#1 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Downtown Bremerton (Neighborhood)
Kitsap Peninsula WA
~0.24 miles from Bremerton city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Downtown Bainbridge Island (Neighborhood)
Kitsap Peninsula WA
~6.58 miles from Bremerton city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Alki Point Lighthouse
Seattle WA
~9.90 miles from Bremerton city center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Downtown Poulsbo (Neighborhood)
Poulsbo WA
~11.54 miles from Bremerton city center
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Alki Beach
Seattle WA
~11.69 miles from Bremerton city center
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Discovery Park
Seattle WA
~12.34 miles from Bremerton city center
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Discovery Park is a 534 acre natural area park operated by the City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation. It is the largest city park in Seattle, and occupies most of the former Fort Lawton site.
The site is one of breathtaking majesty. Situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Discovery Park offers spectacular views of both the Cascade and the Olympic mountain ranges. The secluded site includes two miles protected tidal beaches as well as open meadow lands, dramatic sea cliffs, forest groves, active sand dunes, thickets, and streams.
The role of Discovery Park is to provide an open space of quiet and tranquillity away from the stress and activity of the city, a sanctuary for wildlife, as well as an outdoor classroom for people to learn about the natural world. Maintained in its semi-natural condition, the park will continue to offer a biologically rich and diverse natural area for urban dwellers and an unmatched opportunity for environmental education. Discovery Park is also home to the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
Seattle WA
~12.97 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are a complex of locks that sit in the middle of Salmon Bay, part of Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal.[2] They are known locally as the Ballard Locks[3][4] after the neighborhood to their north. (Magnolia lies to the south.)
The locks and associated facilities serve three purposes:
To maintain the water level of the fresh water Lake Washington and Lake Union at 20–22 feet above sea level[2][3] (Puget Sound's mean low tide).
To prevent the mixing of sea water from Puget Sound with the fresh water of the lakes (saltwater intrusion).[5]
To move boats from the water level of the lakes to the water level of Puget Sound, and vice versa.[6]
The complex includes two locks, a small (30 x 150 ft, 8.5 x 45.7 meter) and a large (80 x 825 ft, 24.4 x 251.5 meter).[7] The complex also includes a (235-foot, 71.6 meter) spillway with six (32 x 12-foot (3.7 m), 9.8 x 3.7 meter) gates to assist in water-level control.[7] A fish ladder is integrated into the locks for migration of anadromous fish, notably salmon.[8][6]
The grounds feature a visitors center,[9] as well as the Carl S. English, Jr., Botanical Gardens.[10]
Operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,[11] the locks were formally opened on July 4, 1917,[12] although the first ship passed on August 3, 1916.[13] They were named after U.S. Army Major Hiram Martin Chittenden, the Seattle District Engineer for the Corps of Engineers from April 1906 to September 1908.[9] They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Fisherman's Terminal
Seattle WA
~13.20 miles from Bremerton city center
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Fisherman's Terminal is located on Salmon Bay in the Interbay neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and immediately west of the Ballard Bridge.
Operated by the Port of Seattle, it is home to some of the vessels that are on the Discovery Channel show the Deadliest Catch.[citation needed] It was also the topic of a documentary film Fishermen's Terminal. The documentary centers on the conflict between the moorage needs of the fishing fleet and pleasure boaters.
The facility provides freshwater mooring for fishing vessels, and (since 2001) pleasure craft. It can accommodate vessels up to 250 feet (76.2 m). Preference is given to commercial fishing vessels. It serves more that 600 vessels. A public access float provides free moorage for up to four hours for visitors
The facility also includes 227,000 square feet (21,100 m2) of office, retail, restaurant, light industry and warehouse space. Among the retail establishment is the Wild Salmon Seafood Market, which started as a cooperative for fishermen to sell their local catch.
