A few summers ago I put out a list of 20 things to do in Regina. I thought it was a pretty good list and it got some positive reviews. It came on the heels of a few other similar, smaller lists of places people should visit in Regina and was meant as a "grand finale" of lists.
That article is old, but it's still fairly popular. Normally I wouldn't pay much attention to it, but a few months ago somebody commented on it and informed me that my list, and my blog in general, "sucked". Ouch.
A lot of the places on this list are my personal favourites, so if there is a place you'd like me to add, please let me know in the comments. (I'd hate for my list to "suck" again!)
Saskatchewan Science Centre (including Adult Science Nights)
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame Museum
Stone Hall Castle
The Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum (online)
Wander around these art galleries:
Assiniboia Gallery
Dunlop Art Gallery
Henry Ripplinger Art Gallery
MacKenzie Art Gallery
Neutral Ground Art Gallery
Nouveau Gallery
Slate Fine Art Gallery
Gawk at these historic churches:
First Baptist Church
Holy Rosary Cathedral
Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church
Knox Metropolitan Church (including tower tour)
St. George Orthodox Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
The RCMP Chapel (including Depot tour)
Enjoy these local eateries:
20Ten City Eatery
Avenue
Beer Bros. Gastropub
Birmingham's
Bushwakker Brewing
Caraway Grill
Capitol Restaurant and Cocktail Bar
Cathedral Social Hall
Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar
Creek In Cathedral Bistro
Da India Curry House
Dessart Sweets
Dieppe Café at the Royal Canadian Legion
Dragonboat Dimsum House
Fireside Bistro
Fresh & Sweet
Fresh on Hamilton
Flavours of India
German Club
Gilmour's Corner
Golf's Steakhouse
Henry's Cafe
Hunter Gatherer Vegetarian Diner
Industrial Park Cafe
Italian Star Deli
Juliana Pizza & Lounge
Knotted Thistle Pub
La Bodega
Leopold's Tavern
Luiggi's Pasta House
Milky Way Ice Cream
Milu Fresh Rolls & Subs
Ngoc Van (my personal favourite)
O'Hanlon's Irish Pub
Peg's Kitchen
Ru Soju Bar & Lounge
Selam Regina
Shannon's Pub
Shynok Restaurant
Skye Cafe & Bistro
Sprout Cafe
The Bannock House
The Copper Kettle
The Fat Badger
The Moo Shoppe Ice Cream
The Roof Top Bar and Grill
Victoria's Tavern
Vietnamese Garden
Wann Izakaya Japanese Gastropub
Willow on Wascana Restaurant
If there is one you would like me to add to the list, please let me know in the comments below!
Relax at these coffee shops and bakeries:
13th Ave Coffee House
33 1/3 Coffee Roasters
Atlantis Coffee Co
Brewed Awakening
Café Drip
Café Francais
Fix Coffee
Happy Hi Coffee
Kneaded Bake Shop
Koko Patisserie
Le Macaron
Magpies Kitchen
Northgate Bakery
Recharge Café
Rochdale Roca House
Serendipity Gluten Free Bakeshop
Sinfully Sweet
Stone's Throw Coffee
Sweet Bakery & Coffee House
Tangerine: The Food Bar
The French Press
The Greenspot Cafe
The Naked Bean Espresso Bar and Café
Drink at these local breweries and distilleries:
District Brewing
Malty National
Outlaw Trail Spirits
Pile O' Bones Brewing Company
Rebellion Brewing
Sperling Silver Distillery
Party on (dudes!) at these festivals and events:
BAZAART
Beer, Bacon and Bands
Bump in the Night
Canadian Western Agribition
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
ChristKindl Market by the German Club
Culture Days
Doors Open Regina
Fan Expo Regina
FNUC Annual Spring Pow Wow
Great Saskatchewan Mustard Festival
Ignite! Festival
International Puppet Underground Festival
JazzFest Regina
Light the Lights
Mid-Winter Blues Festival
Mid-Winter Ceilidh
Mosaic - A Festival of Cultures
Nuit Blache Regina
Olive and Grape Harvest Festival
Park(ing) Day
Plywood Cup
Queen City Pride
Queen City Marathon
Regina Afro Fest
Regina Chamber Music Festival
Regina Dragon Boat Festival
Regina Folk Festival
Regina International Film Festival and Awards
Regina International Fringe Theatre Festival
Regina Restaurant Week
ReginaCadabra Magic Festival
Rotary Carol Festival
Saskatchewan Fashion Week
Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival
Summer Bash YQR
Swamp Fest
Symphony under the Sky Festival
Taboo Regina
The Trial of Louis Riel
Warehouse District Tailgate Party (August 25th)
Waskimo Winter Festival
Winterruption
When I put this together, I was impressed by the number of festivals in Regina. I didn't know we had so many! Do you know of any others? I'll add it to this list!
Did I miss your favourite hand out spot, eatery, coffee shop or event? There's so many awesome locations around Regina that I probably did! Let me know in the comments what I missed and I'll add it to this list!
Don't forget to pin it!
And, as always, a big thank you to my sweetheart Jessica Nuttall for proof reading a countless number of my articles. I couldn't do any of this without you. I love you.
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Long before I started my blog, many, many years ago, I visited Innsbruck, Austria. I was on a Contiki trip through Europe and visited a plethora of locations such as Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Lucerne and Innsbruck, just to name a few. It was an incredible experience and one that I think was a transformative moment in my life.
Off the record (or, on the record now, I guess), of all the places I visited, the only one I didn't like was Innsbruck. I couldn't get into it. We visited it in late March, so the weather wasn't the best. The trees didn't have any leaves on them, the grass was brown, and everything had a post-winter grey look to it. After visiting Munich and spending the night in St. Goar, my mind wasn't thinking about Innsbruck at all. Instead, I was more excited to go to Venice the next day, and the Vatican the day after that. My time in Innsbruck was uneventful, and all I wanted was to get back on the road.
That was in 2011, and now it's 2018. Has my opinion on Innsbruck changed? I would say yes. I'm more mature now and if I went back, I would better appreciate what I was seeing. As I've gotten older, I've been less impressed by the massive buildings and more enthralled by the history that created them.
If you follow my blog, you know I love history. History is what makes us who we are today. It defines our accomplishments and highlights our failures. Most importantly, it helps us move forward as a society.
A lot of my focus is Saskatchewan's history, but there's plenty of amazing history to be told in our neighbour province of Alberta too. From First Nations culture, through to early pioneers, the oil boom and the legacy the province today, there is always something to learn about when visiting Alberta.
I'm proudly Canadian, and I accept the fact that a lot of people know very little about my country. A lot of people also seem to think cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver "define" Canada. Just to set it straight, while these are beautiful cities, they don't represent the whole of Canada.
Being such a quiet country, we often keep our secrets to ourselves... and often from ourselves. This is a list of 7 things you -- and maybe other Canadians -- don't know about Canada.
Located southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia is a small island where the average citizen are not allowed. This island is called Sable Island, and is a fragile ecological environment home to the unique Sable Island Horse. Over 400 horses live on this island, with only 5 humans there to watch over them.
