Toronto is Canada's biggest city and the fourth in North America, only behind Mexico city, New York and L.A.
This is probably the most global city in the world
More than 50% of the people here were not born in Canada
Over a hundred and thirty languages and dialects are spoken here
With so much going on, it's even easy to get lost and don't even know where to start
I'll try to give you some help, I'll visit the top neighbourhoods and attractions here in Toronto
And show you what they are like, I hope you like it
We'll spend two days in town and we wanna check out the different neighbourhoods
Today we are only focusing on the various areas of downtown Toronto
First things first, we'll start where everything started in the Old Town
Here in the Old Town, a great way to start the day
is by visiting St. Lawrence Market
They got everything here, since 1803
And now I just learned they were rated the number one food market in the world by National Geographic
When you come here, everybody says "you gotta try this peameal bacon sandwich." It's their signature dish
It's a shame that I just ate so much for breakfast and I'm not hungry at all
Let's see, maybe in the end of the visit
It's amazing the variety here, especially of meat and seafood
I've seen a variety of all kinds of meat; ostrich, camel, kangaroo. I've seen giant shrimps, it's amazing
The true Canadian maple syrup
Today is a quiet day, it's a week day. The day to to avoid I've been told is Saturday. It's extremely busy
When you walk just a little bit more towards the end of the Old Town
You arrive at this area called the Distillery and the name refers to what I imagine you probably think about
This was the world's biggest producer of whiskey in the 1800's
Today it's a totally refurbished area full of residences but also nice shops, art galleries and culture in general
Pedestrian street, full of bars and restaurants. Gotta come back at night
Right next to the old town is where Downtown of the Financial Center are located
Here in the Financial District, they have so many great restaurants
But I wanted to try something uniquely Canadian so I chose this one here called Bannock
And they have this dish called poutine which is french fries, topped with cheese and gravy
And I've been wanting to try it for a while, it's my chance
That was delicious! Poutine is very different
from just french fries topped with cheese
Because all the ingredients are prepared together so the fries melt, it's really delicious, I liked it
Something great about Toronto is that here they have a whole underground world
It's actually 30 kilometers, 18 miles
Of corridors connecting most of the businesses downtown, most of these buildings that you see here
This is the biggest underground system in the world
And it's really like a shopping mall, you can do
everything you want in here; there are restaurants
stores, all kinds of services, and the best thing, it's weather proof
In Canada, when you think of sports, you think of hockey. If there's a game in town, perfect
If not, as it's the case here for me in Toronto today
The next closest thing is to experience the Hockey Hall of Fame
Canada won the gold medal in the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014
And here they have in display the winning gold puck
This is the trophy room, but the most anticipated one
is over there, that's the Stanley cup
Nice
Here they got the winning teams and the names of all players and the teams
This reminds me of my old days as a news anchor
Hi everybody and welcome to Sport Center
I'm Renata and tonight we begin with the Olympics and men's hockey
Overall it's been another successful Olympic Games for Canada
But bringing home a gold in hockey would be the icing on the cake
This is probably the most famous square in town, it's in the corner of Yonge and Dundas street
And it's where everything happens. They have all kinds of events going on here
Now, for example, they're going to have the lottery drawing
And there's free WiFi here
Right across the street, one of the best malls in town
Eaten Center
After a 10 minute walk from Yonge and Dundas square you arrive here at the Art Gallery of Ontario
This is one of the top art galleries in North America, they feature mainly Canadian artists
But there are pieces of art from several artists from all over the world
I can clearly see someone spending two, three hours there
to take a look at everything that the museum has to offer
But imagine, it was founded in 1900 at the time called Art Museum of Toronto
And it just grew, the collections just grew
And it's so amazing, you can find pieces dating back centuries side by side with contemporary art
Very impressive. The only thing to know for visitors is that video is not allowed
I've been told that downtown Toronto, you can also get
some weather forecast in the top of that building
But I don't quite get what it means, because it is supposed to be green for good weather, white for snow
and red for rain; I don't see any of those colors so I just hope that's a good sign
Tomorrow morning we're checking some other main tourist attractions in town, I hope you come with us!