so i recently took a trip to halifax nova scotia
a beautiful city in eastern canada and today i thought i'd give you 10 of my
top tips for things to do in this city i got a lot to say so let's get right to it
okay the first thing to do is to walk the waterfront now i was actually surprised by how
much was going on in the waterfront of halifax i don't know why a lot of canadians have this image
of halifax as being kind of this sleepy eastern canadian town this is canada we only have one road
the waterfront of halifax totally dispels this myth i mean there's development all over the place
it's modern there's tons of shops to walk around it's beautifully maintained but i guess it was
kind of quiet too like this there's plenty of space to sit and enjoy the water with your own
like peaceful moments uh so i guess it is quiet as well but the point is it's a beautiful area
it's huge you could walk around it for hours and also once you're down at the waterfront
you could consider taking the fairy to dartmouth okay so quick note i know i call the dartmouth
it's actually dartmouth i say this a bunch more times in the video i'm not gonna record the whole
thing but i just want you to know it's dartmouth i got it wrong it's not dark mouth feel free to take
a drink every time i said dartmouth you might get really drunk um yeah okay so when i first
heard about this i imagined okay ferry you gotta get in a boat you gotta get on the water it's
probably gonna be expensive no it's incredibly cheap it only costs a couple of dollars in fact
uh and you what you get for this is not only transport across the harbor but you get an amazing
boat ride like the view of halifax as you're leaving is stunning uh pro tip be one of the
first people on the ferry and you can choose your seat and you can have the best view and like i say
it's only a few dollars and that will actually get you a round trip if you don't spend too long in
dark mouth you can come back on that same ticket i mean you can't beat that but i would recommend you
to spend some time in dartmouth in fact uh that is number three on my list explore dark mouth
now dartmouth has been described as like halifax's brooklyn because just like brooklyn is across the
water from new york city i mean this is across the water from halifax with all respect to dartmouth
you know it's not brooklyn it's it's a quiet neighborhood there's not that much going on
that i saw but there is the portland street which is the main street you can walk down i think it's
well worth at least an hour exploring maybe find a good restaurant or find a cafe which leads me
to number four on my list visit some coffee shops when we were there i visited with my dad we went
to a place called cafe good luck in dartmouth uh very good breakfast sandwiches by the way
shout out to cafe good luck but generally speaking shout out to the cafe culture within
halifax because okay here's the thing you have to understand halifax is on the ocean and most
of the year not the summer but most of the year it's going to be cold and gray and freezing and
places with climate like that need need good coffee shops for people to warm up and socialize
it's the same thing when i lived in vancouver there's great coffee shops because the city is
cold and gray most of the year anyway i enjoyed my time i also went to coffee shop called wired
monk it was really cool they had these delicious nanaimo bars uh which i'll talk more about when
i get to the food section of this video but yeah it was it was a cool place and generally speaking
all the coffee shops i went to in halifax were fun moving ahead to point number five visit pier 21.
