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Winnipeg is the seventh largest city in Canada, located some 110 km to the east from Portage la Prairie. The capital city Ottawa is in 2,180 km to the south-east. This the large city has a population of 632,100 people. Winnipeg is a popular tourist destination thanks to its historic places and museums.

The closest airport Winnipeg Intl (IATA: YWG) is about 10 km away.

Must see attractions in Winnipeg

1. The Forks, Winnipeg
The Forks is a historic site and meeting place in Downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River. For at least 6000 years, the Forks has been the meeting place for early Aboriginal peoples, and since colonization has also been a meeting place for European fur traders, Métis buffalo hunters, Scottish settlers, riverboat workers, railway pioneers and tens of thousands of immigrants.

2. Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is a public art gallery that was founded in 1912. It is Western Canada's oldest civic gallery and the 6th largest in the country. The WAG is located in the heart of the city of Winnipeg, just two blocks from Manitoba's Provincial Legislature and roughly the same distance from the University of Winnipeg.

3. Central Park (Winnipeg)
Central Park is a large urban park located in Downtown Winnipeg, and forms the heart of the neighbourhood of the same name. The area is bound by Notre Dame Ave. To the north, Ellice Ave. To the south, Donald St. To the east and Balmoral St. To the west. Everything within the neighbourhood's one-kilometre loop can be reached within eight minutes on foot.

4. Golden Boy (Manitoba)
The Golden Boy (official name Eternal Youth) statue is 5. 25 metres (17. 2 feet) tall from the toe to the top of the torch and 4. 27 metres (14 feet) from head to toe. It weighs 1650 kg (3, 640 lb), and the top of his torch is 77 metres (250 feet) above ground. It is perched facing North on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and it is arguably Manitoba's best known symbol.

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Winnipeg tourist attractions and interesting places

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The Forks, Winnipeg

The Forks is a historic site and meeting place in Downtown Winnipeg

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Winnipeg Art Gallery

The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is a public art gallery that was

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Manitoba Museum

The Manitoba Museum, previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature

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Assiniboine Park Zoo

Assiniboine Park Zoo is a zoo that was established in 1904 at the West

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Assiniboine Park

Assiniboine Park is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was established

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Assiniboine Park Pavilion

The historic Assiniboine Park Pavilion in Winnipeg is located in

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Central Park (Winnipeg)

Central Park is a large urban park located in Downtown Winnipeg, and

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Delta Hotels Winnipeg

starting $160

The Fort Garry Hotel

starting $159

Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown

starting $129

Best Western Plus Downtown Winnipeg

starting $165

Holiday Inn & Suites Winnipeg Downtown

starting $132

Alt Hotel Winnipeg

starting $122

Humphry Inn and Suites

starting $115

The Marlborough Hotel

starting $73

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