Canada/Vancouver(Beautiful Vancouver,Granville Island) Part 10
1,735 views · Published 6 March 2012 · 18:44 · Indexed 1 October 2026
Channel: Nurettin Yilmaz · 2012 · Travel & Events
Welcome to my travelchannel.On my channel you can find almost 1000 films of more than 70 countries. See the playlist on my youtube channel.Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/user/nurettinodunya/playlists Canada/Vancouver: Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in False Creek directly across from Downtown Vancouver's peninsula, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.The peninsula was once an industrial manufacturing area, but today it is now a major tourist destination and working neighbourhood. In 2004, Project for Public Spaces named Granville Island "One of the World's Great Places". Granville Island provides amenities such as a large public market, an extensive marina, a boutique hotel, the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (named in honour of the artist), Arts Umbrella, False Creek Community Centre, various performing arts theatres including the Arts Club Theatre Company and Carousel Theatre, fine arts galleries, and variety of shopping areas. There are two zones remaining from the Island's industrial heyday: a machine shop and concrete plant. Since its redevelopment in the 1970s, Granville Island has maintained a community of craft studios, including: a Glassblowing studio, two Co-op Printmaking studios, a Fine Art Print Studio, a Luthier, a master saké maker, various Jewellers, the B.C. Potter's Guild Gallery, The Crafthouse Gallery, The Circle Craft shop, art galleries, boatbuilders, a Wood Co-op Shop, Woodworkers studios , etc. A daily Farmer's Market has been ongoing since the early 1990s - this was the first contemporary Farmer's Market in Vancouver. Granville Island Brewing Co. is also the name of a beer company which originated on Granville Island in 1984, but whose main base of operations was moved to Kelowna, British Columbia some time later. In 2009 it was purchased by Molson's Brewery and continues to brew small batches of its varieties at the Granville Island brewing original site, and offers beer-tasting and tours of their brewing facilities. Granville Island Public Market Public marketThe Granville Island Public Market features a farmers market, day vendors, and artists offering a various of local Vancouver culinary offerings. There are fifty permanent retailers in the market offering local products. In addition, there are over one-hundred Day vendors in stalls throughout the market selling a variety of Artisan cottage-industry foods and unique hand-made crafts on a rotating schedule.Wikipedia
More from this channel
-
7:58
Croatia/Dubrovnik streets (2011) part 1
-
18:53
China/Beijing (Jingshan Park- Coal Hill Park).Amazing...! 2002) Part 4
-
18:37
Jordan-Petra (Ürdün-2002) Part 1
-
18:37
Turkey/Nemrut Dağı /Adana Part 6
-
15:49
Namibia/Africa (Namibia/Swakopmund) Part 3
-
17:02
Tanzania - Serengeti National Park Part 7
-
12:15
Africa/Kenya-Nairobi Part 1
-
16:22
Thailand-Bangkok-(Chao Phraya River) Asia Part 4