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Nashville
Capital of Tennessee, United States

Nashville

Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S.

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state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. It is the 20th-most populous city in the United States and fourth-most populous city in the Southeast, with a population of 689,447 at the 2020 census. The Nashville metropolitan area, with over 2.15 million people, is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in the country. Nashville is among the fastest-growing cities in the U.S.

See

Worth seeing

Nashville is a very historic town and as such, many of its attractions are restorations or museums. Most attractions of interest to tourists are in the Downtown, Midtown, and Music Valley neighborhoods. = =

  1. 01
    AT&T Building
  2. 02
    John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

    Built between 1907 and 1909, the bridge was used for automobile traffic between East Nashville and Downtown.

  3. 03
    Nashville's Second Avenue

    Provides entertainment for many different styles of people.

  4. 04
    Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

    222 Fifth Ave S, toll-free: +1-800-852-6437.

  5. 05
    Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum

    401 Gay St,.

  6. 06
    National Museum of African American Music

    510 Broadway, info@nmaam.org.

Do

Things to do

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  1. 01
    Adventure Science Center
  2. 02
    Yazoo Brewery

    Wed Thu 5PM, 6PM; Fri 5PM, 6PM, 7PM; Sat noon-7PM.

  3. 03
    The Escape Game - Berry Hill

    North (also at 510 East Iris Drive and 523 Opry Mills Drive), nashville@theescapegame.com.

  4. 04
    Ryman Auditorium

    Completed in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle as commissioned by riverboat Captain Thomas Green Ryman, a newly converted southern evangelist.

Eat

Where to eat

The dominant local grocery chains in Nashville are Kroger, Publix, and Aldi. The city is also dotted with dozens of ethnic groceries, especially Hispanic, Kurdish, Indian and Vietnamese, around Nolensville Pike. For organic and/or specialty grocery stores, Whole Foods Market, Trader Joe's, and Fresh Market also have locations throughout the city. Downtown

  1. 01
    The Arcade

    An open-air 2-level arcade that runs between 4th Avenue North and 5th Avenue North.

  2. 02
    Monell's

    Located in historic Germantown, Monell's is a Nashville tradition.

  3. 03
    Swagruha

    900 Rosa L Parks Ave (just north of the Capital Building in the Farmers' Market),.

  4. 04
    Las Palmas - Franklin Pike

    2617 Franklin Pike, Ste 111,.

  5. 05
    Las Palmas - Hayes Street

    1905 Hayes St.,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.