Down the Rabbit Hole at Stanley Park Mini Golf

Since 1931, this 137-metre saltwater pool at Kits Beach has been making Vancouver look embarrassingly good.

Port Moody's waterfront park: free spray park, a regionally famous skate-and-bike-trials park, and the best spectating in the Lower Mainland.

High-tech laser rooms and reaction walls where you'll both be terrible and have the best time.

Playland rides, fair food and nightly fireworks at the summer fair.

Vancouver's end-of-summer fair: wooden-coaster rides at Playland, mini donuts, SuperDogs, and a free evening concert folded into admission.

A miniature railway, a rose garden, a waterfall, and a round of mini-golf in Surrey's 150-acre secret.

Vancouver's top-rated escape rooms, where sixty minutes of pressure reveals exactly how the two of you argue under stress.

No ropes, no lessons, just colour-coded problems and a foam floor that makes falling part of the fun.

Rent a SUP or kayak right off West Beach and float the warm, sheltered bay with the pier behind you.

Eighteen holes through old-growth Douglas firs in Burnaby, where missing a putt is genuinely the fun part.

Three generations of the Marino family, since 1947, serving up glow bowling, reasonably priced beer, and genuine no-dress-code energy on Commercial Drive.

Ping-pong, darts, board games, and cheap pints in Gastown, where the Jenga tower reveals your true character.

Calm, motor-free Whonnock Lake with a sandy beach and beavers included, for the date that does not need a plan.

Davie Village's irreverent neighbourhood bar with board games, celebrity photos everywhere, over-the-top caesars, and 2am doors on weekends.