We Spent a Week in Calgary | Alberta, Canada
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Despite being in the next-door province, it took us until now to actually visit Calgary, Alberta. We spent just under a week there, with a few day trips as well. This video only covers the things we did/saw while we were in the city itself. The highlight for me was the Calgary Zoo (the penguins of course). Stay tuned for the day trips!
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00:00 Flight to Calgary
01:42 Check-in to Airbnb
02:04 17th Ave/Beltline for dinner
02:58 Communauto (carshare)
04:10 Brunch at Monki
05:03 Calgary zoo
08:40 Taking the Ctrain
09:23 Dinner at Taqueria El Chefe
09:54 Analog Coffee
10:19 Nose Hill Park
10:55 McHugh Bluff
11:22 Dinner at Silver Inn (Ginger beef!)
12:43 Calgary Central Library
13:50 Peter's Drive-In
14:54 Plus15 Skywalk
15:42 Major Tom Bar
omg, you got some footage of my sister's exhibition at the library! That's really cool to see so randomly haha.
her name is Danielle Piper btw you can find her website and work online :)
Oh wow that’s so cool, thanks for letting me know!
got to admit, it felt really odd seeing my city in the eyes of another person. glad you had fun here.
You made me sooo homesick for my hometown. Just putting in time in Winnipeg till I can move back to Calgary.
Same. It is so weird seeing somewhere you live through another's eyes. But it's cool to see. I live just outside calgary now but still there alot
So true it does not seem like a place to “travel” to
SAME
Visited Calgary late july these year and had an amazing visit, i was surprised how cheap it was compared to the other cities in Canada, in first hand i came to Calgary cause it was nearest place to get to Banff but giving the city 3 days i can't say that i regret, friendly people, good resturants and very safe, anyone who gets to Canada first time i highly recommend visit Calgary, special stephen collin avenue. Greetings from Sweden😃🤩💙
omg, what a beautifully produced and edited video. Also, so relaxing... from your tone of voice to the delicate soundtrack in the background. Never for a moment I felt the urge of fast-forwarding the video. It was quite the contrary: I was laid down here just enjoying the trip as if I was there with you. I didn’t know you and actually just stumbled across this video and I’m really glad I did it. Nice job! Thank you. Greetings from Brazil. :)
Thank you for your lovely comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Next time you go to calgary, I suggest going to Calaway park and maybe heritage park! They're pretty cool and Heritage park was my childhood. And Peter's was always a treat my parents would get us as we drove by, Black licorice being my favourite milkshake along with the onion rings.
Cal away park is my favourite! Never been to Peters drive in tho!
You did an amazing job capturing the beauty of my city!! Seeing it through the lens of a tourist has a way of bringing out things that I’ve taken for granted. Can’t wait for the Banff video to drop!
Thanks G! ❤️
i definitely thought the same. u captured the beautiful places. will go try the restaurant u mentioned. the food looks good
Yea I live here now need to explore more 😆
Visit my home town next Edmonton
beauty is not how I would describe our city, beauty is how I would describe banff
@@cdceltic9391just like every city, there are ugly spots, but you can't deny the beautiful spots are pretty freaking gorgeous.
Go to a park. There are so many great ones: Prince's Island in the fall, north or south Glenmore parks, confederation, etc.
Fish creek park and nose hill park are each among the largest natural parks in a major city
If you ever come back, I highly recommend coming in June/July when we actually have some foliage. Great showcase, but Calgary does look particularly barren that time of year (late winter/early spring).
Thank you for featuring Calgary, AB. Indeed, a great place to live.
its so cool seeing someone document a travel and their first experience in a city i've lived in my whole life!!
wow, it really is something to see someone else experience the city you live in. As someone who has grown up in Calgary all my life, I feel I've lost my love and appreciation for the city. It's so nice to see it from an outside perspective and from your eyes. Your vlog is beautifully filmed and kept me intereged, I even learned a few things. I hope you enjoyed your stay, I cant wait for the Banff video!
Aw I love this, thanks Bianca!
Really enjoyed the video. I've lived in the Calgary area for most of my life. It's funny to acknowledge how quiet our downtown is compared to most cities. But from my experience most people tend to live outside the city. With so many parks, trails, and campgrounds it's kinda hard not to shy away from the city.
Have you never been to the Edmonton downtown!? 😂
You can thank the Liberal Party of Canada for that. The downtown used to be very vibrant, but not on the weekends.
@@garywagner2466Wouldn't you attribute it more to the people in power in Alberta?
It’s kind of comforting seeing someone look through Calgary other than myself and my family/relatives, and all the familiar places you went to as a newcomer XD
Living in Calgary for 20 years and, interestingly, I rarely do any of these activities. As a local, the best part about living in Calgary is being able to earn a living while accessing Kananaskis mountain activities in less than 30 minutes! Within a 1-3 hour drive, it also has access to Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Kicking Horse Mountain (Golden), Fernie Alpine Resort and more!
