The best budget-friendly bars in Halifax
Being on a tight travel budget shouldn’t prevent you from having a couple of drinks each night during your trip to Halifax. Luckily, the city has a lot of cheap bars, and pubs (thanks to the number of...
View Article5 Hot places to eat in Halifax
Virginia Woolf once wrote, "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." c Read More
View ArticleThings you should absolutely do with 48 hours in Halifax
There’s something almost perfect about Halifax. Whether it's the Maritime charm, green spaces, numerous craft breweries or artistic spirit, any visit to Nova Scotia’s capital city will be memorable. To...
View Article7 ways to get the most out of a trip to Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia offers something for everyone to enjoy, even those pour souls with a shell fish allergy. Beyond eating your weight in lobster and mussels in restaurants around the province, you can frolic...
View ArticleMeet 6 of the cuddliest hotel lobby dogs you’ll find in Canada
One of the only downsides of travelling during the summer is having to leave your four-legged friends behind. If you're missing man's best friend while on holidays, there is a solution; check-in to one...
View ArticleGet a view of the Maritimes on this overnight train trip from Halifax to...
There are, perhaps, two kinds of people when it comes to travelling a medium distance: those who want to get things done with a quick flight and those who don’t mind taking it slow and sticking to the...
View ArticleWho needs lobsters when donairs are the official food of Halifax?
How many Canadian cities can brag they have an official food? Only one that I know of — Halifax. And no, it's not a lobster or anything from the sea. It's a donair. If that sounds strange, you probably...
View ArticleSloan is rock music’s Cinderella story
Sloan, consisting of Chris Murphy, Jay Ferguson, Patrick Pentland and Andrew Scott, got their start in Halifax during the early ‘90s. The band played around the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design...
View ArticleDartmouth dining: the foodie trip you didn’t know you needed
When it comes to good food, there’s certainly magic happening in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, sometimes referred to as Brooklyn to Halifax’s Manhattan. Linked together by two bridges and North America’s...
View ArticleFour great independent stores to get your shop on in Halifax
Want folkloric wooden bowls, embroidered hand towels, or a sugar skull-painted box to hold your trinkets? Perhaps a money plant to brighten your décor, and, of course, ethically sourced and super...
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