Once home to a gravel pit, now a jewel in the city's park system. Home of festivals and concerts in the summer, and the ice castles in winter, Hawrelak Park is a hub of outdoor activities, with trails along the forested riverbanks and plenty of open green space. The large pond freezes over in the winter for skating (rentals $), and a secondary ice surface is maintained for shinny hockey.
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Human Ecology Gallery has rotating exhibition annually.
The U of A campus is eclectic to say the least. The historic "three sisters" facing the main quadrangle and the Old Arts building are the oldest buildings and most popular for photoshoots. Gaze at other buildings that are functional but austere.
Fossils of dinosaurs, animals, their tracks, eggs and plants.
This place is 113,000 m³ (a.k.a really big, yeah) of performing arts land taken to new levels. The place was built in 1955 near the University of Alberta and is still today one of the biggest performing art's centres in Alberta.