This wildlife underpass under the Anthony Henday has a double life as a graffiti gallery. Also known as the Whitemud Creek Arch, it can be an adventure to find it, but it is a quick walk from the paved path near Mullen Crescent in Mactaggart (use this map to help). If you're lucky you might even see a coyote in your travels, how rad is that!
The iconic Edmonton shoe and clothing stores that have brought carefully chosen style to the city for decades.
Just south of Whyte Ave, the Grindstone Theatre hosts sketch comedy, improv nights, offers improv classes and has a fun bar with an outdoor patio.
Happy Beer Street is a collection of almost a dozen Edmonton indie craft breweries all within blocks of each other. Don't have too much fun, ok?
Edmonton’s pizza game is tight, and High Dough is a top contender if you like your pizza deep dish.
Edmonton’s oldest chestnut tree is stuffed into a tiny parklet in a downtown alley with a small sign and fence around it. What a hidden delight.
A cozy coffee shop with great burgers, brunch, and neighbourhood vibes in the Oliver Exchange building in Wîhkwêntôwin.
Six giant works by Canadian Indigenous artists dot the side of the river valley.
If you’re downtown, the Ice District is pretty much unmissable. While it's ground zero for Oil Country, the hidden gem is in the main hall in Rogers Place which is home to an incredible 45-foot circular floor mosaic by Indigenous artist Alex Janvier called Tsą tsą ke k’e (Iron Foot Place). Definitely worth taking a long look.
The OG location of the best grocery store in Edmonton is in Little Italy, just east of downtown.
If you’re there late, the coyotes might sing you a song from the forest as you’re finishing your round.