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Downtown Portland
Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, United States

Downtown Portland

Downtown Portland is the central business district of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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It is on the west bank of the Willamette River in the northeastern corner of the southwest section of the city and where most of the city's high-rise buildings are found.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Oregon Historical Society

    1200 SW Park Ave (across from the Portland Art Museum), orhist@ohs.org.

  2. 02
    Portland Aerial Tram
  3. 03
    Portland Art Museum

    Sun noon-5PM, Mon-Tue closed, Wed-Sat 10AM-5PM.

  4. 04
    Portlandia

    1120 SW 5th Ave (W side of Portland Building).

  5. 05
    Oregon Maritime Center and Museum

    SW Naito Pkwy at Pine St (on the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park), info@oregonmaritimemuseum.org.

  6. 06
    Mill Ends Park
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Voodoo Doughnut

    The original location of the donut shop featured in many Travel Channel segments and New York Times articles.

  2. 02
    Pine Street Market

    A casual and open food hall located inside an historic Portland building, with nine restaurants serving different food styles inside.

  3. 03
    Fat City Cafe

    Local favorite, serves excellent breakfasts.

  4. 04
    Laughing Planet
  5. 05
    The Old Spaghetti Factory

    Although not the original location, this is the flagship location and headquarters of the nationally known Portland-based spaghetti chain, with views of the Willamette riverfront.

How locals move

Getting around Downtown Portland the local way

  • Go next50 mi (80 km) from the Cascade Range and 90 mi (145 km) from the Pacific Ocean, Portland is the perfect home base for day trips to both mountains and sea.
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From Wikivoyage: Portland (Oregon), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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