Fishermen's Terminal is home to the Fishermen's Memorial, a bronze and stone sculpture with plaques memorializing more than 500 local commercial fishermen and women who have been lost at sea since the beginning of the 20th century. The memorial is managed by its own non-profit organization
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Myrtle Edwards Park
Seattle WA
~13.24 miles from Bremerton city center
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Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle, Washington is a 4.8 acre (19,000 m²) public park along the Elliott Bay waterfront north of Belltown. It features a 1.25 mile long bicycle and walking path and is a good place to see puffins, eagles, gulls, and crows.
The park's original name was Elliott Bay Park, but was renamed after the late city councilwoman Myrtle Edwards in 1976 after her family withdrew her name from what is now Gas Works Park. From 1964 until 2008 the park was the site of the annual Fourth of Jul-Ivar's celebration--one of Seattle's large Fourth of July fireworks shows.
Despite recent construction by the Seattle Art Museum making it a less attractive place to hold large events, Myrtle Edwards Park continues to host many, such as Seattle Hempfest.
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Nordic Heritage Museum
Seattle WA
~13.34 miles from Bremerton city center
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Nordic Heritage Museum is located in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, considered to be the heart of the Scandinavian community. Founded in 1980, the museum is dedicated to the heritage of Seattle's Nordic immigrants, i.e. Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish Americans. The Nordic Heritage Museum serves as a community gathering place and shares Nordic culture by exhibiting art and objects, preserving collections, providing educational and cultural experiences.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Pacific Science Center
Seattle WA
~13.49 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Pacific Science Center is a science museum in Seattle, Washington.
Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science museum based in Seattle, Washington. It sits on 7.1 acres (29,000 m2) of land located on the south side of the Seattle Center. A satellite campus in Bellevue, Washington, the Mercer Slough Environmental Center, teaches children and adults about environmental stewardship, wetland ecology and nature awareness. Like many museums, Pacific Science Center creates, builds and rents many traveling exhibits. Pacific Science Center also has a fleet of vans that provide science education to schools all across the state. A division of staff workers show teachers in the state how to teach science.
Its original buildings were the United States Science Pavilion, part of the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.
The fountains appeared in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair with Elvis Presley. After the fair ended, the museum was re-opened as the Pacific Science Center. The land and buildings were leased for $1.00 a year until 2004 when the title deed was signed over and Pacific Science Center Foundation officially took ownership.
Pacific Science Center is located within walking distance of the Space Needle, and is next to the Seattle Center. It is housed in what was the United States Science Pavilion for the Century 21 Exposition in 1962. The complex was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was the architect of the World Trade Center in New York. The walls of each building, composed of many pre-cast concrete slabs, form an arch motif used by Yamasaki in a number of buildings.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle WA
~13.49 miles from Bremerton city center
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Founded in 1975, Seattle Children's Theatre (SCT) is the second-largest resident theatre for young audiences in North America and among the 20 largest regional theatres in the United States, with an annual operating budget of approximately $6.5 Million. SCT's mission statement reads: "The mission of Seattle Children's Theatre is to provide children of all ages access to professional theatre, with a focus on new works, and theatre education."
SCT employs bargaining unit members of Actor's Equity, United Scenic Artists and IATSE and is a member of Theatre Puget Sound, International Performing Arts for Youth and Theatre Communications Group. Mainstage Season performances are presented at Seattle Center in the 482-seat Charlotte Martin and 275-seat Eve Alvord Theatres from September through June. SCT's Drama School also produces a Summer Season with student actors who work hand-in-hand with professional creative staff and technicians.
Throughout its history, SCT has developed and produced over 100 new works, many of which go on to be produced by other regional theatres around the country and the world. SCT distributes its original works through Plays for Young Audiences, a partnership venture with Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
SCT programming reaches approximately 220,000 children, parents, and teachers annually.
In 2006, SCT was honored with the Seattle Mayor's Arts Award, which recognizes artists for their contribution to the community and the nation.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Seattle Center
Seattle WA
~13.50 miles from Bremerton city center
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Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) campus is the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. It is located just north of Belltown in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood.
The International Fountain: located in the middle of the campus, the fountain operates all year round. Built for the 1962 World's Fair, the fountain was built as a modernist water sculpture. With over 20 Spouts, the fountain goes through programmed cycles of shooting water patterns, accompanied by recorded world music. The music is changed every month, and chosen to coordinate with the water patterns. Since 2004, World Naked Bike Ride (and later Body Pride Ride) clothing-optional bike rides often have the fountain as a major stop during their events.
