Metrotown
Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Metrotown is a town centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres, as well as one of Metro Vancouver's regional town centres. It is the central business district of the City of Burnaby.
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Worth seeing in and around Metrotown
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Swangard Stadium
Swangard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Central Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. Primarily used for soccer, rugby, football, and athletics, the stadium also used to be home to the Simon Fraser Clan football team and the Vancouver Whitecaps while they were in the Canadian Soccer League and various US-based Division 2 leagues.
1.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Burnaby Lake
Burnaby Lake is a lake located in Burnaby, British Columbia and is the focal geographic feature and namesake of Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The lake occupies 3.11 square kilometres of land, and is home to a large variety of wildlife.
4.6 km · lake in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 03Deer Lake
Deer Lake is a lake in central Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna and features a number of walking trails.
2.3 km · lake in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver
The Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver is a Sikh gurdwara organization in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1906, it is the oldest Sikh society in Greater Vancouver, and its original location was the largest gurdwara in North America.
6 km · Gurdwara in Vancouver · Wikipedia - 05John Hendry Park
John Hendry Park is 27-hectare park in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It's operated by the Vancouver Park Board and the Grandview Community Association.
5.3 km · public park in Vancouver, British Columbia · Wikipedia - 06Knight Street Bridge
The Knight Street Bridge is a crossing over the north arm of the Fraser River, the Canadian National Railway line, and several roads, in Metro Vancouver.
5.9 km · cantilever bridge connecting the cities of Vancouver and Richmond · Wikipedia - 07Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Burnaby Lake is a lake located in Burnaby, British Columbia and is the focal geographic feature and namesake of Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The lake occupies 3.11 square kilometres of land, and is home to a large variety of wildlife.
4.5 km · regional park in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Metropolis at Metrotown
Metropolis at Metrotown is a three-storey shopping mall complex in the Metrotown area of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1986, it is the largest mall in British Columbia and the third-largest in Canada, behind Alberta's West Edmonton Mall and Ontario's Square One Shopping Centre, with 27 million customer visits annually.
300 m · shopping mall complex in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 09The Amazing Brentwood
The Amazing Brentwood is a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Brentwood Park area of North Burnaby, at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Lougheed Highway, approximately 1.5 kilometres from the city of Vancouver.
4.7 km · building in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Crystal Mall
The Crystal Mall is a shopping mall oriented towards the local Chinese community in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at 4500 Kingsway at the intersection with Willingdon Avenue in Metrotown, directly adjoined to the Hilton Metrotown Vancouver Hotel.
400 m · shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Metrotown
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 14 km · Victoria (YYJ), 71 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 204 km
- Victoria → Metrotown91 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · C$19–26
- Kelowna → Metrotown264 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · C$130–210
- Calgary → Metrotown666 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · C$170–270
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Metrotown
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Metrotown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get in{{go | name | url customercallcentre@yvr.ca | address 49.194993 | long Sea Island in Richmond | phone | hours | wikipedia Q321224 | content=The Domestic and International Terminal is the main terminal that most travellers will use, while the South Terminal has prop, small jet, and seaplane service to local communities in British Columbia and Yukon.
- Get inSee Vancouver International Airport for seaplane flights that land at that airport.
- Get inSeaplane airlines operating to downtown Vancouver: There are heliport facilities at YVR's South Terminal, though most flights operate to: {{go | name | url | address 49.022837 | long Abbotsford | phone | hours | wikipedia Q969671 | content=Around about east of Vancouver in Abbotsford is Vancouver's alternate airport.
- Get inTo reach the Vancouver area from other coastal communities, travellers need to reach either of the following ferry terminals: , in West Vancouver.
- Get inFerries travel between this terminal, and Bowen Island (Snug Cove) in 20 minutes, Nanaimo (Departure Bay) in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the Sunshine Coast (Langdale) in 40 minutes.
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Next door to Metrotown
Metrotown is 9 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Burnabycity in British Columbia, Canada4.8 km
- Metro Vancouver Regional Districtregional district of British Columbia, Canada3.1 km
- Vancouver Kingswayfederal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada (since 1997)5.8 km
- Champlain Heightsneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia2.4 km
- Renfrew–Collingwoodneighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada3.7 km
- Burnaby-Deer Lakeprovincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada1.7 km