Public Market
Fresh food.
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A small peninsula beneath the Granville Bridge on False Creek, once a district of factories and warehouses, which since the 1970s has become one of Vancouver's favourite places, with its famous public market, artists' and craft studios and waterside restaurants. The heart of the island is the covered Public Market, opened in 1979, with dozens of stalls of fruit and vegetables, fresh fish and seafood, bakeries, cheese and sweets, and prepared food that visitors eat on the dock overlooking the creek and the boats. Around the market are studios of artists, glassblowers, potters and jewellers, a Kids Market full of toys, small theatres and street musicians. The old industrial buildings in bright colours are part of the place's character. Entry is free, and the market is open daily from 9 am to 6 pm. The nicest way to arrive is on the small colourful ferries that cross False Creek from downtown in minutes.
Fresh food.
Glass and pottery.
Across the creek.
Beneath the Granville Bridge on False Creek, Vancouver
By the mini ferries across False Creek from downtown, or by bus or on foot.