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7 Things To Do In Edmonton, Alberta’s Quirky Capital
29.09.2023 - 23:03 / forbes.com
Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, is so deeply rooted in the oil industry, it even named its hockey team—the Oilers—after it. But beneath Edmonton’s petroleum-powered reputation is a vibrant city filled with character and offbeat charms.
In Edmonton, you can taste award-winning gin at North America’s smallest distillery, discover a tasty obsession with green onion cakes, and feel the glow of century-old neon signs on the first day of your trip. Stay a little longer, and you’ll quickly become endeared by Edmonton’s eccentricity. It’s an often overlooked travel destination that deserves a spot on your radar.
Here’s a look at some of the weird, wonderful things to do in Edmonton.
Edmonton’s 4th Street Promenade lights up after dark with its Neon Sign Museum. This free open-air museum showcases 20 iconic neon signs, many of which once hung on businesses in Edmonton during a boom of the light-up displays in the 20th century.
The collection includes the nearly 100-year-old “Drugs” sign, which was the first neon sign displayed in Edmonton. It was hung on Darling’s Drug Store in 1928 and was later rediscovered in the basement of a historic building. You can also see a decidedly 1980s-style neon sign with a paintbrush that once advertised an art supply store and a guitar with neon strings that was produced in the early 1990s for one of Western Canada’s largest music stores: Mother’s Music.
Considering that Edmonton was estimated to have more than 2,000 neon signs in the 1950s, the Neon Sign Museums offers a sense of how the entire city once glowed.
Another quirky thing to do in Edmonton is ride the 100 Street Funicular. One of just three funiculars in all of Canada, it became a local landmark when it opened in late 2017. The glass-walled elevator can get you from Downtown Edmonton to the North Saskatchewan River Valley in just 48 seconds, with some gorgeous views along the way. Bonus: It’s free!
One of the most surprising things to love about Edmonton is its affinity for green onion cakes. So how did a staple dish from Northern China become such a key part of Edmonton’s culinary culture?
The history of green onion cakes in Edmonton can be traced back to one man: Siu To. Born in Qingdao, China, To spent time in Hong Kong and moved to Edmonton in his late 30s to reunite with his brother. He struggled to find decent Northern Chinese food in the Alberta capital in the 1970s, so he decided to launch his own restaurant in 1980. Among the items on his menu were green onion cakes—a comfort food from To’s childhood. They were a near-instant hit, and within just a few years, more than 100 other restaurants in Edmonton added the cakes to their menu, too.
Today, the crispy, scallion-studded treats are still a craze at the
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