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.
Be sure to check out photos of the area taken by other travellers.