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48 TOURISM WINNIPEG | www.meetingswinnipeg.com ar rive early, stay later [ ] As any seasoned business traveller knows, work trips have benefits. So here's a plan: tack on some extra days before or after business, bring your spouse, a couple of friends or your kids, and have a hoot. Short of ocean and mountains, Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba have so much on offer. As an urban setting, we house an uncanny amount of arts and culture, sports, food and festivals for every taste, with good times going down year round. In summer you can get some of the best views of the city, particularly of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, our bridges, and countless gorgeous properties that are nestled on the rivers, when you take a water taxi along the Red and Assiniboine rivers throughout the summer. Your family will love to explore our historic villages – where costumed interpreters are all part of the fun, while wildlife is abundant at nature reserves like FortWhyte Alive and Oak Hammock Marsh, where you and your crew can paddle canoes and even sail along the waterways. Winnipeg owns winter too. Grab a hat and a steaming hot cappuccino, and explore Winnipeg's winter wonderland at The Forks, a veritable frozen playground featuring one of the world's longest naturally frozen trails – which features all manner of architecturally intriguing warming huts, The Great Ice Show – an ice world created by Chinese artists featuring slides, sculptures, ice bumper cars, an ice bar and restaurant and fun events, and the Arctic Glacier Winter Park – with its snowboard park and sleigh rides. Mix business with pleasure and extend your stay Winnipeg isn't just for business. This all-season city beckons visitors to stay awhile longer, explore and even bring a friend or two and make extra time for a mini-break or vacation. Canadian Museum for Human Rights RIGHT TO LEFT: Journey to Churchill: William Au, Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Aaron Cohen, FortWhyte Alive: Austin MacKay, Winnipeg Art Gallery: Eric Au Studios, The Forks: Dan Harper, St. Boniface Cathedral: William Au, Hermetic Code Tour: Dan Harper, The Great Ice Show: Austin MacKay