Photography by the Water at The Polygon, Lower Lonsdale / The Shipyards, Vancouver BC

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Photography by the Water at The Polygon

Hop a SeaBus, land at a sawtooth-roofed gallery by the Shipyards, and redirect your donation budget straight to the patio beer next door.

Lower Lonsdale / The Shipyards

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The date

The Polygon Gallery makes you look brilliant for minimal effort. Hop the SeaBus across the harbour, step off near the Shipyards, and there it stands: a jagged sawtooth-roofed building facing downtown like it's winning a staring contest with the skyline. Admission is by donation, so aim your full financial energy at the patio beer next door. Walk the Quay after and let the mountains do their thing.

How to do it

Make the SeaBus crossing part of the date, step off near the Shipyards and there it sits, a sawtooth-roofed gallery staring back at the downtown skyline. Admission's by donation, so spend nothing on Canada's most adventurous photography program and everything on the patio beer next door. Give the show about 75 minutes, walk the Quay, and let the skyline-and-mountains view do the romantic lifting on the ferry back.

What to wear: smart casual

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Duration
About an hour
Best time
Daytime
Per person
Free
setting
Indoor
neighbourhood
Lower Lonsdale / The Shipyards
best season
Year-round

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