Ottawa
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An hour at Britannia Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Britannia Beach until you can point at five hulls, birds, logs, or buildings without checking your phone.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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An hour at Britannia Watersport Beach
Britannia Watersport Beach is Ottawa's public water south-west of centre, Ottawa. One hour. Five things on the waterline. No private docks.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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An hour at Mooney's Bay Beach
Mooney's Bay Beach is Ottawa's public water south-east of centre, Ottawa. One hour. Five things on the waterline. No private docks.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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An hour at Westboro Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Westboro Beach until you can point at five hulls, birds, logs, or buildings without checking your phone.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Carson Community House
At Carson Community House (on Carson's Road, north-east of centre, Ottawa), copy one public notice that is not an ad. That is the whole quest.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Centre communautaire Saint-Jean-Bosco
At Centre communautaire Saint-Jean-Bosco (on Rue Scott, north-east of centre, Ottawa), copy one public notice that is not an ad. That is the whole quest.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Centre récréatif Saint-Joseph
Cities still tape paper to walls. Centre récréatif Saint-Joseph is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Fisher Park Community Center
Cities still tape paper to walls. Fisher Park Community Center is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Foster Farm Community Centre
At Foster Farm Community Centre (south-west of centre, Ottawa), copy one public notice that is not an ad. That is the whole quest.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Institut Canadien Français d'Ottawa
Cities still tape paper to walls. Institut Canadien Français d'Ottawa is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at New Edinburgh Community and Arts Centre
Cities still tape paper to walls. New Edinburgh Community and Arts Centre is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Winthrop Court Community House
Cities still tape paper to walls. Winthrop Court Community House is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the plaque at Brigadier Andrew Hamilton Gault
A two-minute stop at Brigadier Andrew Hamilton Gault. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Homage à la communauté portugaise
A two-minute stop at Homage à la communauté portugaise. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Hungarian Monument
Hungarian Monument (north-east of centre, Ottawa): read the plaque, copy one date and one name, leave. Not a war-tourism selfie.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at National Aboriginal Veterans Monument
National Aboriginal Veterans Monument (north-east of centre, Ottawa): read the plaque, copy one date and one name, leave. Not a war-tourism selfie.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Saint Jean de Brebeuf
Saint Jean de Brebeuf (north-east of centre, Ottawa): read the plaque, copy one date and one name, leave. Not a war-tourism selfie.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Statue de Maurice Richard
A two-minute stop at Statue de Maurice Richard. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
A two-minute stop at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Westboro cenotaph
A two-minute stop at Westboro cenotaph. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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One loop of Annie Pootoogook Park
50 minutes in Annie Pootoogook Park (on Somerset Street East, north-east of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Arlington Woods Park
Walk a single loop of Arlington Woods Park. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Bateman Park
Bateman Park (on Bateman Drive, south of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Ben Franklin Park East
Ben Franklin Park East (on Knoxdale Road, south of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Ben Franklin Park West
50 minutes in Ben Franklin Park West (on Gibbard Avenue, south of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Borden Farm Park
50 minutes in Borden Farm Park (south-east of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Bruce Pit
Walk a single loop of Bruce Pit. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Cindy Mitchell Park
50 minutes in Cindy Mitchell Park (on Chapel Street, north-east of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Clarke Memorial Centre
50 minutes in Clarke Memorial Centre (east of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Craig Henry Park
Walk a single loop of Craig Henry Park. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Dominion Arboretum
Dominion Arboretum (east of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Gilbey Park
50 minutes in Gilbey Park (on Gilbey Drive, south-east of centre, Ottawa): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Inverness Park
Walk a single loop of Inverness Park. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Leslie Park
Walk a single loop of Leslie Park. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Nepean Creek Park
Nepean Creek Park (south-east of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Pinecrest Recreation Complex and Park
Pinecrest Recreation Complex and Park (on Torquay Avenue, south of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Raoul Wallenberg Park
Raoul Wallenberg Park (on Viewmount Drive, south-east of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Redpine Park
Redpine Park (on Redpine Drive, south-east of centre, Ottawa) is larger than the postcard. One loop, one un-famous bench, two sounds that are not traffic.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Clare Gardens
Clare Gardens is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Émile Zola
Give Émile Zola (north-west of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Giver 150 playground
Giver 150 playground is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Greenlawn Playground
Give Greenlawn Playground (south-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Desjardins
Give Jeux d'eau Desjardins (on Rue Goyette, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Dupuis
Jeux d'eau Dupuis is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Laflèche
Give Jeux d'eau Laflèche (on Rue de Lausanne, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Larocque
Give Jeux d'eau Larocque (on Rue Fortier, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Louis-Roy
Give Jeux d'eau Louis-Roy (on Rue Louis-Roy, west of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Jeux d'eau Shamal
Give Jeux d'eau Shamal (on Rue du Shamal, north-west of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Banner Park
