I'm from the GTA and i used to work and play in TO, it's great. But Toronto is very different from the rest of Ontario. The awesome things the rest of the province provides is vast. From Blue Mountain skiing to the tropical beaches of Wasaga Beach and the Sandbanks. You also have Cottage Country with its endless lakes and trees to the Canadian Shield with a glimpse of what the earth is made of. Ontario could take a lifetime to explore.
Having lived in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada; I am proud to have become Canadian. Watching your videos has helped me learn more and more about my beautiful adopted country.
I grew up there and Yorkville used to be where all the hippy's hung out. Street cafe's, underground clubs. A lot of famous musicians started there with their bands or played there during the 60's and 70's. It was the hip place to be.
I can't believe the number of places that this video left out! Just to drop a few names: High Park, Queen West Village, the Beaches, Scarborough Bluffs (and associated yacht clubs), Casa Loma, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum, Edward's Gardens, the massive Toronto Zoo, Kensington Market, the St. Lawrence Market, the planetarium (attached to the ROM) and, of course, everything else.… (Why not go there and film your own video?) (Oops! I forgot to mention the three universities.)
Casa Loma, Science Centre, Rom, and Toronto Zoo are well known so I can see why they were left out but I would include Fort York, and Black Creek Pioneer village as more touristy locations.
I used to walk by that crazy pointy building every day on the way to work. It's the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). The pointy bit was added on to the old building. I always thought of it as a transporter accident :P
Oh thank God I'm not the only one who thought the addition looked like a UFO smashed into the building. I grew up going to the ROM at least every year and I miss going in through the old entrance with the big old doors and vaulted mosaic ceiling. 🥲
Not being from Toronto, we love to rip on Toronto. In all fairness though, as a large major city, it is a very livable city. It is generally a very safe city with a diverse population. If you can think of a country, you can probably find authentic food from that culture.
@@icchamp2010 The biggest gem about Toronto in my opinion. Growing up here I've known and been friends with people from all around the world and had opportunities to taste authentic food form their regions and see their art and culture. All of the world in one city.
Leslie Street Spit, a wildlife preserve so named because of the cormorant nesting sites, which birds, when feeling threatened by people in close proximity, will regurgitate food & throw up at you. the Scarborough Bluffs are also of interest to explore with a lot of beachfront & near-vertical paths.
One lesser known spot in Toronto that I like is Allan Gardens. It has a great green house with areas for differing climates and plants. Unfortunately, I believe it is under renovation currently.
Unfortunately that there are so many out of homed people that reside there. Not that they are there and all around the city but unfortunate that they aren't currently homed
I was there the other day and it has all been tented over. Perhaps they are replacing the glass. The homeless camp, amount to about a little over a dozen, widely spaced, and seemingly peaceful. I live up the street from there and I often walk through both day or night, and everyone is quiet and friendly. No hastles at all.
The White trillium is the flower of Ontario. The adoption of an official flower for Ontario grew out of a movement during the First World War to choose a national floral emblem appropriate for planting on the graves of Canadian servicemen overseas. No national flower was ever chosen, but the white trillium was chosen as Ontario's floral emblem
I know it used to be illegal to pick them. I expect that it still is. I had a friend who wanted one in the backyard and transplanted one from the woods in our hiking area. It flourished there as she planted it in the correct environment.
Not to brag, but in Montreal's Underground city, known officially as le RÉSO (the network), Montreal's Underground City connects over 1,700 shops, 200 restaurants, universities, movie theatres, metro stations, museums, and even a skating rink.
Back in the 60s, Yorkville was very 'Hippy' and the centre of the Toronto music scene. So many small venues with performers from all over North America, years ahead of its time in music styles. Many of the clubs didn't bother to get a liquor license so they served somewhat expensive fruit drinks, but you could nurse one all evening and nobody batted an eye. Mostly foik music with artists like Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Carly Simon. and Dan Hill, rock, R&B and blues were also common.
yep, Hippie Central for quite some time & now a glorious monument to capitalist greed & gentrification. my girlfriend & i lived on the street in the late'7os & Yorkville was always a most lucrative place to scavenge after all the sheep had staggered off. outdoor patios were especially entertaining: often, people would shove a matchbook under an uneven table leg to balance things out but here we found folded up currency keeping the beer glasses level. it may well be the most offensive area in the city.
Just have to add Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Ian & Sylvia to the list of now famous Canadian artists that played in Yorkville - and a thank you for remembering Dan Hill 😄a member of a socially important and artistically talented Toronto family (For example, his brother Lawrence Hill wrote 'The Book of Negroes'. )
The CN Tower can be seen across the city. Heck, you can even see it from Niagara! Everywhere you are in the city, you are getting a view of the Tower. There are so many other places to see in Toronto. There should be more videos like this from our point of view as Torontonions. From parks to restaurants, shopping, night life, family life, museums, galleries, etc. Its a great city full of life
@@stevevee8675 You either have very good luck or very bad luck but hey that's life anything can happen. Can't let that stop you from living though. We all die sometime so might as well have fun before that happens. :P
In fairness, you really can see the tower from everywhere... and yes, you can get lost in the PATH, I know some parts of it really well, but I have on occasion found myself coming up to street level to look around and get my bearings.
Tyler Back in the late 60s and early 70s, Yorkville was Toronto's hippie district. It was a place full of coffee shops and folk music. I can remember some of the hang outs like the Mouse Trap. It was just a cool place to go as a young person and I have many great memories of the area.
Toronto is nice to visit but the rest of Ontario has so more to offer. Small quaint towns, the Bruce hiking trail that goes from Niagara to Northern Georgian Bay, lakes, cottage county, farm land, great fishing. Waterfall tours, old covered bridge trails, great beaches and wineries, distilleries and breweries. Proud Ontarian here! The cost of living kind of sucks though.
Some of my favorite places in Toronto are The Scarborough Bluffs Park on the beach, or taking a ferry ride to the Toronto Islands for the day. Also, just riding your bike on hundreds of kilometers of bike trails throughout the city.
I actually just got home from a trip to High Park to see the cherry blossoms. Not as special as it's build up to be but still really cool to have that here in the spring.
first Thursdays at the Art Gallery of Ontario which is the biggest art gallery in Toronto hasn't happened since Covid, it might come back. That crazy pointy building is the Royal Ontario Museum. It's the main museum in Toronto.