The Space Needle, an official city landmark
Seattle Center Monorail terminus
Center House (formerly known as the Food Circus). This includes the Center House Theater, home to Seattle Shakespeare Company and Book-It Repertory Theatre, as well as the Children's Museum and The Center High School. Before the World's Fair, the building was an armory. Center House is an official city landmark.
The Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
The Fisher Pavilion
The Fun Forest amusement park
The Kobe Bell, an official city landmark.
The Mercer Arena, Formerly a sports, concerts, and opera venue before sitting dormant.
The outdoor Mural Amphitheater, featuring a mosaic mural by Paul Horiuchi: the Horiuchi Mural is an official city landmark.
The Northwest Rooms, a small conference center
The Pacific Science Center, home of the Boeing IMAX Theater, Eames IMAX Theater, and Seattle Laser Dome
The Seattle Center Pavilion
Seattle Center Skate Park aka Sea Sk8 Park
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle WA
~13.53 miles from Bremerton city center
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Seattle Repertory Theatre (familiarly known as "The Rep") is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center. It is a member of Theatre Puget Sound and Theatre Communications Group. Founded in 1963, it is led by Artistic Director Jerry Manning and Managing Director Benjamin Moore. It received the 1990 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Golden Gardens Park
Seattle WA
~13.54 miles from Bremerton city center
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Golden Gardens Park is a public park in Ballard, which is part of metropolitan Seattle, Washington. The park includes wetlands, beaches, hiking trails, and picnic and playground areas. The park is bisected by the BNSF Railway railway.
Foreground, freshwater marsh near the north end of the park, and the salt water of Puget Sound in the background.
The lower portion of the park is divided between wetland marsh and beach (on Puget Sound), and situated north of the Shilshole Bay Marina. It also has dunes and large grassy areas. Golden Gardens has exceptional views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains across the sound.
The water is too cold for swimming, but sailing, kayaking, and canoeing are popular. Kitesurfing and sailboarding and other wind-driven sports are also common. The Sound is cut off from the open ocean for more than a hundred miles, sheltering the park from severe weather.
Golden Gardens is well known for the birds that live or migrate there:
Mallard ducks in the wetlands
Red-winged blackbirds in the marshes
Canada geese are seen in the parking lot and near picnic areas
Wood ducks make occasional appearances
Eagles occasionally fish here
Seagulls are common
The mallards and Canada geese are habituated to humans, and have been known to attack visitors. Sea lions are often heard, and occasionally seen lounging near the marina breakwater.
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Odyssey, The Maritime Discovery Center
Seattle WA
~13.56 miles from Bremerton city center
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Odyssey, The Maritime Discovery Center in Seattle, offers a variety of exhibits on the operations of the harbor, boat navigation, the fishing industry in Puget Sound, and shipping in the Pacific Rim. The Discovery Center also features events, including some temporary exhibits and programs.
Hobbies & Activities category: Nautical museum or attraction
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Key Arena at Seattle Center
Seattle WA
~13.66 miles from Bremerton city center
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KeyArena at Seattle Center, commonly known as KeyArena, is a multipurpose arena in Seattle, Washington. It is located north of downtown in the 74-acre entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, the Century 21 Exposition.[1] It is used for non-athletic entertainment purposes, such as concerts, ice shows, circuses, and professional wrestling events.
It has a seating capacity for basketball games of 17,072,[1] ice hockey games and ice shows 15,177, end-stage concerts is 16,641, and center-stage concerts and boxing 17,459. Risers hold 7,440 on the upper level and up to 7,741 on the lower level, with luxury suites adding another 1,160 seats.
The arena's current primary tenants are the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Rat City Rollergirls of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Seattle University's men's basketball team played in the arena from 1963-1980 and returned in 2008-2009 season.
