Vancouver
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An hour at English Bay Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk English Bay Beach until you can point at five hulls, birds, logs, or buildings without checking your phone.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · west-end
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An hour at Hadden Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Hadden 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 Kitsilano Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Kitsilano Beach until you can point at five hulls, birds, logs, or buildings without checking your phone.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · kitsilano
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An hour at Second Beach
Second Beach is Vancouver's public water north-west of centre, Vancouver. One hour. Five things on the waterline. No private docks.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · stanley-park
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An hour at Sunset Beach
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Sunset 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 Third Beach
Spend an hour on the public sand or stones at Third Beach (north-west of centre, Vancouver). Leave with five shoreline things you could find again tomorrow.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · stanley-park
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An hour at Trout Lake Beach
Trout Lake Beach is Vancouver's public water south-east of centre, Vancouver. One hour. Five things on the waterline. No private docks.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · commercial-drive
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An hour at Wreck Beach
Wreck Beach is Vancouver's public water south-west of centre, Vancouver. One hour. Five things on the waterline. No private docks.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · kitsilano
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Read the noticeboard at Carnegie
Cities still tape paper to walls. Carnegie Community Centre is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · strathcona
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Read the noticeboard at Game Center
Cities still tape paper to walls. Game Center is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at Gathering Place
Cities still tape paper to walls. Gathering Place is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Read the noticeboard at John Braithwaite Community Centre
At John Braithwaite Community Centre (north-east of centre, Vancouver), 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 Piranha
Cities still tape paper to walls. Piranha is a working room: one notice, then out.
30 min · free · solo · citywide
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Watch False Creek go gold from the Cambie Bridge walkway
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Cambie Street Bridge — west sidewalk, above False Creek for the end of the day, then walk out the way you came.
40 min · free · solo, pair · olympic-village
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Watch the sun drop from Ferguson Point
Ferguson Point faces the last light north-west of centre, Vancouver. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
45 min · free · solo, pair · stanley-park
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Read the plaque at 2010 Olympic Cauldron
2010 Olympic Cauldron (near the centre, Vancouver): 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 Andy Slobodian Memorial
Andy Slobodian Memorial (south of centre, Vancouver): 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 CK Choi Memorial Bell
A two-minute stop at CK Choi Memorial Bell. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Empress of Japan Figurehead
A two-minute stop at Empress of Japan Figurehead. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Memorial Park Obelisk
A two-minute stop at Memorial Park Obelisk. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at The Pacific Bell and Bell Tower
A two-minute stop at The Pacific Bell and Bell Tower. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at UBC Echo Chamber
A two-minute stop at UBC Echo Chamber. One date off the metal. Then back to the sidewalk.
25 min · free · solo, pair · citywide
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Read the plaque at Victory Square Cenotaph
Victory Square Cenotaph (east of centre, Vancouver): 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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Inventory the water from Jericho Pier
Skip the seawall loop. Sit or walk Jericho Pier until you can point at five hulls, birds, logs, or buildings without checking your phone.
35 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · kitsilano
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Rain plan: Kitsilano library, one unfamiliar aisle
VPL Kitsilano Branch (on Macdonald Street, south-west of centre, Vancouver) is a named public place in Vancouver. Do the steps. Leave with something you can point at.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · kitsilano
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Watch the sun drop from Little Mountain
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Little Mountain for the end of the day, then walk out the way you came.
40 min · free · solo, pair · riley-park
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Rain plan: Mount Pleasant library, one unfamiliar aisle
VPL Mount Pleasant Branch (on Kingsway, south-east of centre, Vancouver) is a named public place in Vancouver. Do the steps. Leave with something you can point at.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · mount-pleasant
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One loop of Balaclava Park
Walk a single loop of Balaclava 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 Carnarvon Park
Walk a single loop of Carnarvon 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 Central Park
Central Park (south-east of centre, Vancouver) 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 Connaught Park
50 minutes in Connaught Park (south-west of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Fraserview Park
Fraserview Park (south-east of centre, Vancouver) 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 Grandview Park
Walk a single loop of Grandview Park. Sit until you can name two non-traffic sounds, then leave by the same gate.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · commercial-drive
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One loop of Harbourview Park
Harbourview Park (north-east of centre, Vancouver) 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 High Place Park
High Place Park (north-east of centre, Vancouver) 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 Lynnmouth Park
50 minutes in Lynnmouth Park (north-east of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Malkin Park
Malkin Park (on Balaclava Street, south-west of centre, Vancouver) 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 Memorial South Park
Walk a single loop of Memorial South 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 Memorial West Park
Walk a single loop of Memorial West 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 Michael Park
50 minutes in Michael Park (north-east of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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One loop of Oppenheimer Park
Oppenheimer Park (on Powell Street, east of centre, Vancouver) 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 Queen Elizabeth Park
50 minutes in Queen Elizabeth Park (south of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · riley-park
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One loop of Stephen Toope Gardens
Walk a single loop of Stephen Toope Gardens. 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 Victoria Park
50 minutes in Victoria Park (north-east of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
50 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · citywide
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Inventory the water from Jericho Station
Jericho Station is a public deck over water. Five things on the water or the far shore, then turn around.