Montreal also have an underground city Called the 'RESO'. Montreal's Underground City is often compared to Toronto's PATH Network. Montreal’s RESO has several disconnected areas while Toronto’s PATH is constantly connected. Therefore, Montreal’s RESO has the largest underground system overall, however Toronto’s PATH is the longest continuous system. Currently, Toronto’s PATH is 30km while Montreal’s RESO is 32km. And fun fact, the underground city includes 60 residential and commercial complexes comprising 3.6 square kilometers of floor space, including 80% of all office space and 35% of all commercial space in the downtown area.
I miss living in Toronto! There's so much to do. My favourites were Dream in High Park (Shakespeare plays performed in High Park), Taste of the Danforth (it was literally right outside our front door), Pride week, St Lawrence Market, Steeles Flea Market, Kenzington Market, and the Beaches Jazz Festival.
It's a reference point for all living here. One of the first things you teach kids is to know where the CN tower is. If you can see the lake you know that's south. One building towering over all others is a very helpful landmark in a bit city. lol
I work downtown, and have done since 1996. I have walked all of the PATH at one time or another, and it's awesome especially in Winter without having to go outside! It is easy to get lost - if you're new to it...
In the 1960's, Yorkville was Canada's Haight-Ashbury. Hippies congregated there because it was a cheap neighbourhood. It had a fantastic music scene. You could have seen Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young there, or any of dozens famous of folk and rock musicians when they were still teenagers or in their twenties. Lots of Peace & Love and marijuana. Now it's a totally different vibe.
Grew up in Ontario & lived and worked in Toronto for 10 years. The underground network of malls under every office tower, connecting to subway stops and short walkways between buildings was there when I started visiting as a kid in the ‘70s up to our Caribbean move in 1991. It was a wonderful discovery as a child & a lifesaver in winter as an adult. Starting at Union State where the shuttle from my harbour front condo dropped us off I could make my way to the subway if late or walk through the malls to my tower. Everything you needed from clothes, gifts, groceries, medical services, salons, spas and endless restaurants, bars and food courts was available in the magical (and warm) underground city. It was a lot of fun but I’ll still take being out on the streets of Vancouver experiencing the exceptional beauty and diversity over anywhere else. Deciding to come here in 1996 to escape the cold was the best decision we ever made. You get even more parks, waterfront bike/walking paths and natural wonders like Stanley Park (bigger than Central Park) all of which are useable year round thanks to our unCanadian climate. I consider myself to be geographically fortunate for all of Canada but most especially for Greater Vancouver, Whistler and Vancouver Island.
There was no mention of Ontario Place and the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto's Islands ( a few minutes ferryboat ride away from the pace of the city with it's own airport, amusement centre and beach). There is seldom any mention that almost all of these waterfront places are built on reclaimed land - from Front Street, where Union Station, CN Tower, etc. are found - south to the lake. That part of Front Street is on a slightly higher level than to newer dry land.
Since theCN tower is the tallest structure in N America, it’s pretty hard to look anywhere without seeing it. If I’m out in my kayak in Mississauga, the next city to Toronto, there it is.
I'm 5 generations Torontonian. This list sucks. Yorkville, high end tourist trap as with Harbourfront. If you want something different take the 501 streetcar end to end. It's 22 kilometres long and National Geographic calls it one of the best trolley rides in the world, get a transit pass and you can hop on and off all day (and all night it runs 24hr/day). You can also check out Graffiti Alley. If you come in summer lots of parks have movie nights, just bring a blanket.
The Museum of Nature in Ottawa does events called Nature Nocturne, where they have djs, food, and drinks in the museum among the exhibits too. It's always a fun time.
I lived in Toronto in the late 1960’s early 1970’s and I can say Toronto has changed a lot since I lived there the Poor Alex Theatre was a small movie theatre that was painted all black inside. Now it is an actual theatre where you can see plays. The ROM had very few things behind glass. I remember there was a room full of suits of armour including horse armour behind velvet ropes. You could wander all around them. It made the museum a magical place for a kid.
I live on the prairies in Canada but in early 2000 I worked every other week in downtown Toronto. Not much time to explore but in 2010 I had the opportunity to visit a friend who lived in the Annex of Toronto. I spent a month exploring. One if my favourite spots was Kensington market and Danforth mall. Taking the ferry across to see the Toronto Island.
Props on your Canadian deep dives. You probably know more than most Canadians by now. I just saw a great video - I swear I have no affiliation to it; I just found it interesting - called "10 fastest growing cities & downtowns in Canada. You might enjoy reacting to it. The images are quite stunning imo. Cheers.
Many years ago I worked in the CN tower. I was technician working in the communication centre under that white bubble. This was a time when radio or micro wave technology was big. It's obsolete now due to fibre optics. We called it the submarine. It's pressurized due to the height so, we had to go though 2 air locks to get into the communications room.
The little church in Bloor St that you see around 9:50 is a designated heritage building so condo developers had to build around it as they couldn't buy it and tear it down. BTW it's called Trillium Park as the trillium is Ontario's provincial flower. Yes, that's a thing.
11:26 That's the Royal Ontario Museum! It used to just look like the part on the left, but about 15 years ago there was a big renovation that added the newer-looking architecture.
Montréal's RESO has the largest underground system overall, however Toronto's PATH is the longest continuous system. With Montreal's RESO, there are several disconnected areas while Toronto's PATH is constantly connected. Currently, Toronto's PATH is 27km while Montréal's RÉSO is 32km.
In downtown Edmonton there about 40 km of upper level cross walk and lower level cross walk that connect hundreds of buildings so that you don’t have to go outside in the winter to go from one building to another in one place there’s a pedway underneath and above the street there are 2 levels of crosswalk above the street connect 2 buildings
The PATH is great to visit especially in the winter, also on rainy days Yorkville has changed so much in the past 45 years, it used to be the hippy place like Soho area in London England
I've shared this idea before, but you should look into the annual event, Nuit Blanche in Toronto. An annual event of artistic displays for cultural and social issues. The event takes over almost the entire downtown core from dusk to dawn. Just look up Nuit Blanche Toronto to see the highlights.
I am LOVING your reaction to the PATH! It’s all true. All underground (thus closed during Covid), and links lots of big buildings. A lot of Torontarians, and yes we use that term, don’t even know what the PATH is, much less where to access it! The majority of shops are fancy and expensive.
Just had to say that church seen @10:00 at start of "Bloor Yorkville" was where my parents were married on March 12 /49. STILL preserved for services to this day! (I'm still preserved at 73!! )
In Calgary they have what is called the +15 in the downtown. This is similar to the path, not as large and it passes through buildings, as opposed to all being underground. Everybody gives thanks when it's -35°.
