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Whitehorse, at dusk. (right before the "mosquito time")
This city is above the 60° north, and as such, there are extremes in the amount of sunshine hours it receives in the summer and in the winter. This particular 360 was taken at around 22:00 local time, in the middle of august. But the light conditions will quicly change, and at the winter solstice, residents of Whitehorse will get less than 6 hours of daily sunlight. That means they will most likely spend their time developing "natural night vision goggles" skills, but then summer comes again, and all is lost.
With around 25 000 inhabitants, there are plenty of cultural events held during the summer months, lots of tourists (many of them from Germany, go figure why, if somebody finds out let me know), but also many visitors come from the northern parts of the americas (probably looking forward to encounter a bear until they see one, and then they freak out, it's important to know how to react before it happens, if you go on a tour, inform yourself, for your safety and the safety of the bears).
If you are from BC or Alaska and are planning to visit Whitehorse, you won't get lost: unless you're trying to reach the city by foot, by canoe, by train, or plane, there is only one highway that will lead you to your destination. And it was built by the US army, during WWII, so it's bulletproof (just for the record, it is NOT really bulletproof, although it can withstand some serious quatities of snow).
Also, bring warm clothes.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.