KeyArena was home to the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics. On July 2, 2008, the Oklahoma City based ownership group of the SuperSonics reached a settlement deal with the City of Seattle, releasing the team from the last two years of their lease with the city and allowing the team to relocate to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 NBA season. After 41 seasons in Seattle (& Tacoma), the team became the Oklahoma City Thunder and the owners agreed to leave the SuperSonics name, logo, and colors in Seattle for a possible future NBA franchise.
It was also home to the Seattle Thunderbirds, a junior hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The Thunderbirds hosted the Memorial Cup in the Seattle Center Coliseum pre-KeyArena remodel in 1992.
KeyArena is the first publicly financed arena in the area fully supported by earned income from the building.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Seattle WA
~13.68 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is a performance hall and opera house located in Seattle, Washington. Inaugurated in June 2003, it was constructed within the basic steel support structure of the earlier Seattle Opera House, originally created for the World's Fair in 1962 and gutted for this reconstruction. McCaw Hall is owned by the city of Seattle. Its two major tenants are the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
The adjacent Kreielsheimer Promenade, designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, is a dramatic and unique meeting place for patrons and visitors to McCaw Hall that also creates a welcoming public passage into the heart of the Seattle Center Campus. An extraordinary collaboration between disciplines can be seen in the landscape’s elegant integration of architecture, landscape, lighting, and theater. Though it is not apparent from looking at the finished landscape, a portion of the Promenade is a rooftop plaza, built over mechanical rooms below.
Within the Promenade, a series of glowing, transparent scrims float overhead and appear to continue into the interior Lobby. This art installation, created by New York light artist Leni Schwendinger, is entitled Dreaming in Color. Three large, thin sheets of water shimmer over sloped paving in the center portion of the Promenade. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol designed the water feature to reflect the sky, the metal scrims and lighting effects at night. The building architects were LMN Architects.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
McCaw Hall
Seattle WA
~13.72 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is a performance hall and opera house located in Seattle, Washington. Inaugurated in June 2003, it was constructed within the basic steel support structure of the earlier Seattle Opera House, originally created for the World's Fair in 1962 and gutted for this reconstruction. McCaw Hall is owned by the city of Seattle. Its two major tenants are the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
The adjacent Kreielsheimer Promenade, designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, is a dramatic and unique meeting place for patrons and visitors to McCaw Hall that also creates a welcoming public passage into the heart of the Seattle Center Campus. An extraordinary collaboration between disciplines can be seen in the landscape’s elegant integration of architecture, landscape, lighting, and theater. Though it is not apparent from looking at the finished landscape, a portion of the Promenade is a rooftop plaza, built over mechanical rooms below.
Within the Promenade, a series of glowing, transparent scrims float overhead and appear to continue into the interior Lobby. This art installation, created by New York light artist Leni Schwendinger[1], is entitled Dreaming in Color. Three large, thin sheets of water shimmer over sloped paving in the center portion of the Promenade. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol designed the water feature to reflect the sky, the metal scrims and lighting effects at night. The building architects were LMN Architects.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
Seattle WA
~13.74 miles from Bremerton city center
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Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, is one of the richest men in the world. He likes to spend money on his hobbies, and two of his hobbies are rock 'n' roll and science fiction. The result: Seattle's trippy Experience Music Project, and nestled within it on two floors -- an attraction in its own right -- the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
The actual "Hall of Fame" part is tucked into a small corner, with faces of the famous embedded in glowing blocks of blue glass. When we visited, not many people paid attention to it. We understand why. Why look at SF pioneers Ray Bradbury or Isaac Asimov when your eyes can be dazzled by a full-size animatronic Ninja Turtle, or an alien seed pod from Invasion of the Body Snatchers?
The hand weapons of sci-fi.
Think of an iconic, original prop from a sci-fi movie or TV show, and it's probably in the museum collection: a Bill Shatner captain's chair from Star Trek; the "Danger, Will Robinson!" robot from Lost in Space; the metal skull and arm of the T-800 Terminator. Allen's bottomless bank account has tractor-beamed many rare sci-fi knickknacks, such as a 1975 Bionic Bigfoot action figure, and the gnarly Tree of Life from the already obscure The Fountain (2006).