Yes, I was thinking of that too, and not to ferget the Calgary Tower and Calgary Stampede! The first +15 bridge was built in 1969... called +15 cuz it's 15 feet above the streets. All weather-sealed and climate controlled with 86 bridges in total now and over 16 kilometres (9.94 Miles) of travel. It can be difficult to navigate if one doesn't know their direction from building to building, but of course there are maps to view throughout the system.
I don't know if you already know, but the white trillium is the official flower of Ontario! It's a white flower with three petals and a yellow centre. That's why it's called Trillium Park.
As a Torontian I will say the PATH is very cool and lends you to a lot of places, but after so many years of using it I still get myself lost in it! I have even gotten lost using a damn PATH map!
I'm not from Toronto, just a frequent visitor, and I've definitely done that before. Be in the CBC building intending to head to Union Station getting all turned around and somehow ending up in Sak's Fifth Avenue.
The Lakeview restaurant near Dundas and Ossington Ave. It's been there since 1932 - presently closed for renovations, so check on-line before you go. They've kept the original bar and booths. It's a step back in time. Some movies were shot there including the bar scene in 'Cocktail' with T. Cruise. Def. worth a visit. Fun fact: Toronto is known as "Hollywood North" because of the movie studios.
Its true when spending time in Toronto as soon as you look over your shoulder it's there. The CN Tower it follows you around. Grew up near Caledon Ontario and on a clear day you can see the Tower and that's just over 60 Km away. Sorry just over 37 miles away ;)
At 2:36. Most people don't know about The Path unless you work in the downtown core. It goes from Front Street S-N up to and past The Eaton Centre (shopping mall). It is also stretches W-E for many city blocks. The Path is an underground network of tunnel walkways that doubles as an underground shopping mall. Lots of food courts as well. The best part is all this connects to the major office towers. I winter it helps to keep you warm.
That big spiky building was an extension buily on to our museum. One of my favourite spots is the Ontario science centre The brick Works that you looked at in the Don Valley green space runs right through the centre of Toronto. And one of the shots you can see the downtown part of Toronto what you don’t see is the other side of the valley. We’re Toronto continues. Basically, it’s a huge green space. Not many people know this, but Toronto is known as the city of Parks. We have a huge number of manicured parks for kids to play in plus green spaces and spaces reserved to boost up the ecosystem. Because Toronto moves down towards Lake Ontario. Some of our parks have excellent tobogganing hills. We also have the Toronto islands that you can see from the downtown core. There are people that live on that island but the majority of it is dedicated to hiking, biking, picnicking, etc.. The underground system known as the path is great for shopping and getting from building to building. But the most interesting thing it’s used for, it allows people that come in to Union Station by train to travel underground in the winter time to their place of business. Those same business people go down into the system at lunchtime to buy food. If you thought that restaurant looked exciting and you want to eat there that’s just one of thousands. Basically you can have any cultures cuisine and get it just about anytime of the day.
I would definitely add Allan Gardens, camping or hiking in Rouge Park and the Islamic history museum Aga Khan as different and interesting thing to do as well
The path is just all the basements of the high rise buildings downtown are interconnected and have shops and restaurants along the way. They are also connected to the subway train stations. So if you live in an apartment building along the subway in other parts of the city you can leave your building and go to your workplace downtown without having to walk outside. You can go to a restaurant for lunch and get your groceries after work without going outside. For a city that gets really cold and snowy in the winter The Path is ideal.
The CN Tower can be seen even outside city limits. It's almost impossible to get pictures of Toronto without getting the CN Tower in at least one shot.
@@mitchwinthrop Then you would still get a a picture of the window or wall. However, following your train of thought, a picture outward from "The Edge" would definitely exclude the tower.
The One Hour in Chinatown, I gotta check that out. Don't think I've noticed it before. Maybe I'll head over there Thursday and try it out. Always up for trying new places with good food to eat at. Glad i live where there's variety everywhere... don't think i could live somewhere that doesnt, I'd never get used it
I've been to the Evergreen Brick Works! It was as part of a school field trip. 11:34 is the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), I've been there multiple times for school field trips as well, The original museum is the building on the left and when they wanted to add on to it they made the building on the right. I love how it looks personally, I remember seeing it for the first time and it felt unreal.
I lived near TORONTO and worked there from 1980 until 1990 before moving to New Brunswick in 1992. I visit family often around T.O. and have never heard of the underground mall!
There are lots of things to do just outside of Toronto too like Wasaga Beach or family camping at Sibbald Point Provincial Park with Go-Karts/bumper boats & mini golf at the entrance.. You can go to Uxbridge and ride your bike to Lindsay and then down to Peterborough along the Trans Canada Trail... But in Toronto I find the Don Valley Trail & Path Network is massively underappreciated.. Could ride to work downtown faster than driving a car if you live near Don Mills & Eglinton, or near Victoria Park... Humber river has a great path too for a journey.. Don Trail also goes to Cherry beach with BBQ stands OR you can take it to lakeshore trail and go to Boardwalk & Ashbridge's Bay in the East or Sunnyside in the West by Humber River riding along the shore of Lake Ontario.. You can ride along Lakeshore all the way to Hamilton if you want.. If it were 1990's I would bring you to some of the all night rave parties that we are known for...
Not sure how unique some of these are. But almost all those parks, at least along the waterfront are all connected by a bike trail that goes quite literally from the most westerly boarder to the east into neighboring Pickering. My favorite spots along this pathway is the Scarborough Bluffs and Rouge Valley Urban National. The Destillery District offers some of the most instagramable scene in the city. And offers one of only a small handful of spots in the city that still has cobble stone streets. For cool boutique shopping that wont break the bank, I like Bloor West Village and sections of Yonge Street from Lawrence up to Finch. Evergreem Brickworks is a great suggestion, but it also connects to all the other parks that dot the Dom Valley, which is worth an adventure or 2 with tons of wildlife spottings from deer to great blue heron, and even salmon during the fall salmon run.
That pointly glass building coming out of the brick building is actually the Royal Ontario Museum"s new wing. The brink building is one side of the old wing. If you ever go to the ROM, plan on at least three days. Yorkville is very expensive, so my favourite thing to do there is to window shop inside the stores. Lol
I'm sorry but Yorkville and the AGO would be on any travel pamphlet about TO, what next the Hockey Hall of Fame! Thought there would be a lot more funky unusual spots here.
There is a Canadian movie called "Way Downtown" where these office workers make a bet to see who could live indoors the longest using their path system. But I think that was set in calgary
@Bernadine Shelbourne omg yes. Thank you for reminding me I had almost completely forgot about that movie. It was great. I didn't know it was Canadian. Loved it!!