Your story telling And cinematic life is what I needed ❤
I just arrive to this video by chance. One of the finest videos I've seen of any traveller. Thank you for visiting us.
Thanks for the kind words, Mario!
@@DaphneXplores very classy
If you come to calgary again , think you would love Angel's drive in, in bowness! It's a 50's inspired diner and their burgers, milkshakes and vegtable fries are to die for 😋
Oo that sounds good!
Highly recommend:
-Calgary Stampede (July)
-Heritage park
-Calaway Park
-Calgary tower (If it's open, it's been closed a lot so I would check online first)
-Winsport (Winter)
-Prince's island park
-Devonian Gardens
-St. Patrick's Island and Eau Claire
Also a Flames game
Nice video. I love Calgary as someone from BC
Those walkways do detract from the amount of people on the streets downtown but that's good because It keeps them out of the way of traffic and makes it so you don't have to put all your winter gear on just to cross the street
This is practical and helpful. Thank you.
Great video! I recently moved from vancity to Calgary. Some think there's not much here but it's Honesty not a bad city! Get out and do things and u can really enjoy it!
You have such a clear and calming voice.
Good job and good narrative. Thank you.
Thanks so much Randy!
This was very good. Thanks for posting/sharing.
I love watching your videos. I was born and raised here in Calgary I'm now turning 30 in a week. I have watched the transformation of everything being taking down to being built and for a time I've been feeling like our city was failing. You have made me appreciate the city I have grew up in again and to make me proud of everything the city has accomplished over the years. So thank you Daphne for visiting our city and hope you come back again.
Thank you Carrie!
Must admit it is refreshing look and made me appreciate the place I live in
Heading there in 2 weeks! This video helps. Thanks!
So glad you got to enjoy our beautiful city!
I just loved watching. Thanks for sharing this experience. I'm so anxious to visit it.
Thanks for watching, Carlos!
Great call getting the OG ginger beef. That restaurant used to be located just outside of Chinatown, but moved to its current spot back in 1978. Next time you’re back, make sure to swing by Lina’s or the Italian Supermarket in the same neighbourhood for some delicious Italian food!
Yes!! Or the Inglewood Drive In if only for the Dole Whip!! The only other place it's sold in North America is in Disney World! :)
Wow so beautiful .thanks for taking us for a tour.have a nice day
The Ship & Anchor...had a few wild night there.
Amazing. Relaxing. Informative. Perfect editing. Great background music. Thank you.
Seeing this on my recommendation made me feel a little weird at first but feels a little homey. Thank you for this it makes me happy you enjoying the city✨
As someone who visits Calgary regularly for months, I can see that Calgary downtown is never busy. It's sole focus really is on business, I suppose, which is logical. Nothing I'm used to here in Europe so it's odd to see.
@infomercial enjoyer oil and gas has never been stronger right now.
As someone who lives in Calgary
@@alainouellet7794 could not be less true
@@alainouellet7794 There was a capex boom in the early mid 2000s to mid 2010s as the oil sands were built out. The extra 10s of billions of investment boosted jobs in the industry both in terms of numbers and compensation. Now there is a cashflow boom, but not a investment/jobs boom because markets are not rewarding growth, so the cash is used for buybacks, dividends and paying down debt. This is most easily visible in office vacancy rates...pre-2015 oil crash, downtown office vacancy was sitting just under 10%. Now its sitting 3 times higher around 34% (and only slightly from pre-covid levels around 28%)... that being said, things in the city are generally looking up, quite a bit more hustle and bustle around town.
Our city continues to create endless outward expansion of our city rather than building inwards. We will be connected to Okotoks and Airdrie in no-time. There is very little point in dealing with the constant and confusing downtown-construction(of course unless you work there), when they now build every neighborhood with almost everything you could need within 10kms. I stay away from downtown as much as possible, while quiet, the rampant drug use is becoming a much larger problem, and using transit is equally as uncomfortable.
Love the Calgary Zoo so much
This seems to be a very interesting place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Calgary is a fun place to go!
If I could live anywhere in the world, I would stay right here in calgary
Great video of my home town! Didn't know ginger beef was created here. Cool!
Also caesars. :)
Calgary is a great city. I lived there a couple of times briefly when I was much younger. Also, as you said, near the Rockies. Of course, likely the only reason people don't move there is because of the cold winters. Otherwise it would probably be ten times the size of both Toronto (where I'm from) and Vancouver, combined!
Great video! Wish I had watched it (and you had posted it) before March 2022. I would have learned so much prior to visiting for the first time.