35 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · kitsilano
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Playground hour at Ceperley Playground
Ceperley 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 Champlain Heights Annex Playground
Champlain Heights Annex 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 Champlain Heights Community Centre Playground
Give Champlain Heights Community Centre Playground (south-east of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Children's Playground
Give Children's Playground (east of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Driftwood Playground
Give Driftwood Playground (south-east of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Eagles Park Playground
Give Eagles Park Playground (south-west of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Ecole Bilingue Big Playground
Give Ecole Bilingue Big Playground (south-west of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Ecole Bilingue Small Playground
Give Ecole Bilingue Small Playground (south of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · citywide
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Playground hour at Grey Gum Trail Playground
Grey Gum Trail 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 May Aacomachie Playground
May Aacomachie 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 New Champlain Heights Playground
New Champlain Heights 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 Promontory Park Playground
Promontory Park 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 The Adventure Zone
The Adventure Zone 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: VPL: Britannia Branch
Rain plan at VPL: Britannia Branch: one unfamiliar aisle, one sentence in a note, then back to the street.
45 min · free · solo, with-kids · commercial-drive
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Rain plan: VPL: Champlain Heights Branch
Rain plan at VPL: Champlain Heights 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: VPL: Firehall Branch
VPL: Firehall Branch (on West 10th Avenue, south-west of centre, Vancouver) 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: VPL: Fraserview Branch
VPL: Fraserview Branch (on Argyle Drive, south-east of centre, Vancouver) 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: VPL: Joe Fortes Branch
Rain plan at VPL: Joe Fortes 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: VPL: Kensington Branch
VPL: Kensington Branch (on Cedar Cottage Mews, south-east of centre, Vancouver) 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: VPL: Marpole Branch
VPL: Marpole Branch (on Granville Street, south-west of centre, Vancouver) 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: VPL: nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch
VPL: nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch (on East Hastings Street, east of centre, Vancouver) 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 · strathcona
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Rain plan: VPL: South Hill Branch
VPL: South Hill Branch (on Fraser Street, south-east of centre, Vancouver) 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: VPL: Terry Salman Branch
Rain plan at VPL: Terry Salman 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: one room at Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
Indoor weather plan at Chinese Cultural Centre 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 City of Vancouver Archives
Indoor weather plan at City of Vancouver Archives. 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 Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition
Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition (south-east of centre, Vancouver): 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 H. R. MacMillan Space Centre
Indoor weather plan at H. R. MacMillan Space Centre. 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 Jewish Museum and Archives of BC
Jewish Museum and Archives of BC (south of centre, Vancouver): 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 Pacific Museum of Earth
Indoor weather plan at Pacific Museum of Earth. 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 Ukama Gallery
Ukama Gallery (on Maritime Mews, south-west of centre, Vancouver): 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 Vancouver Police Museum
Vancouver Police Museum (on East Cordova Street, east of centre, Vancouver): 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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One loop of Riley Park
45 minutes in Riley Park (south-east of centre, Vancouver): leave the parking lot behind, pick a bench, listen.
45 min · free · solo, pair, with-kids · riley-park
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Give Slocan Park a full playground hour
Give Slocan Park Playground (south-east of centre, Vancouver) a full hour. Two pieces of equipment. No errands bolted on.
50 min · free · with-kids · renfrew-collingwood
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Watch the sun drop from 26R Spotting Location
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at 26R Spotting Location 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 Brockton Point
Brockton Point faces the last light north of centre, Vancouver. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · stanley-park
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Watch the sun drop from Lowden’s Lookout
Lowden’s Lookout faces the last light north-west of centre, Vancouver. 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 Mount Everett
Mount Everett faces the last light south-east of centre, Vancouver. 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 Old Marine Drive Viewpoint
Old Marine Drive Viewpoint faces the last light south-west of centre, Vancouver. 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 Simon Fraser Viewpoint
Skip the patio. Stand on public ground at Simon Fraser Viewpoint 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 Siwash Rock Viewpoint
Be at Siwash Rock Viewpoint (north-west of centre, Vancouver) 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 Ting Lookout
Be at Ting Lookout (south-west of centre, Vancouver) 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 Viewpoint Vancouver
Viewpoint Vancouver faces the last light north of centre, Vancouver. The quest is standing still until three lights stay on after the sun.
40 min · free · solo, pair · citywide