The building that you thought was cool at 11:24 is the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) that part of the structure is called The Crystal Also I'm sad they didn't mention the Beaches, it's a nice neighbourhood has tons of parks, restaurants, shops, andobviously beaches during the summer it hosts The International Jazz Festival among others
When I was a kid going to ROM the only things under glass were the mummies. All the suits of armour were lined up behind a velvet rope. It was so cool. I was disappointed the last time I was there because everything was behind glass.
These channels are big money makers that don’t require a lot of work. The more countries he covers, the more income he receives. Certainly not knocking him…Kudos to him for coming up with the idea and entertaining us along the way. Obviously he’s smarter than the rest of us or we would be making content…not watching him!
He also has a brother who does the same thing - might be a twin. It's why I don't think he ever reads comments as he is working on putting out lots of videos of different countries every day. 'Aussie Tash' and 'Mert Can' are two creators you should check out - as they have a genuine interest in learning more about Canada as they plan to travel here - and Mert is seriously considering moving here. (He's lived all over the world).
Native Torontonian here....didn't even know about the brickworks fun. Now I have to check it out. Also there is the Distillery District....old factories turned into beer themed pubs which is awesome. Thanks!
I live an hour and a half north of T.O. and I have never heard of the underground path though I don't get to the city very often, I was there for a concert last month and of course I had to take a photo with the tower in the background lol, had no clue I was walking above this underground city lol. You can't help but notice the CN tower while your in Toronto, it does tower over the city, you didn't stop the video each time the tower showed up lol
@11:21 fun fact, this crystal shard addition to the Royal Ontario Museum cost a fortune and was kind of an architectural fail when it finally opened in 2011. I hear that the museum has managed to fix a lot of the issues it caused in the years since.
humber bay is the end of the humber river. huge long complex river i grew up and lived across all ends my entire life. beautiful hiking paths and parks.
It is pretty good list, been everywhere except the chinese restaurant now on the to do list. You can easily make a part 2,3,4,5 about lesser known things to do. There is just so much to do in this city and the whole province really (and the country!). Can't wait for the hovercraft service to Niagara this summer and travel between the two in 30 minutes over lake Ontario! Yes, PATH is a well known secret and really difficult to navigate. Tourists will get lost in it, guaranteed!
@Toronto and more, there are maps to show you where to go and how to get there (there _should_ also be an app for smartphones that'll also show you where to go.)
I really love the concept of Evergreen Brick Works! I should visit that place some time! Thanks Tyler for helping some of us Canadians discover hidden gems in our provinces' neighbours, our own country! 🤗
I used the PATH most days to walk to work when I worked downtown. Very convenient, especially when avoiding crappy weather! Each of the main buildings basically has a courtyard with stores and food. Never would have thought it was a place people would want to check out just for fun though ha full of suits mon-fri and pretty empty on the weekends.
You can see the CN Tower from Buffalo, NY. It is that huge. Since everyone in Toronto knows exactly where it is, it's really good in establishing shots to show where you're filming. When you visit a place, especially in a foreign country, do yourself a favour and have some locals who like your channel take you around. I lived in Toronto for about 5 years, I can definitely hook you up with locals. And when in Ottawa, same - Joel and I will take you around, show you the touristy stuff and the hidden gems only the locals know about.
I call the CN Tower "Lurking Tower" because it's always there. You can see it in reflections of buildings...and it's always just there. We have a bunch of parks and places to see though without it lol. Love this video.
That pointy building is the Royal Ontario museum ROM. One of our families favourite places, our son proposed to his wife there. I've been there 4 times and still haven't seen it all.
See: Ward's Island, The Beaches in the east end, High Park, Bloor West Village, Ronny, Swansea, Bridlepath, Edward's Gardens, St James Gardens, Home Smith Boardwalk from Sunnyside to Balmy Beach.
For food, go to Greek Town. Taste of Danforth is incredible and there are so many cafes and patios to relax in day or night. It's beautifully lit and really comfortable. An awesome place to eat and chill.
Hey Tyler - The PATH allows Tourists and Residents alike , to go on a Christmas Shopping expedition, you could, if your office or hotel is connected to the PATH, you can do it in mid-Spring/mid-fall attire!
I'm from the GTA and i used to work and play in TO, it's great. But Toronto is very different from the rest of Ontario. The awesome things the rest of the province provides is vast. From Blue Mountain skiing to the tropical beaches of Wasaga Beach and the Sandbanks. You also have Cottage Country with its endless lakes and trees to the Canadian Shield with a glimpse of what the earth is made of. Ontario could take a lifetime to explore.
True, and you didn't even mention Niagara Wine Country, historic Kingston, or Ottawa.
@Terry French I thought of them and a few more but didn't want to make the list too long lol
GTA?
@@SAMIAMFNX GTA = "Greater Toronto Area". It's Toronto, and the surrounding area / cities.
@@terryomalley1974
This is about toronto
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I grew up there and Yorkville used to be where all the hippy's hung out. Street cafe's, underground clubs. A lot of famous musicians started there with their bands or played there during the 60's and 70's. It was the hip place to be.
I can't believe the number of places that this video left out! Just to drop a few names: High Park, Queen West Village, the Beaches, Scarborough Bluffs (and associated yacht clubs), Casa Loma, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum, Edward's Gardens, the massive Toronto Zoo, Kensington Market, the St. Lawrence Market, the planetarium (attached to the ROM) and, of course, everything else.…
(Why not go there and film your own video?)
(Oops! I forgot to mention the three universities.)
Casa Loma, Science Centre, Rom, and Toronto Zoo are well known so I can see why they were left out but I would include Fort York, and Black Creek Pioneer village as more touristy locations.
and Ontario Place.
DID YOU SAY THAT WITH ONE BREATH
Like Ryerson? Oops, that's racist better change it's name lol😅
Center island
I used to walk by that crazy pointy building every day on the way to work. It's the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). The pointy bit was added on to the old building. I always thought of it as a transporter accident :P
Oh thank God I'm not the only one who thought the addition looked like a UFO smashed into the building. I grew up going to the ROM at least every year and I miss going in through the old entrance with the big old doors and vaulted mosaic ceiling. 🥲
I live an hour East of downtown. On a clear day, you can see the CN Tower from here - good luck avoiding it!
High Park trails and Zoo. The One Eighty (51st floor panoramic view bar). Steam whistle brewery. Royal Ontario Museum. Ontario Science Centre.
