The Toronto Traveler

Toronto is a city with appeal to many different groups and while there are many family orientated events that dominate the daytime activities within the city, Toronto also has a bustling nightlife that many single visitors to the city get to enjoy.  Toronto is not really known for its nightlife festivities, so many people are actually pleasantly surprised when they get to the city and see that there are many places they can go to party.  Not all of these places are created equal however and the Mink Nightclub is definitely one of the better ones in the city.
 
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While I’m pretty well convinced that Toronto has one of the best subway systems in the world, at the same time I’m also convinced that it can give people some nasty surprises from time to time.  Having lived in the city for over 15 years now and taken the bus to school and work for most of that time, I know that I’ve certainly felt the brunt of a subway surprise every now and then.  I’ve also encountered confused tourists from time to time as well, so hopefully these tips will help you minimize the impact that any unforeseen subway …read more

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1) Strikes Affect the City Massively: The TTC has been on strike before; many times in fact.  During my own time in primary, middle, secondary and now post secondary school, the TTC has had at least three different strikes that I can remember off the top of my head and there were probably a number of near misses as well where the union was able to negotiate a deal with the city at the last minute in order to avoid a strike.  And those near misses were good things too, because the city is paralyzed without the TTC.  …read more

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Here’s an excellent video by user MiraBethy on YouTube, entitled “My Toronto”

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The other day I was reading some newspaper articles regarding some of the news that had recently taken place within the city of Toronto and through unrelated tangents (just cuz my mind works like that), I came to the realization that Toronto really does have a lot to offer almost any group or demographic that wants to visit.  To give you an idea of exactly what I mean, here are some different groups of people and what I personally feel they could get out of a trip to Toronto.
 
Singles: For people that are single and traveling around the world, Toronto …read more

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As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s more famous plays and a comedy, believed to have been written by the great playwright sometime between 1599 and 1600.  It has been adapted for radio, film and for musical productions as well and the famous Shakespearean line “All the world’s a stage” is from this very play.
 
Well, if you’re going to be in Toronto sometime during the next few days, you’ll have a chance to catch a performance of As You Like It April 16th-19th as the ending of a production that started in February looms.
 
Event: As You Like It
Location: Young …read more

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Further to the Travel & Culture Channel’s “By the Numbers with b5media Travel & Culture Channel” post from a short while ago, I thought it might be cool to do something with a similar title just on my own.  My take on things is a bit different however, as here are some numerical figures to help you understand Toronto by the Numbers better!
 
Fact #1: Toronto has approximately 5,300 km of roads inside the city limits.
 
Fact #2: There are over 7,000 km of sidewalks inside Toronto’s city limits
 
Fact #3: In total, there are 530 bridges located within the …read more

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Hot on the heels of the new Subway Sundays series at The Toronto Traveler is Media Mondays.  This series will take a weekly look at one news story from that week that I found relevant to tourists in the city, helpful to people that are new to Toronto or have not lived here for a long time or just plain interesting for one reason or another.  It’s my eventual hope that this continual look into current themes and goings on within the city of Toronto will help you connect with the city on a deeper level.
 
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A few days ago, I wrote a post that talked about how Toronto subway stations have distinctive tiling and how that tiling had been captured by a set of buttons that were now on sale.  While that post was originally just going to be a stand alone post in and of itself, it actually planted a few seeds of thought in my head.  Seeds of thought are dangerous things for bloggers because they can lead to crazy ideas for posts and in this particular case that’s exactly what’s happened!
 
So, without further ado, I’d like to introduce Subway Sundays, …read more

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Up today is a fantastic picture taken and laced together by wvs on Flickr (released under the CC-ANNDW 2.0 License).  It’s six different pictures of the Toronto downtown core, with each picture taken two hours apart and then parts of the pictures stitched together in order to create a time elapse effect.  I think it’s one of the best Toronto pictures I’ve ever seen and hats off to the person that took it and edited the parts together.

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