelle XV has been entertaining for over 50 years and turned 80 in 2010. Come enjoy the entertainment of this local legend and the extravaganza.
This enormous science center features interactive exhibits and displays, with a movie theater, planetarium, and submarine.
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OMSI
1945 SE Water Ave
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This enormous science center features interactive exhibits and displays, with a movie theater, planetarium, and submarine.
This historic high school has been reinvented as a music venue and bar, with rooftop views of the city/
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Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St
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This historic high school has been reinvented as a music venue and bar, with rooftop views of the city/
Learn the history and culture of the Japanese-American community in Portland.
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
411 NW Flanders St
Learn the history and culture of the Japanese-American community in Portland.
Learn about the Oregon Hewus experience and lessons of the Holocaust.
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Oregon Jewish Museum and Center For Holocaust Education
724 NW Davis St
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Learn about the Oregon Hewus experience and lessons of the Holocaust.
Escape this buzz of the city without ever leaving in this urban wilderness with 70 miles of trails that connect to the Audubon Society Sanctuary, Pittock Mansion, and Washington Park.
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Metsäpuisto
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Escape this buzz of the city without ever leaving in this urban wilderness with 70 miles of trails that connect to the Audubon Society Sanctuary, Pittock Mansion, and Washington Park.
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Oregonin eläintarha
4001 SW Canyon Rd
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Relax and enjoy the soaking pools and views. Make a reservation in advance!
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Knot Springs Social Club
33 NE 3rd Ave
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Relax and enjoy the soaking pools and views. Make a reservation in advance!
Explore the tunnels and history of portland. Cheesy but fun.
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Shanghai Tunnels/Portland Underground Tour
226 NW 3rd Ave
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Explore the tunnels and history of portland. Cheesy but fun.
Visit this retro amusement park with rides and classic carnival games. Go roller skating and check out a match of the Rose City Rollers, Portland’s roller derby league.
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Oaks Amusement Park
7805 SE Oaks Park Way
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Visit this retro amusement park with rides and classic carnival games. Go roller skating and check out a match of the Rose City Rollers, Portland’s roller derby league.
The museum hosts several collections of contemporary and classical art, as well as Indigenous and Northwest collections.
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Portlandin taidemuseo
1219 SW Park Ave
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The museum hosts several collections of contemporary and classical art, as well as Indigenous and Northwest collections.
Enjoy a show at this venue with vaulted ceilings, grand chandeliers, and a famous “floating” dance floor.
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McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St
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Enjoy a show at this venue with vaulted ceilings, grand chandeliers, and a famous “floating” dance floor.
This beautiful historic, Italian rococo theater offers a variety of performances.
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Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway
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This beautiful historic, Italian rococo theater offers a variety of performances.
Visit this urban National Park and learn about the Indigenous peoples whose land you are visiting, the 19th-century fur-trading post, and military history of the area.
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Fort Vancouverin kansallinen historiallinen paikka
1501 E Evergreen Blvd
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Visit this urban National Park and learn about the Indigenous peoples whose land you are visiting, the 19th-century fur-trading post, and military history of the area.

Sightseeing

This independently-owned bookstore covers an entire city block and five stories. Get lost in the nine color-coded rooms while sipping coffee, exploring the shelves, and shopping for locally made gifts!
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Powellin kirjakaupunki
1005 W Burnside St
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This independently-owned bookstore covers an entire city block and five stories. Get lost in the nine color-coded rooms while sipping coffee, exploring the shelves, and shopping for locally made gifts!
Enjoy this greenspace and catch the annual free Cathedral Park Jazz Festival or walk to near by shops and breweries.
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Cathedral Park
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Enjoy this greenspace and catch the annual free Cathedral Park Jazz Festival or walk to near by shops and breweries.
View the hundreds of handwritten notes and leave your own on the branches of this tree.
The Wishing Tree
2954 NE 7th Ave
View the hundreds of handwritten notes and leave your own on the branches of this tree.
Explore the picturesque authentically built Ming dynasty-style garden. Tours are available and a tea house offers snacks and traditional teas.
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Lan Su Chinese Garden
239 NW Everett St
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Explore the picturesque authentically built Ming dynasty-style garden. Tours are available and a tea house offers snacks and traditional teas.
This 1.5-mile esplanade lets you walk or bike the waterfront, cross bridges, and visit popular swimming docks.
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Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade
Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard
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This 1.5-mile esplanade lets you walk or bike the waterfront, cross bridges, and visit popular swimming docks.
Take a quick stop at the world’s smallest dedicated park.
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Mill Ends Park
56 SW Taylor St
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Take a quick stop at the world’s smallest dedicated park.
Take a walk through the country’s longest-running rose test garden, featuring over 10,000 roses.
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International Rose Test Garden
400 SW Kingston Ave
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Take a walk through the country’s longest-running rose test garden, featuring over 10,000 roses.
Stroll through one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Asia.
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Portlandin japanilainen puutarha
611 SW Kingston Ave
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Stroll through one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Asia.