Not being from Toronto, we love to rip on Toronto. In all fairness though, as a large major city, it is a very livable city. It is generally a very safe city with a diverse population. If you can think of a country, you can probably find authentic food from that culture.
Multicultural at its finest
@@icchamp2010 The biggest gem about Toronto in my opinion. Growing up here I've known and been friends with people from all around the world and had opportunities to taste authentic food form their regions and see their art and culture. All of the world in one city.
Leslie Street Spit, a wildlife preserve so named because of the cormorant nesting sites, which birds, when feeling threatened by people in close proximity, will regurgitate food & throw up at you.
the Scarborough Bluffs are also of interest to explore with a lot of beachfront & near-vertical paths.
One lesser known spot in Toronto that I like is Allan Gardens. It has a great green house with areas for differing climates and plants. Unfortunately, I believe it is under renovation currently.
Unfortunately that there are so many out of homed people that reside there. Not that they are there and all around the city but unfortunate that they aren't currently homed
When I was in Toronto last month, Allan Gardens was one big homeless camp.
I was there the other day and it has all been tented over. Perhaps they are replacing the glass.
The homeless camp, amount to about a little over a dozen, widely spaced, and seemingly peaceful.
I live up the street from there and I often walk through both day or night,
and everyone is quiet and friendly. No hastles at all.
Lmao
The White trillium is the flower of Ontario. The adoption of an official flower for Ontario grew out of a movement during the First World War to choose a national floral emblem appropriate for planting on the graves of Canadian servicemen overseas. No national flower was ever chosen, but the white trillium was chosen as Ontario's floral emblem
I know it used to be illegal to pick them. I expect that it still is. I had a friend who wanted one in the backyard and transplanted one from the woods in our hiking area. It flourished there as she planted it in the correct environment.
Also, illegal to pick.
Not to brag, but in Montreal's Underground city, known officially as le RÉSO (the network), Montreal's Underground City connects over 1,700 shops, 200 restaurants, universities, movie theatres, metro stations, museums, and even a skating rink.
Linda, as a Torontonian, that's bigger than the PATH by far.
The pointy building is the royal Ontario museum.
Back in the 60s, Yorkville was very 'Hippy' and the centre of the Toronto music scene. So many small venues with performers from all over North America, years ahead of its time in music styles. Many of the clubs didn't bother to get a liquor license so they served somewhat expensive fruit drinks, but you could nurse one all evening and nobody batted an eye. Mostly foik music with artists like Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Carly Simon. and Dan Hill, rock, R&B and blues were also common.
yep, Hippie Central for quite some time & now a glorious monument to capitalist greed & gentrification. my girlfriend & i lived on the street in the late'7os & Yorkville was always a most lucrative place to scavenge after all the sheep had staggered off. outdoor patios were especially entertaining: often, people would shove a matchbook under an uneven table leg to balance things out but here we found folded up currency keeping the beer glasses level. it may well be the most offensive area in the city.
Just have to add Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Ian & Sylvia to the list of now famous Canadian artists that played in Yorkville - and a thank you for remembering Dan Hill 😄a member of a socially important and artistically talented Toronto family (For example, his brother Lawrence Hill wrote 'The Book of Negroes'. )
The CN Tower can be seen across the city. Heck, you can even see it from Niagara!
Everywhere you are in the city, you are getting a view of the Tower.
There are so many other places to see in Toronto. There should be more videos like this from our point of view as Torontonions. From parks to restaurants, shopping, night life, family life, museums, galleries, etc. Its a great city full of life
The yt channel Johnny Strides does some pretty good walking/biking videos around Toronto
@@stevevee8675 You either have very good luck or very bad luck but hey that's life anything can happen. Can't let that stop you from living though. We all die sometime so might as well have fun before that happens. :P
I am from Hamilton you can see it on a clear day
Other amazing outdoor venues- Tommy Thompson Park (peninsula), the eastern Beaches (and its boardwalk), and the Toronto Islands
In fairness, you really can see the tower from everywhere... and yes, you can get lost in the PATH, I know some parts of it really well, but I have on occasion found myself coming up to street level to look around and get my bearings.
Tyler
Back in the late 60s and early 70s, Yorkville was Toronto's hippie district. It was a place full of coffee shops and folk music.
I can remember some of the hang outs like the Mouse Trap.
It was just a cool place to go as a young person and I have many great memories of the area.
The Brickworks is great for kids -- hiking paths and ponds, lovely little bridges. Beautiful on a sunny warm day.
Toronto is nice to visit but the rest of Ontario has so more to offer. Small quaint towns, the Bruce hiking trail that goes from Niagara to Northern Georgian Bay, lakes, cottage county, farm land, great fishing. Waterfall tours, old covered bridge trails, great beaches and wineries, distilleries and breweries. Proud Ontarian here! The cost of living kind of sucks though.
Some of my favorite places in Toronto are The Scarborough Bluffs Park on the beach, or taking a ferry ride to the Toronto Islands for the day. Also, just riding your bike on hundreds of kilometers of bike trails throughout the city.
I actually just got home from a trip to High Park to see the cherry blossoms. Not as special as it's build up to be but still really cool to have that here in the spring.
Yorkville is the area next to the Annex where I grew up.
Keanu Reeves grew up in the Yorkville area
first Thursdays at the Art Gallery of Ontario which is the biggest art gallery in Toronto hasn't happened since Covid, it might come back. That crazy pointy building is the Royal Ontario Museum. It's the main museum in Toronto.
Grossman's Tavern Spadina and Cecil - Toronto's Home of the Blues.
Montreal also have an underground city Called the 'RESO'. Montreal's Underground City is often compared to Toronto's PATH Network. Montreal’s RESO has several disconnected areas while Toronto’s PATH is constantly connected. Therefore, Montreal’s RESO has the largest underground system overall, however Toronto’s PATH is the longest continuous system. Currently, Toronto’s PATH is 30km while Montreal’s RESO is 32km. And fun fact, the underground city includes 60 residential and commercial complexes comprising 3.6 square kilometers of floor space, including 80% of all office space and 35% of all commercial space in the downtown area.
The PATH is 30km not 27km.
@@MathieuLLF you're right, my bad. it's corrected
I miss living in Toronto! There's so much to do. My favourites were Dream in High Park (Shakespeare plays performed in High Park), Taste of the Danforth (it was literally right outside our front door), Pride week, St Lawrence Market, Steeles Flea Market, Kenzington Market, and the Beaches Jazz Festival.
Tyler, you are so funny. I think the CN Tower was built to help Americain tourists so they would not get lost. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hugs 🇨🇦
Hey Renee....Good one.
@@donnaogorman4935 Thanks Donna. ❤️
As a Toronto boy born and raised , iv used it as a reference point my whole life lol.
Lol
It's a reference point for all living here. One of the first things you teach kids is to know where the CN tower is. If you can see the lake you know that's south. One building towering over all others is a very helpful landmark in a bit city. lol
I work downtown, and have done since 1996. I have walked all of the PATH at one time or another, and it's awesome especially in Winter without having to go outside! It is easy to get lost - if you're new to it...
In the 1960's, Yorkville was Canada's Haight-Ashbury. Hippies congregated there because it was a cheap neighbourhood. It had a fantastic music scene. You could have seen Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young there, or any of dozens famous of folk and rock musicians when they were still teenagers or in their twenties. Lots of Peace & Love and marijuana. Now it's a totally different vibe.
Grew up in Ontario & lived and worked in Toronto for 10 years. The underground network of malls under every office tower, connecting to subway stops and short walkways between buildings was there when I started visiting as a kid in the ‘70s up to our Caribbean move in 1991. It was a wonderful discovery as a child & a lifesaver in winter as an adult. Starting at Union State where the shuttle from my harbour front condo dropped us off I could make my way to the subway if late or walk through the malls to my tower. Everything you needed from clothes, gifts, groceries, medical services, salons, spas and endless restaurants, bars and food courts was available in the magical (and warm) underground city. It was a lot of fun but I’ll still take being out on the streets of Vancouver experiencing the exceptional beauty and diversity over anywhere else. Deciding to come here in 1996 to escape the cold was the best decision we ever made. You get even more parks, waterfront bike/walking paths and natural wonders like Stanley Park (bigger than Central Park) all of which are useable year round thanks to our unCanadian climate. I consider myself to be geographically fortunate for all of Canada but most especially for Greater Vancouver, Whistler and Vancouver Island.
There was no mention of Ontario Place and the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto's Islands ( a few minutes ferryboat ride away from the pace of the city with it's own airport, amusement centre and beach). There is seldom any mention that almost all of these waterfront places are built on reclaimed land - from Front Street, where Union Station, CN Tower, etc. are found - south to the lake. That part of Front Street is on a slightly higher level than to newer dry land.
Since theCN tower is the tallest structure in N America, it’s pretty hard to look anywhere without seeing it. If I’m out in my kayak in Mississauga, the next city to Toronto, there it is.
I'm 5 generations Torontonian. This list sucks. Yorkville, high end tourist trap as with Harbourfront. If you want something different take the 501 streetcar end to end. It's 22 kilometres long and National Geographic calls it one of the best trolley rides in the world, get a transit pass and you can hop on and off all day (and all night it runs 24hr/day). You can also check out Graffiti Alley. If you come in summer lots of parks have movie nights, just bring a blanket.
The Museum of Nature in Ottawa does events called Nature Nocturne, where they have djs, food, and drinks in the museum among the exhibits too. It's always a fun time.
I lived in Toronto in the late 1960’s early 1970’s and I can say Toronto has changed a lot since I lived there the Poor Alex Theatre was a small movie theatre that was painted all black inside. Now it is an actual theatre where you can see plays. The ROM had very few things behind glass. I remember there was a room full of suits of armour including horse armour behind velvet ropes. You could wander all around them. It made the museum a magical place for a kid.
I live on the prairies in Canada but in early 2000 I worked every other week in downtown Toronto. Not much time to explore but in 2010 I had the opportunity to visit a friend who lived in the Annex of Toronto. I spent a month exploring. One if my favourite spots was Kensington market and Danforth mall. Taking the ferry across to see the Toronto Island.
At one time there was nothing like going for a walk down The Danforth
Friends visiting, I always take them for a walk around the University of Toronto campus.
The Centennial Park and the conservatory within it is a pretty nice place to walk around.
Props on your Canadian deep dives. You probably know more than most Canadians by now. I just saw a great video - I swear I have no affiliation to it; I just found it interesting - called "10 fastest growing cities & downtowns in Canada. You might enjoy reacting to it. The images are quite stunning imo. Cheers.
Many years ago I worked in the CN tower. I was technician working in the communication centre under that white bubble. This was a time when radio or micro wave technology was big. It's obsolete now due to fibre optics. We called it the submarine. It's pressurized due to the height so, we had to go though 2 air locks to get into the communications room.
The path is great in the winter for getting around without having to deal with bad weather
The little church in Bloor St that you see around 9:50 is a designated heritage building so condo developers had to build around it as they couldn't buy it and tear it down. BTW it's called Trillium Park as the trillium is Ontario's provincial flower. Yes, that's a thing.
11:26 That's the Royal Ontario Museum! It used to just look like the part on the left, but about 15 years ago there was a big renovation that added the newer-looking architecture.
Montréal's RESO has the largest underground system overall, however Toronto's PATH is the longest continuous system.
With Montreal's RESO, there are several disconnected areas while Toronto's PATH is constantly connected. Currently, Toronto's PATH is 27km while Montréal's RÉSO is 32km.
In downtown Edmonton there about 40 km of upper level cross walk and lower level cross walk that connect hundreds of buildings so that you don’t have to go outside in the winter to go from one building to another in one place there’s a pedway underneath and above the street there are 2 levels of crosswalk above the street connect 2 buildings
You should check out the area known as “The Beach” in the east end of Toronto. It’s a great area.
The PATH is great to visit especially in the winter, also on rainy days
Yorkville has changed so much in the past 45 years, it used to be the hippy place like Soho area in London England
I've shared this idea before, but you should look into the annual event, Nuit Blanche in Toronto. An annual event of artistic displays for cultural and social issues. The event takes over almost the entire downtown core from dusk to dawn. Just look up Nuit Blanche Toronto to see the highlights.
Free public transit too
I am LOVING your reaction to the PATH! It’s all true. All underground (thus closed during Covid), and links lots of big buildings.
A lot of Torontarians, and yes we use that term, don’t even know what the PATH is, much less where to access it! The majority of shops are fancy and expensive.
Just had to say that church seen @10:00 at start of "Bloor Yorkville" was where my parents were married on March 12 /49. STILL preserved for services to this day! (I'm still preserved at 73!! )
In Calgary they have what is called the +15 in the downtown. This is similar to the path, not as large and it passes through buildings, as opposed to all being underground. Everybody gives thanks when it's -35°.
Yes, I was thinking of that too, and not to ferget the Calgary Tower and Calgary Stampede!
The first +15 bridge was built in 1969... called +15 cuz it's 15 feet above the streets. All weather-sealed and climate controlled with 86 bridges in total now and over 16 kilometres (9.94 Miles) of travel. It can be difficult to navigate if one doesn't know their direction from building to building, but of course there are maps to view throughout the system.
I don't know if you already know, but the white trillium is the official flower of Ontario! It's a white flower with three petals and a yellow centre. That's why it's called Trillium Park.
The white trillium is indeed the official flower of Ontario (and you must NEVER pick one!) but to my eye the purple ones are more beautiful.
The pointy building is the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
As a Torontian I will say the PATH is very cool and lends you to a lot of places, but after so many years of using it I still get myself lost in it! I have even gotten lost using a damn PATH map!
They need better signs and maps! It is terrible to use if you aren’t a regular.
I'm not from Toronto, just a frequent visitor, and I've definitely done that before. Be in the CBC building intending to head to Union Station getting all turned around and somehow ending up in Sak's Fifth Avenue.
The Lakeview restaurant near Dundas and Ossington Ave. It's been there since 1932 - presently closed for renovations, so check on-line before you go. They've kept the original bar and booths. It's a step back in time. Some movies were shot there including the bar scene in 'Cocktail' with T. Cruise. Def. worth a visit. Fun fact: Toronto is known as "Hollywood North" because of the movie studios.
Its true when spending time in Toronto as soon as you look over your shoulder it's there. The CN Tower it follows you around. Grew up near Caledon Ontario and on a clear day you can see the Tower and that's just over 60 Km away. Sorry just over 37 miles away ;)
At 2:36. Most people don't know about The Path unless you work in the downtown core. It goes from Front Street S-N up to and past The Eaton Centre (shopping mall). It is also stretches W-E for many city blocks. The Path is an underground network of tunnel walkways that doubles as an underground shopping mall. Lots of food courts as well. The best part is all this connects to the major office towers. I winter it helps to keep you warm.
That big spiky building was an extension buily on to our museum.
One of my favourite spots is the Ontario science centre
The brick Works that you looked at in the Don Valley green space runs right through the centre of Toronto. And one of the shots you can see the downtown part of Toronto what you don’t see is the other side of the valley. We’re Toronto continues. Basically, it’s a huge green space. Not many people know this, but Toronto is known as the city of Parks. We have a huge number of manicured parks for kids to play in plus green spaces and spaces reserved to boost up the ecosystem. Because Toronto moves down towards Lake Ontario. Some of our parks have excellent tobogganing hills. We also have the Toronto islands that you can see from the downtown core. There are people that live on that island but the majority of it is dedicated to hiking, biking, picnicking, etc..
The underground system known as the path is great for shopping and getting from building to building. But the most interesting thing it’s used for, it allows people that come in to Union Station by train to travel underground in the winter time to their place of business. Those same business people go down into the system at lunchtime to buy food.
If you thought that restaurant looked exciting and you want to eat there that’s just one of thousands. Basically you can have any cultures cuisine and get it just about anytime of the day.
I would definitely add Allan Gardens, camping or hiking in Rouge Park and the Islamic history museum Aga Khan as different and interesting thing to do as well
The path is just all the basements of the high rise buildings downtown are interconnected and have shops and restaurants along the way. They are also connected to the subway train stations. So if you live in an apartment building along the subway in other parts of the city you can leave your building and go to your workplace downtown without having to walk outside. You can go to a restaurant for lunch and get your groceries after work without going outside.
For a city that gets really cold and snowy in the winter The Path is ideal.
Awe yes my hometown and still is my home.
Take my word for it...live and work downtown sanity came by escaping north to the cottage.
The CN Tower can be seen even outside city limits. It's almost impossible to get pictures of Toronto without getting the CN Tower in at least one shot.
take a photo from inside the tower. 🙂
@@mitchwinthrop Then you would still get a a picture of the window or wall. However, following your train of thought, a picture outward from "The Edge" would definitely exclude the tower.
Up from the north till road highway you can still see it.
That weird looking crystal thing during the Yorkville stop is part of the Royal Ontario Museum. Great museum!
yorkville was back in the 80's a hippey hangout place. very unique ideas. I saw Ry Cooder before he was popular.
Hippie hangout in the... 80s?
yes i was there then
The big spikey building is called the Royal Ontario Museum or ROM and it is one of the best museums in Canada.
Went to Harborfront many times growing up. Lots of fun.
The One Hour in Chinatown, I gotta check that out. Don't think I've noticed it before. Maybe I'll head over there Thursday and try it out. Always up for trying new places with good food to eat at. Glad i live where there's variety everywhere... don't think i could live somewhere that doesnt, I'd never get used it
I've been to the Evergreen Brick Works! It was as part of a school field trip. 11:34 is the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), I've been there multiple times for school field trips as well, The original museum is the building on the left and when they wanted to add on to it they made the building on the right. I love how it looks personally, I remember seeing it for the first time and it felt unreal.
I lived near TORONTO and worked there from 1980 until 1990 before moving to New Brunswick in 1992. I visit family often around T.O. and have never heard of the underground mall!
Thanks for another great video.
There are lots of things to do just outside of Toronto too like Wasaga Beach or family camping at Sibbald Point Provincial Park with Go-Karts/bumper boats & mini golf at the entrance..
You can go to Uxbridge and ride your bike to Lindsay and then down to Peterborough along the Trans Canada Trail...
But in Toronto I find the Don Valley Trail & Path Network is massively underappreciated..
Could ride to work downtown faster than driving a car if you live near Don Mills & Eglinton, or near Victoria Park... Humber river has a great path too for a journey..
Don Trail also goes to Cherry beach with BBQ stands OR you can take it to lakeshore trail and go to Boardwalk & Ashbridge's Bay in the East or Sunnyside in the West by Humber River riding along the shore of Lake Ontario.. You can ride along Lakeshore all the way to Hamilton if you want..
If it were 1990's I would bring you to some of the all night rave parties that we are known for...
Not sure how unique some of these are. But almost all those parks, at least along the waterfront are all connected by a bike trail that goes quite literally from the most westerly boarder to the east into neighboring Pickering. My favorite spots along this pathway is the Scarborough Bluffs and Rouge Valley Urban National.
The Destillery District offers some of the most instagramable scene in the city. And offers one of only a small handful of spots in the city that still has cobble stone streets.
For cool boutique shopping that wont break the bank, I like Bloor West Village and sections of Yonge Street from Lawrence up to Finch.
Evergreem Brickworks is a great suggestion, but it also connects to all the other parks that dot the Dom Valley, which is worth an adventure or 2 with tons of wildlife spottings from deer to great blue heron, and even salmon during the fall salmon run.
I live just north of Toronto in a small city named Barrie Ontario I've to Toronto many many times but I've never heard of the PATH
There's also the Distillery District, Centre Island and of course the Hockey Hall of Fame!
That pointly glass building coming out of the brick building is actually the Royal Ontario Museum"s new wing. The brink building is one side of the old wing. If you ever go to the ROM, plan on at least three days. Yorkville is very expensive, so my favourite thing to do there is to window shop inside the stores. Lol
The trillium is actually Ontario’s provincial flower which is why a lot of stuff is named after it in Ontario
I'm sorry but Yorkville and the AGO would be on any travel pamphlet about TO, what next the Hockey Hall of Fame! Thought there would be a lot more funky unusual spots here.
There is a Canadian movie called "Way Downtown" where these office workers make a bet to see who could live indoors the longest using their path system. But I think that was set in calgary
Great Movie!
It is set in Calagray but a very underrated Canadian cult classic. Up rhe with Cube for me
@@icchamp2010 have you seen Afflicted? my favourite Canadian horror film
@Bernadine Shelbourne omg yes. Thank you for reminding me I had almost completely forgot about that movie. It was great. I didn't know it was Canadian. Loved it!!
@@bernadineshelbourne8915
Have you seen Pontypool?
The building that you thought was cool at 11:24 is the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) that part of the structure is called The Crystal
Also I'm sad they didn't mention the Beaches, it's a nice neighbourhood has tons of parks, restaurants, shops, andobviously beaches during the summer it hosts The International Jazz Festival among others
When I was a kid going to ROM the only things under glass were the mummies. All the suits of armour were lined up behind a velvet rope. It was so cool. I was disappointed the last time I was there because everything was behind glass.
I'm surprised I didn't know Tyler has a similar channel he started around the same time where he learns about England.
Yeah,surprised me too. He goes by Tyler Bucket on this one, but Tyler Tumple on the British one.
These channels are big money makers that don’t require a lot of work. The more countries he covers, the more income he receives. Certainly not knocking him…Kudos to him for coming up with the idea and entertaining us along the way. Obviously he’s smarter than the rest of us or we would be making content…not watching him!
He also has one about Norway called Tyler Walker
He also has a brother who does the same thing - might be a twin. It's why I don't think he ever reads comments as he is working on putting out lots of videos of different countries every day. 'Aussie Tash' and 'Mert Can' are two creators you should check out - as they have a genuine interest in learning more about Canada as they plan to travel here - and Mert is seriously considering moving here. (He's lived all over the world).
I have seen an Australian channel too.
My hometown. Used to go to some of these places back in the day.
Native Torontonian here....didn't even know about the brickworks fun. Now I have to check it out. Also there is the Distillery District....old factories turned into beer themed pubs which is awesome. Thanks!
Entrance to the AGO is free to anyone 25 and under and a yearly pass is just $35 bucks. Super accessible, great art and staff.
I live an hour and a half north of T.O. and I have never heard of the underground path though I don't get to the city very often, I was there for a concert last month and of course I had to take a photo with the tower in the background lol, had no clue I was walking above this underground city lol. You can't help but notice the CN tower while your in Toronto, it does tower over the city, you didn't stop the video each time the tower showed up lol
@11:21 fun fact, this crystal shard addition to the Royal Ontario Museum cost a fortune and was kind of an architectural fail when it finally opened in 2011. I hear that the museum has managed to fix a lot of the issues it caused in the years since.
humber bay is the end of the humber river. huge long complex river i grew up and lived across all ends my entire life. beautiful hiking paths and parks.
It is pretty good list, been everywhere except the chinese restaurant now on the to do list. You can easily make a part 2,3,4,5 about lesser known things to do. There is just so much to do in this city and the whole province really (and the country!). Can't wait for the hovercraft service to Niagara this summer and travel between the two in 30 minutes over lake Ontario! Yes, PATH is a well known secret and really difficult to navigate. Tourists will get lost in it, guaranteed!
@Toronto and more, there are maps to show you where to go and how to get there (there _should_ also be an app for smartphones that'll also show you where to go.)
@Toronto and more, there are maps in the PATH.
More parts for sure
I really love the concept of Evergreen Brick Works! I should visit that place some time! Thanks Tyler for helping some of us Canadians discover hidden gems in our provinces' neighbours, our own country! 🤗
I used the PATH most days to walk to work when I worked downtown. Very convenient, especially when avoiding crappy weather! Each of the main buildings basically has a courtyard with stores and food. Never would have thought it was a place people would want to check out just for fun though ha full of suits mon-fri and pretty empty on the weekends.
You can see the CN Tower from Buffalo, NY. It is that huge. Since everyone in Toronto knows exactly where it is, it's really good in establishing shots to show where you're filming.
When you visit a place, especially in a foreign country, do yourself a favour and have some locals who like your channel take you around. I lived in Toronto for about 5 years, I can definitely hook you up with locals. And when in Ottawa, same - Joel and I will take you around, show you the touristy stuff and the hidden gems only the locals know about.
I call the CN Tower "Lurking Tower" because it's always there. You can see it in reflections of buildings...and it's always just there. We have a bunch of parks and places to see though without it lol. Love this video.
That pointy building is the Royal Ontario museum ROM. One of our families favourite places, our son proposed to his wife there. I've been there 4 times and still haven't seen it all.
If you want a view of Toronto that doesn't have the CN Tower in it, you need to go to the lookout level of the CN Tower :P
Jokes. True. But jokes.
See: Ward's Island, The Beaches in the east end, High Park, Bloor West Village, Ronny, Swansea, Bridlepath, Edward's Gardens, St James Gardens, Home Smith Boardwalk from Sunnyside to Balmy Beach.
For food, go to Greek Town. Taste of Danforth is incredible and there are so many cafes and patios to relax in day or night. It's beautifully lit and really comfortable. An awesome place to eat and chill.
There used to be an event every year, called Taste of the Danforth. It was held on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. All Greek vendors..... delicious!
It's not obscure, but it's a bit offbeat: what about the Bata Shoe Museum?
High Park and the maple leaf. Sunnyside , Alan Gardens. Yorkville is only for expensive shops.
Hey Tyler - The PATH allows Tourists and Residents alike , to go on a Christmas Shopping expedition, you could, if your office or hotel is connected to the PATH, you can do it in mid-Spring/mid-fall attire!