We asked Jasen Emmons, the museum's curatorial director, if one item in the museum stood apart from the rest in popularity. "Darth Vader's helmet," he said. The helmet is displayed behind a glass door, and Jasen said that "people were running straight into the door, they were so excited. We had to put a big graphic on the glass to let people know: first you come through the door, then you can see the helmet."
Bionic Bigfoot.
He sighed. "There's no resisting the Dark Side of the Force."
The museum depends almost entirely on TV and movies for its images of science fiction. "That's what can be collected," Jasen said. "It's all literature-based, but how do you show literature?" The museum does try, interspersing in its displays first editions of classic books such as Fahrenheit 451 and Neuromancer among the flying saucer models and flimsy space-girl miniskirts. But the props get the attention.
The weapons "Armory" exhibit, for example, is packed with so many ray guns, atomic blasters, and plasma rifles that it's tough to identify where they all came from. The evolution of Star Trek phasers alone gets its own display, with models ranging from 1966 to 1991. In other cases we glimpsed Robin William's Ork helmet from Mork and Mindy; Sean Young's shoulder-padded suit from Blade Runner; and a hairy-armed Planet of the Apes promotional wax figure of Charlton Heston that you might mistake for Chuck Norris.
Jasen called our attention to another favorite Star Wars exhibit: the only 3-D model of the Death Star made for the original 1977 movie. "This got thrown out," he said. "Someone was using it in their store as a trash can." According to the display, the lighted windows in the Death Star were created "by scratching holes in the painted surface and placing a light bulb inside."
Jasen said that visitors to the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame are generally younger than at most museums. Some are just casual fans of E.T. or Wall-E, but others are as well-informed and passionate as Paul Allen. "They will correct you," Jasen said. "'Hey, this isn't right. The Matrix hovercraft was built in 2069, not 2169.'"
"We always thank them and check it out," said Jasen. "It's one of the benefits of having visitors who are fanatical."
Address:
325 Fifth Ave. N., Seattle, WA
Directions:
On the southwest corner of Fifth Ave. N. and Harrison St., inside the Experience Music Project building, next to the Space Needle.
Hours:
Daily 10-5 (Call to verify)
Phone:
206-770-2700
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Seattle Aquarium
Seattle WA
~13.76 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium located on Pier 59 in Seattle, Washington Elliot Bay waterfront.
The Aquarium opened on May 20th, 1977 and is owned and operated by the City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation. The Seattle Aquarium is a vital force for marine conservation and is uniquely positioned to help over 800,000 visitors including 50,000 students each year understand and become aware of the impact they have on marine life.
The Aquarium’s recent 18,000 square foot expansion, which opened in June of 2007, includes a variety of new features. Along with a new 2,625 square foot gift store and the Seattle Aquarium Café, two new exciting exhibits have also been added to the facility: Window on Washington Waters & Crashing Waves.
The Seattle Aquarium Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the official nonprofit organization for the Seattle Aquarium.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Pike Street Market
Seattle WA
~13.80 miles from Bremerton city center
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Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike Street to Virginia Street, and remains one of Seattle's most popular tourist destinations.
The Market is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower levels located below the main level. Each features a variety of unique shops. Antique dealers, comic book sellers, small family-owned restaurants, while the area contains one of the few remaining head shops left in Seattle. The upper street level contains fishmongers, fresh produce stands and craft stalls operating in the covered arcades. Local farmers and craftspeople sell year-round in the arcades from tables they rent from the Market on a daily basis, in accordance with the Market's mission and founding goal: allowing consumers to "Meet the Producer."