The one thing you missed is having a Caesar cocktail at the Westin Hotel Bar, it's also the birthplace of this beverage. (1969 in what was called at the time The Calgary Inn)
It was actually on my list, but I didn’t have time unfortunately - next time!
Thank you loved this video
What a great trip! I've never seen magpies before, they're pretty birds! It's good that you went to the zoo as well. Good food, Daphne, oh yess ham and cheese croissant I can never say no to that.
Thanks Cerita! Yep, especially a toasted ham and cheese croissant 😋
Naaah, those magpies are the worse 😭😭
@@Fake2JZ yeea there everywhere 😆
They are beautiful birds and very smart as well (part of the Corvid family, so related to crows and ravens) but so many people here in Calgary think of them only as nuisance birds. Such a shame, cause they are so charming.
Terrific video!!
Good job Daphne
Great video! planning to move out there in the next 6 to 12 months, super excited, I have always been in love with Alberta and yet I’ve never set foot there. I really can’t wait.
That’s so exciting!
Beautiful place, hope you've got some nice warm clothes and boots cause the winters here can be brutal. :) Welcome to Calgary (soon!). :)
Wow! Glad you enjoyed your trip to Calgary! Next time you should check out: The World's Largest Board Game Shop here in Calgary aka The Sentry Box! Plus Kensington has a really cool feel also
i live here! well, i actually just moved april, but i heard its like a mini nyc! its a very cool city with alot of skyscrapers in downtown.
I've been binging your videos!! would love to see how you plan out and shoot your videos. They arent flashy and almost feel like a diary. great job!!
Thank you so much! :)
Ngl, it feels weird seeing this through video instead of in person since I've always visited Calgary a lot since I was young but haven't been there for about 2-3 years now. It brings back memories. 🙂
Awww the penguins are so cute!
The best 😍
Good video! I like it so much! 👍💖
Cool! Thanks for showcasing my city, I learned things that even as a local I didn't know. You chose a good selection of food spots, a well planned itinerary.
Thanks Alex!
That song from the beginning slaps
woow i been in calgary for over 15 years and i never been to the calgary, now i want to go. nice video by the way. thanks for showing calgary to the world
Another excellent video. Your editing skills are amazing. My only issue was it was a bit hard to focus on the content because I kept imagining the image of a horse with a fish head.
Thanks again! Hahaha yes it was a little strange indeed.
Glad to see you enjoyed the city! Kinda surreal to watch someone not familiar with Calgary visit it
You visited some good spots in impressed, it's funny you ended up at the Silver Inn, that's like 100ft from where I live, it's a small world.
Right across the street from Peter's is Wai's aquarium, the best Coral and Saltwater Fish store in the city, the reason I live in the neighborhood.
Beautiful Canada
Gus Peters had a farm near our farm east of Carstairs. Back in the day, that is where his beef came from.
I love the music background 😍
Thank you!
That was a nice video!
Awesome video, hope you enjoyed your stay! I know there’s lots more to do but only so much you can capture on video 😊
Thanks Adriel, I’ll just have to visit again!
@@DaphneXplores for sure!
You hit a few great spots but in my opinion missed so many other fantastic ones. Come back again!
I’ll bet! There’s never enough time!
Wow that’s so cool to see my brother and I are the owners of taqueria el chefe and we’re not permanently closed just moved locations to THE BOW VALLEY SQUARE so thanks for sharing our location with everyone ALL LOVE❤
One of the best videos I have watched 😀 stay connected
Well made video.
It felt so su prizing when I saw all my parents work buildings and I knew every corner
nice work! you got some filming skills eh! I hope you have enjoyed our city as much as we have enjoyed your video about it.
Thank you! I did enjoy it lots!
when I worked at Calgary downtown,I walked a circle at lunchtime on +15 at winter time, about 45minutes.
hermoso todo felicitaciones desde medellin colombia recien empiezo a ver tus videos y me gustan mucho
Thanks for watching!
I live in Calgary so thanks for giving me new places to explore. That Mexican restaurant looks cool.
It’s permanently closed 😕
glad you had fun here! Visit other places next time too like Calgary Tower, Heritage Park, and Glenbow Museum :D
I’ll have to next time!
Back when I travelled to Calgary regularly, my favourite spot was the "family park" (close to the C-train route) , with the artificial different levels and waterfalls. The statue by the pond (woman spinning a child in the air with other family members looking on) was also special. Don't see it as it was in Google maps anymore. Too bad, and sad.
Where’s all the trees, it looks so dry and flat, either way thank you for the video, I’d love to visit.
We have tons of trees - our spring hits in May and the video was completed in April. Super green now! 🙂
Such a beautiful vlog ❤😊🎉
Thank you!
