Ottawa
A quiet capital on a river, with the national museums and a canal that freezes into the longest skating rink in the world.
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The ByWard Market is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park. The market buildings are open all year long. Weather permitting, vendors at the outdoor markets along George, York, ByWard, and William streets sell fresh produce, flowers, crafts, and souvenirs.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0
The Canadian Museum of History is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a 75,000-square-metre-building (810,000 sq ft) designed by Douglas Cardinal.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 20 Jul 2026
Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada · CC BY 2.0
The Canadian War Museum (CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance. The 40,860 square metres (439,800 sq ft) museum building is situated south of the Ottawa River in LeBreton Flats.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
Harleyd613 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The National Gallery of Canada, located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up 46,621 square metres (501,820 sq ft), with 12,400 square metres (133,000 sq ft) of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the largest art museums in North America by exhibition space.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
– Wladyslaw [Disk.] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Parliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy. Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Wladyslaw · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Rideau Canal is a 202-kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its 46 locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres upstream along the Rideau River to the Rideau Lakes, and from there drop 50 metres downstream along the Cataraqui River to Kingston.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Aug 2026
Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY-SA 2.5
The ByWard Market is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park. The market buildings are open all year long. Weather permitting, vendors at the outdoor markets along George, York, ByWard, and William streets sell fresh produce, flowers, crafts, and souvenirs.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0
The Canadian Museum of History is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research. The museum is based in a 75,000-square-metre-building (810,000 sq ft) designed by Douglas Cardinal.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 20 Jul 2026
Michel Rathwell from Cornwall, Canada · CC BY 2.0
The Canadian War Museum (CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance. The 40,860 square metres (439,800 sq ft) museum building is situated south of the Ottawa River in LeBreton Flats.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
Harleyd613 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The National Gallery of Canada, located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up 46,621 square metres (501,820 sq ft), with 12,400 square metres (133,000 sq ft) of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the largest art museums in North America by exhibition space.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
– Wladyslaw [Disk.] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Parliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy. Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Wladyslaw · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Rideau Canal is a 202-kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its 46 locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres upstream along the Rideau River to the Rideau Lakes, and from there drop 50 metres downstream along the Cataraqui River to Kingston.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Aug 2026
Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY-SA 2.5