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2018 Visitors Guide

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Top 10 Must Sees in Winnipeg CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (CMHR) www.humanrights.ca The term awe-inspiring feels like an understatement when you look upon the CMHR, whose glass cloud and Tyndall stone mountain façade towers over Winnipeg's skyline. Inside, the architecture itself creates one encompassing metaphor for human rights — climbing from darkness to light while employing a labyrinth of alabaster walkways. Throughout its 11 galleries you'll encounter interactive exhibits, new media displays and artifacts that tell the heartbreaking — and often triumphant — struggle for universal human rights. EXCHANGE DISTRICT www.exchangedistrict.org Vogue found the Exchange District to indeed be vogue, and surely you will too when you explore its fashionable streets. The city's original warehouse district still houses an embarrassment of riches when it comes to terracotta architecture (most of which was built in the late 1880s), while inside these handsome buildings you'll find some of The Peg's chicest stores, restaurants, cafes, art galleries, and entertainment centres. THE FORKS www.theforks.com Manitoba's most-visited tourist area (which is also a hot spot for locals) makes the most of all four seasons. The Forks Market houses excellent shopping, cultural events, and The Common — a beer and wine bar surrounded by food kiosks run by some of Winnipeg's best restaurants. Spring through fall you can take river boats that provide fun, insightful tours on Winnipeg's two main waterways, while in winter you'll find hundreds of skaters making use of the Red River Mutual Trail, our city's famed naturally frozen surface, which is so cool it has been featured in publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and a host of architecture magazines. 1. 2. 3. Exchange District: Mike Peters The Forks Food hall: Ben Aguilar Canadian Museum for Human Rights: William Au www.tourismwinnipeg.com 9 WELCOME TO WINNIPEG TOP 10 MUST SEES

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