Wow i love your vidéo style
Hey! The big fluffy baby king penguin's name is Rupert !! I thought you might appreciate knowing!! :)
Oh that’s so cute!! 😍
thank you for sharing some awesome facts about Calgary that I didn't even know as a proud Calgaryian
Great arangement! Watching this is like really good therapy. Um how to you eat all that fabulous food and stay so slender?
Next time you're in this area you should check out Oxbow restaurant in Kensington. It's so good!
You must visit nicks steakhouse, the Austrian club, winter club, the Israel cafe, visit the mall cinnamon bun store, sports store and lots of different foods, there are some nice pizza places, the Irish pub, the skiing resorts, lake Louise,the town of Banff, Canmore, some of the places where the Jamaican bobsled team visited and stayed, see some of the places where the English TV series Heartbeat were filmed in Calgary, the zoo, you also have Safeway's, Walmart, ice hockey shops, Calgary tower
We just drove there a second time! Only 12 hours switching with my son to drive. You get to see the scenery instead of sky!!! We went to the BC Lions game and stayed by the stadium. We then went to Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine lake. Moraine Lake is far more pretty than Louise! Couldn't believe the rich tourists from all over the world taking pictures of Louise the most famous lake in the world.Yes, the Rockies are spectacular, but Whistler is better. Two mountains and the coastal trees make the difference. North Van alone has this for picnics and hiking in the Grouse woods or Cypress. I feel like a spoiled brat being born in Vancouver! Voted the most beautiful city in North America. That says it all. Done the whole west coast (Frisco our fave) so Europe is next with a bus tour. Great video!!!
I love seeing my city on camera
Rookie! You could've spent a week in Saskatoon in just one afternoon! Enjoyed the magpie footage down by the Bow, though. -- meow!
I saw both my omas and my best friends house in this from nose hill, You visited a lot of places i havnt been to and i live here. But nobody goes in to downtown that often. If only you came a few days later you could have seen the stampede. You of coarse had to go to peters the best food on earth.
Cool video!
Thanks!
Born & raised Calgarian here.
Just so you know,
it is pronounced "Calgry".
The second 'a' is silent.
Also, yes, Calgary is known
as one of the windiest cities in Canada.
For about 11 years now,
the wind can be atrocious.
Typical Calgarian telling someone how too pronounce something. Y’all really are a bunch of assholes.
You should have gone to Heritage Park. Great video, though. Thank you for sharing.
gonna make me explore my own city lol. that Mexican restaurant looked fire ngl
I did not plan to watch the whole video... But here I am. Good job! I'm moving to Calgary next week - excited!
Thanks for watching! Good luck with the move and have fun!
Don't go to Peter's Drive-In. :o)
Welcome to Calgary.
Definitely try the Inglewood Drive In. :)
那里中国人多不多呀
I am a Calgarian and like your video. The +15's may have an impact on street level activity but I use them extensively and they have created a 2nd level culture which is cool. Not to mention in the Winter it's way cleaner and faster to get around using the +15 network. Peter's Drive-In, Yuck, really bad low quality cardboard burgers, crinkle fries, and milk shakes that are so frozen that a straw cannot be put in. Avoid Peter's. The seagulls outside love the fries though. There are so many other good burger joints like, Boogies, Burger Burger, Clive Burger, Rocky's Burger Bus, ....
The burger sauce bangs though
i am born raised and live in downtown, not once have i used the skywalk, let alone been in amnn of those palces for some reason
if you ever feel like going back in the summer I recommend made by Marcus for a very tasteful ice cream
SUPERB
Nice video!
Thanks Jason!
The +15 system can only truly be really appreciated when it's -30 out with a -40 wind chill. In that type of weather there is no "street life" LOL
Amazing video of my city of calgary.. it's cool to see a tourist perspective. Most videos I'd watch from others they just talk down on the city or are just misinformed about it.. once again amazing video
Thank you Marvin!
0:58 Next time just buy $3.60 ticket from route 100 and get a transfer. Get off at next stop and transfer into 300. It will save you around $8 per person.
Glad you enjoyed your visit here. next time you are at peters i dare you to ask for a large fries hahahaha they come in a box about the size of a shoe box.
😲 what!
@@DaphneXplores First time I went there we asked for 2 large cheese burgers and 2 large fries, the woman said do you know how much food that is. so we just got 1 of each and split it 3 ways with onion rings it was still a lot of food. next time you are in ingle wood pop into kanes Harley diner, great interior and a very nice breakfast.
@@davebloggs Red's Diner is also amazing!
Growing up in Calgary really loved Calgary in '90s I really missed those days city not what it used to be It's a ghost of its former self
You're absolutely right! It's soo much better now then the boring shit hole it used it be!
Very nice place maam