Pike Place Market is home to nearly 500 low income residents who live in 8 different buildings throughout the Market. The Market is run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). The Pike Place Market sees 10 million visitors annually.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Experience Music Project Museum (EMP)
Seattle WA
~13.81 miles from Bremerton city center
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The outside of the building is as stimulating as what is on the inside. A fusion of textures and myriad of colors, the museum structure symbolizes the energy and fluidity of music. The exterior consists of stainless steel and painted aluminum shingles, each individually cut and shaped. The stainless steel has three finishes: mirrored purple, lightly brushed silver, and bead-blasted gold. The red and blue sections are painted aluminum. Each finish takes on an exciting and unique shade when viewed from different angles around the building. The red will fade with time, altering the appearance of the building's exterior and reflecting how music is ever changing. There are over 3,000 panels covering the exterior skin of EMP|SFM, each panel holding about seven shingles. Each shingle is a unique shape and size, cut and bent to fit exactly in its designed location. A total of 21,000 shingles cover the EMP|SFM exterior.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Space Needle
Seattle WA
~13.84 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington, and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high at its highest point and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The tower also has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), and a gift shop with the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet (152 m).[4] From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position, even appearing to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Mount Rainier in the background. This occurs because the tower, which is equivalent in height to a 60-story building, stands roughly four-fifths of a mile (1.3 km) northwest of most downtown skyscrapers.
Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle via elevators that travel at 10 mph (16 km/h). The trip takes 43 seconds, and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators are slowed down to a speed of 5 mph. The Space Needle was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999 by the City's Landmarks Preservation Board.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Pike Place Market
1501 Pike Place Seattle WA
~13.85 miles from Bremerton city center
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Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market, which opened August 17, 1907, is one of the oldest continually-operated public farmer's markets in the United States.
Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike Street to Virginia Street, and remains one of Seattle's most popular tourist destinations.
The Market is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower levels located below the main level. Each features a variety of unique shops. Antique dealers, comic book sellers, small family-owned restaurants, while the area contains one of the few remaining head shops left in Seattle. The upper street level contains fishmongers, fresh produce stands and craft stalls operating in the covered arcades. Local farmers and craftspeople sell year-round in the arcades from tables they rent from the Market on a daily basis, in accordance with the Market's mission and founding goal: allowing consumers to "Meet the Producer."
Pike Place Market is home to nearly 500 low income residents who live in 8 different buildings throughout the Market. The Market is run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). The Pike Place Market sees 10 million visitors annually.
http://www.pikeplacemarket.org
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Washington State Ferries
801 Alaskan Way Seattle WA
~13.93 miles from Bremerton city center
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Washington State Ferries, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation, serves communities on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. It is the largest fleet of passenger and automobile ferries in the United States and the third largest in the world.
Any visit to Seattle that doesn't include even a short ferry trip is one that left out a real experience. Because of its geography, Seattle relies on the State ferry system to provide access to local islands and other communities.
A fun short ride (1/2 hour one way) from the Coleman Dock, the main ferry terminal, would be to Bainbridge Island. Once off the ferry, stop for coffee or lunch, see the galleries and shops, with a nice walk through Winslow, and then return to Seattle. It only takes a few hours to experience beauty, peace, fresh air, and the uniqueness of western Washington.
The Bremerton ferry is twice the time and cruises through narrow passages, and you can see a few galleries in Bremerton, navy ships, and more.
If you have a full day, consider the San Juan islands ferries. Tthe trip and island views are scenic and fascinating. On these ferry trips, it is possible, depending on the time of year, to see river otters, harbor seals, marine birds, and even whales.
San Juan and Orcas Islands are ideal for a longer visit.. See Inside Page, below.
For a day-trip ferry jaunt, San Juan Island, with the town of Friday Harbor and its many shops and galleries, is a winner.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g58...
Another short ferry ride will take you to Whidbey Island. See inside Page, below.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g58...
Important reading follows, especially if headed to the San Juan Islands:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
Seattle WA
~13.94 miles from Bremerton city center
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The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It maintains three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront, which opened on January 20, 2007. Admission to the sculpture park is always free. Admission to the other facilities is free on the first Thursday of each month; SAAM also offers free admission the first Saturday of the month. And even the normal admission is "suggested," meaning they'd like you to pay the complete admission but if you can't pay fully you can still enjoy the museum.
