A neighbourhood in Edmonton has been marked as one of the coolest in Canada, according to a new list from Maclean\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Central Edmonton\u2019s W\u00eehkw\u00eant\u00f4win made the cut, and it\u2019s in good company alongside a handful of trendy Canadian neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n
The piece was written by Edmonton writer and photographer Zachary Ayotte, who spent about a decade living in the neighbourhood during his twenties.<\/p>\n
He highlights the area\u2019s Victoria Promenade and river valley views, its walkability, and the way historic buildings blend with newer developments to create a neighbourhood where you can easily live without relying on a car.<\/p>\n
Ayotte points to the mix of everyday essentials, like schools, bookstores and grocery stores, alongside independent caf\u00e9s, restaurants and bars, as one of the things that makes W\u00eehkw\u00eant\u00f4win special for residents of all ages.<\/p>\n
Some of the neighbourhood\u2019s standout spots include Va! Caffe, Paul Kane Park, Kind Ice Cream, Brio Bakery and Odd Company Brewing.<\/p>\n
Ayotte also recounts running into an old friend who, after years of house hunting, had decided to stay put in the neighbourhood. \u201cIt was hard to imagine not being so close to everything,\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s certainly one of our favourite places in Edmonton, so we can\u2019t argue with that!<\/p>\n
Other Canadian neighbourhoods and areas named to the coolest list included: Saint-Sauveur, Quebec City; Crown Point Hub, Hamilton; The Forks, Winnipeg; Rosemont\u2013La Petite-Patrie, Montreal; Songhees Walkway, Victoria; Inglewood, Calgary; Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver; Davenport, Toronto; and The Hydrostone, Halifax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A neighbourhood in Edmonton has been marked as one of the coolest in Canada, according to a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-823841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}