now pier 21 is a museum in halifax it's actually a national museum which means it's of like
significant importance to canada quick history lesson pier 21 is where a lot of immigrants
arrived from europe uh and really from around the world but predominantly from europe given
the fact that halifax is on the eastern coast of canada after the great depression after world war
one world war ii after these major events when huge numbers of people were moving to canada
they arrived on ships to pier 21 in halifax and from there you know uh made their way into this
country that we all know it's a beautiful building very interesting for anyone who's into history
and also something really cool this this blew my mind if you go there and you know the name of
let's say your great-grandfather moved to canada or the great-grandmother if you know their names
they have a room in the museum where they can look up the ship that your family arrived on the
year they arrived uh any notes that were in the ship's records it was it was a strangely emotional
experience being there and in general just being in this museum kind of makes you appreciate the
country that uh is canada a little bit more but museums aren't for everyone i know some people
visit places like halifax for the nature and so i gotta give you at least one good option for
the nature lovers out there my advice would be to visit point pleasant park this place
okay this place is right on the eastern coast like even further east than halifax
uh which means it's kind of surrounded by the ocean area it's really nice i mean there's there's
beach areas there's wildlife i actually saw deer like sneak up on me as soon as i got there
what else did i see oh yeah i saw these squirrels and i mean come on check out this footage i'm like
it's like national geographic over here i was so proud of myself when i saw that shot like
i'm usually not good at filming wildlife but yeah that's the thing this place this park i
didn't have to look for wildlife it was just all around you it's a very naturally beautiful place
and it makes you appreciate halifax even more when you know you have something like that
on your doorstep okay moving along to point number seven let's talk about food
now when you hear about halifax first thing that might come to mind is lobster
oh there's all kinds of pressure options fish and chips oysters like you can have some of the
best quality fish in the world right here in atlantic canada but if you're on a budget and
you want to try some other uh halifax local foods don't miss out on the halifax donaire
uh no donaire is middle eastern it's not from halifax but halifax has a distinct halifax
style donaire which okay some locals might tell me i'm forgetting some stuff but as i understand it
it's just freshly cut meat inside the pita with uh tomato onions and the special halifax sauce
which is kind of garlicky but it's got its own thing going on it's simple it's delicious i had
like three of them in my three days in halifax and it was great i would also say halifax has a
surprisingly good pizza scene that's not something i usually think about with halifax but i saw all
these pizza restaurants everywhere you go but also it's a very international place you can find
whatever kind of food you want one place i went to was brewer's market which is actually going to
lead into point number eight when i talk about the best drinks to have in halifax brewers market was
the home to the alexander keith's brewery which is a famous canadian brewery uh so this place
has been here for like you know over 200 years something crazy like that it's an old building
that's been converted into spaces for restaurants and shops and stuff so it's really cool walking
around the building but also you've got some great food i mean we had a couple of meals there
and they did not disappoint but let's talk about drinks so in addition to alexander keith you
got a lot of local breweries there's definitely people like to drink in halifax that is for sure
if you're not canadian you might try a caesar which is clamato juice clam juice mixed with
vodka and sometimes they put like pepperoni sticks and like cool garnishes on top
it sounds weird but trust me caesar is good people always doubt me when i tell
them this but it's amazing okay point number nine explore downtown now we already talked about the
waterfront that's kind of downtown but what i'm talking about now is just the streets of halifax
it's a surprisingly beautiful city you got a mix of the new buildings that are you know it's it's
quickly developing but you have this historic buildings as well and you have a lot of beautiful
parks as well and the thing about exploring downtown is you're going to find places like
brewers market like i didn't know what that was we just kind of stumbled upon it so i feel like
there's actually a lot of hidden secrets around halifax it's an interesting place to walk around
some people you know who travel think about safety i can tell you halifax is about the safest
downtown area you're gonna walk around i mean to be fair i wasn't out late at night but just during
the day i can tell you like when i was trying to cross the street like every single time the car
would stop and the guy would wave me forward or the woman would wave me forward and i would cross
and i i live in montreal now and like okay sorry montreal drivers but you guys are kind of crazy
no one stops for you when you're trying to cross here in halifax people stop you got that canadian
hospitality so definitely i would definitely explore downtown and see what you can find
uh canadian hospitality that leads into point number 10
which is just to um ask some locals what's going on because depending what time of year you're
visiting there will be different events there will be things happening in the harbor and in the city
and people from halifax like all the cliches you have about the friendly canadian those are not
true so much in places like toronto and montreal just because big cities people get busy in their
lives and they got things to do and they you know they um big cities are big cities but halifax is
a medium-sized city that still has that small town charm it still has people who uh are like
everyone who i told i was visiting they're curious what have you done what have you seen or have
you done this have you done that so i feel like people in halifax are very outgoing very friendly
very kind yeah if you get talking with one don't be shy about being like what's going on what do
you recommend i do yeah maybe we'll even have some locals halifax jumping in the comments section
and leaving more tips for things to do that would be cool hope you enjoyed this one don't forget to
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as always i'm dan from the new travel have a great day and i'll catch you next time
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