Give Splash Pad - Banner Park (on Banner Road, south-west of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Celebration Park
Splash Pad - Celebration Park is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Centrepointe Park
Give Splash Pad - Centrepointe Park (on Centrepointe Drive, south of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Charing Park
Give Splash Pad - Charing Park (on Chartwell Avenue, south of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Dr. John Hopps Park
Give Splash Pad - Dr. John Hopps Park (on Den Haag Drive, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Kilreen Park
Splash Pad - Kilreen Park is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Laroche Park
Give Splash Pad - Laroche Park (on Bayview Station Road, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Piazza Dante Park
Give Splash Pad - Piazza Dante Park (on Booth Street, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Plouffe Park
Give Splash Pad - Plouffe Park (on Somerset Street West, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - St. Ambroise Park
Splash Pad - St. Ambroise Park is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Splash Pad - Thornecliffe Park
Give Splash Pad - Thornecliffe Park (on Provender Avenue, north-east of centre, Ottawa) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at The Duck
The Duck is the quest, not a cafe next door. Stay until two pieces of kit have been used, then leave when you said you would.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Algonquin College Library
Rain plan at Algonquin College Library: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Bibliothèque Aurélien-Doucet
Bibliothèque Aurélien-Doucet (on Boulevard du Mont-Bleu, north of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Bibliothèque Maison du Citoyen
Bibliothèque Maison du Citoyen (on Rue Laurier, north-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Brian Dickson Law Library
Rain plan at Brian Dickson Law Library: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Christian Science Reading Room
Rain plan at Christian Science Reading Room: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Greenberg Families Library
Rain plan at Greenberg Families Library: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Morisset Library
Morisset Library (on Université Private, north-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Ottawa Public Library - Greenboro Branch
Ottawa Public Library - Greenboro Branch (on Lorry Greenberg Drive, south-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Ottawa Public Library - Main Branch
Rain plan at Ottawa Public Library - Main Branch: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Ottawa Public Library - Nepean Centrepointe Branch
Ottawa Public Library - Nepean Centrepointe Branch (on Centrepointe Drive, south-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Ottawa Public Library - St-Laurent Branch
Ottawa Public Library - St-Laurent Branch (on Côté Street, north-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: Ottawa Trans Library
Ottawa Trans Library (north-east of centre, Ottawa) is a free indoor room. Pick one shelf you have never stood in front of. Leave with one sentence from a book you will not buy.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Bank of Canada Museum
Indoor weather plan at Bank of Canada Museum. One room. Three objects. Out the front door.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Billings Estate Museum
Indoor weather plan at Billings Estate Museum. One room. Three objects. Out the front door.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Indoor weather plan at Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. One room. Three objects. Out the front door.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Canada Aviation and Space Museum (on promenade de l'Aviation Parkway, north-east of centre, Ottawa): pick one room, stay until you can name three objects, leave. Not a gift-shop outing.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Musée canadien de l'histoire
Indoor weather plan at Musée canadien de l'histoire. One room. Three objects. Out the front door.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Museum of Classical Antiquities
Museum of Classical Antiquities (on Laurier Avenue East, north-east of centre, Ottawa): pick one room, stay until you can name three objects, leave. Not a gift-shop outing.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Parliament: The Immersive Experience
Parliament: The Immersive Experience (north-east of centre, Ottawa): pick one room, stay until you can name three objects, leave. Not a gift-shop outing.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Rain plan: one room at Vanier Museopark
Indoor weather plan at Vanier Museopark. One room. Three objects. Out the front door.
60 min · low · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Chaudière Falls
Chaudière Falls faces the last light north-east of centre, Ottawa. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Deschênes Rapids Lookout
Deschênes Rapids Lookout faces the last light near the centre, Ottawa. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Kìwekì Point Lookout
Be at Kìwekì Point Lookout (north-east of centre, Ottawa) twenty minutes before the disk drops. Stay until it is gone. Leave with one colour that is not orange.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Ottawa Locks
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Ottawa Locks for the end of the day, then walk out the way you came.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Pink Lake viewpoint
Be at Pink Lake viewpoint (north-west of centre, Ottawa) twenty minutes before the disk drops. Stay until it is gone. Leave with one colour that is not orange.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Rideau Falls
Rideau Falls faces the last light north-east of centre, Ottawa. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Rideau Falls
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Rideau Falls for the end of the day, then walk out the way you came.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Sparks Street Lookout
Sparks Street Lookout faces the last light north-east of centre, Ottawa. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from The Cliff
The Cliff faces the last light north-east of centre, Ottawa. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from The Deschênes Rapids
Be at The Deschênes Rapids (west of centre, Ottawa) twenty minutes before the disk drops. Stay until it is gone. Leave with one colour that is not orange.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from View on the River
Be at View on the River (north-east of centre, Ottawa) twenty minutes before the disk drops. Stay until it is gone. Leave with one colour that is not orange.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Watch the sun drop from Wateridge
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Wateridge for the end of the day, then walk out the way you came.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide