SeaBus Over, Browse the Quay, Lower Lonsdale / The Quay, Vancouver BC

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SeaBus Over, Browse the Quay

Ride the SeaBus across Burrard Inlet, browse 80-plus stalls at Lonsdale Quay Market, and watch downtown light up from North Vancouver.

Lower Lonsdale / The Quay

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The date

Here is the move: tap your transit card, board the SeaBus, and cross Burrard Inlet to North Vancouver like it is a mini cruise. At the end, Lonsdale Quay Market sprawls with 80-plus locally owned stalls of food, baked goods and oddball gifts, so graze or split one snack. Out front, Shipbuilders' Square frames the downtown skyline. Time the return SeaBus for dusk, when the city switches its lights on.

How to do it

Make the trip the date: tap onto the SeaBus (regular transit fare), treat the harbour crossing like a mini cruise, then spill into the Quay's 80-plus stalls of food, baked goods and oddball gifts. Browsing's free, graze if you like, or split one snack, and out front Shipbuilders' Square frames the downtown skyline across the water. The market runs to 7pm, so time your return SeaBus to sail back toward the skyline across the water. Budget around 90 minutes.

What to wear: casual is fine

waterfrontmarketskylinebudgettransit-friendly
Duration
1½-2 hours
Best time
Daytime
Per person
$
setting
Indoor / Outdoor
neighbourhood
Lower Lonsdale / The Quay
best season
Year-round

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