Winnipeg — Five-Day Local Itinerary

The original trendsetter for Exchange District coffee culture.

💡 Try the 'flat white'. Very standing-room-only feel.

Locals use these short-cuts; it's where the best graffiti and 'hidden' stage doors are.

💡 Start at Old Market Square and wander north.

A no-nonsense business lunch staple for decades.

💡 Order the classic smoked meat on rye with a pickle.

Indigenous-led and breathtaking; it's the city's newest cultural pride.

💡 The visible vault is accessible without a full museum ticket.

Located in a beautiful historic livery, it's the 'living room' of the Exchange.

💡 Try their signature '1919' Belgian Pale Ale.

The ruins are a symbol of resilience; locals often sit here just to think.

💡 The facade is all that remains of the 1906 structure after a massive fire.

A local chain, but this location inside the French Cultural Centre is uniquely quiet and local.

💡 Their jam is legendary ( locals buy jars of it to take home).

Manitoba's founder and a leader of the Métis people; a pilgrimage of identity.

💡 Located in the churchyard of the St. Boniface Cathedral.

Winnipeg is the staging ground for the North; this exhibit is a source of immense pride.

💡 Watching polar bears swim overhead in the tunnel is the highlight.

Representing the large Vietnamese-Winnipegger community; essential comfort food.

💡 Sargent Ave is Winnipeg's unofficial 'Pho District'.

A 6,000-year-old meeting place. Even with tourists, Winnipeggers meeting here is a daily reality.

💡 Browse the upstairs loft for local artisans.

Claims to have invented Honey Dill sauce. It is a time-capsule of Winnipeg food history.

💡 Simple, efficient, and very 'Peg' flavor. Cash is helpful here.