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Seahawks Stadium
Seattle WA
~14.01 miles from Bremerton city center
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Qwest Field (pronounced /'kw?st/) is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). It was originally called Seahawks Stadium but was renamed in June 2004 when the telecommunications carrier Qwest acquired naming rights. The complex also includes the Event Center with the WaMu Theater, a parking garage, and a public plaza. The venue hosts concerts, trade shows, and consumer shows along with sporting events. Located within a mile (1.6 km) of Seattle's central business district, the venue is accessible by multiple freeways and forms of mass transit.
The stadium was built between 2000 and 2002 after voters approved funding for the construction in a statewide election held on June 17, 1997. This vote created the Washington State Public Stadium Authority to oversee public ownership of the venue. The owner of the Seahawks, Paul Allen, formed First & Goal Inc. to develop and operate the new facilities. Allen was closely involved in the design process and emphasized the importance of an open-air venue with an intimate atmosphere. The stadium is a modern facility with views of the nearby Seattle area. The stadium can seat 67,000 people.
The crowd at Qwest Field is notoriously loud during Seahawks games. The noise has contributed to the team's home field advantage with an increase in false start (movement by an offensive player prior to the play) penalties against visiting teams.[1] The stadium was the first in the NFL to implement a FieldTurf artificial field. Numerous college and high school American football games have also been played at the stadium.
Qwest Field was also designed for soccer; the first sporting event held was a United Soccer Leagues (USL) Seattle Sounders match. The USL team began regularly using the stadium for home games in 2003. The local MLS expansion team, Seattle Sounders FC, began its inaugural season in 2009 at the stadium. Qwest Field was the site of the MLS Cup in 2009.
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Pioneer Square
Seattle WA
~14.03 miles from Bremerton city center
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Pioneer Square is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. It was once the heart of the city: Seattle's founders settled there in 1852, following a brief six-month settlement at Alki Point on the far side of Elliott Bay. The early structures in the neighborhood were mostly wooden, and nearly all burned in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. By the end of 1890, dozens of brick and stone buildings had been erected in their stead; to this day, the architectural character of the neighborhood derives from these late 19th century buildings, mostly examples of Richardsonian Romanesque.
The neighborhood takes its name from a small triangular plaza near the corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way, originally known as Pioneer Place. The Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District, a historic district including that plaza and several surrounding blocks, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Like virtually all Seattle neighborhoods, the Pioneer Square neighborhood lacks definitive borders. It is bounded roughly by Alaskan Way S. on the west, beyond which are the docks of Elliott Bay; by S. King Street on the south, beyond which is SoDo; by 5th Avenue S. on the east, beyond which is the International District; and it extends between one and two blocks north of Yesler Way, beyond which is the rest of Downtown. Because Yesler Way marks the boundary between two different plats, the street grid north of Yesler does not line up with the neighborhood's other streets (nor with the compass), so the northern "border" of the district zigzags along numerous streets.
In some places, the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District extends beyond these borders. It includes Union Station east of 4th Avenue S., and several city blocks south of S. King Street.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Bremerton
Benaroya Hall
Seattle WA
~14.04 miles from Bremerton city center
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Benaroya Hall is the home of the Seattle Symphony, in Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. It features two auditoriums, the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, a 2500 seat performance venue as well as the Nordstrom Recital Hall which seats roughly 500. Opened in September of 1998 at a cost of $120 million, Benaroya quickly became noted for its technology-infused acoustics, touches of luxury, and prominent location in a complex thoroughly integrated into downtown. Benaroya occupies an entire city block in the center of the city, and has helped double the Seattle Symphony's budget and performances. The lobby of the hall features a large contribution of glass art by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.
Benaroya Hall is named for noted philanthropist Jack Benaroya, whose $15.8M donation was the major gift toward building the facility.
The facility sits directly above the BNSF Railway tunnel under Downtown Seattle that is the primary rail corridor for the city and adjacent to the Metro Bus Tunnel. The performance hall is insulated from the rumbles of the traffic in these tunnels and the streets outside the hall by floating on rubber pads to insulate it from the outer shell of the building. These same noise-insulation features also dampen the sensation of earthquakes within the facility.
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