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Car Free Day

Our Daily Photo #2031 from Melanie captures the scene from Car Free Day this past weekend! Every day we publish a Vancouver photo from the Instagram hashtag #vancouverisawesome shot by you and your friends in this great city of ours.
START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST WEEK 228: Copilots

START YOUR WEEK RIGHT WITH THE V.I.A. WEEKLY PLAYLIST WEEK 228: Copilots

SCENE AND HEARD showcases the independent music scene here in Vancouver.
Aeriosa at UBC Botanical Garden

Aeriosa at UBC Botanical Garden

UBC Botanical Garden is Canada's oldest continuously operating university botanical garden. The original mission of the garden was research into the native flora of British Columbia.
Free-for-Fathers Day and other summer events at MOV

Free-for-Fathers Day and other summer events at MOV

PROVOKE, ENGAGE, ANIMATE. Our vision at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is to hold a mirror up to the city and lead provocative conversations about its past, present, and future.

Chalk Portrait

Our Daily Photo #2030 from Instagrammer cedricdomingo captures an artist in the middle of his chalk portraits. If you frequent downtown, you've likely come across his beautiful work on the sidewalks.
Young & Only Pop-Up Shop at Chinatown Experiment

Young & Only Pop-Up Shop at Chinatown Experiment

Vancouver Is Awesome is a proud sponsor of The Chinatown Experiment , a storefront dedicated to pop ups which provides anyone that has an idea and the desire to bring it to life with the opportunity to make it happen.
Fitness Friday: Staying Healthy All Summer Long

Fitness Friday: Staying Healthy All Summer Long

IT'S FITNESS FRIDAY presented by Barre Fitness ! Hopefully you'll join me once a month here on VIA and be motivated to get fit! I'll be sharing recipes, exercises, class and workshop plans, ideas and tips, and much much more.
Dogtown Vancouver: Toto

Dogtown Vancouver: Toto

It's a new dog once a week! Click here to find out how to get your dog posted if you haven't sent in your photos yet! Today's dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Toto, Susan's pup. Here's what she had to say about him... NAME: Toto. BREED: Poodle.
Vancouver on the Cheap: Kadampa Meditation Centre

Vancouver on the Cheap: Kadampa Meditation Centre

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".
Drawing is Awesome - Daily Drawing Challenge #7

Drawing is Awesome - Daily Drawing Challenge #7

Now in its 5th year, Vancouver Draw Down is a city-wide day of drawing that celebrates creativity and challenges commonplace ideas about what drawing is and what it can do.
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