Toronto - 100 Things to do

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1. Lie face down on the glass floor at the CN Tower
2. Sit upstairs at Union Station during rush hour
3. Skate at Nathan Phillips Square
4. Tour the Steam Whistle Brewery
5. Have a hot chocolate at Soma in The Distillery District
6. Do a bike tour of Toronto Island
7. Go shopping at Honest Ed’s
8. Walk the boardwalk at The Beach
9. Go to Dundas Square
10. Dine at a famous chef’s restaurant
11. Take a city walking tour and check out jane's walk
12. Get out of the downtown core
13. Ride the 501 Queen Streetcar
14. Go shopping in Chinatown
15. Have a coffee in Kensington Market
16. Window shop in Yorkville
17. Eat corn on the sidewalk in Little India in the summer
18. Take a train ride through High Park
19. Walk the entire PATH
20. Check out a local band
21. Sample honey at St. Lawrence Market
22. Tour the CBC building
23. Eat Souvlaki on The Danforth
24. Have dinner in Little Italy
25. Read in the garden at Casa Loma
26. come face to face with a dinosaur at the ROM
27. visit the AGO for free
28. sample free beer at the Mill St Brewery in the Distillery District
29. Explore the Toronto alleys
30. Go to the Ontario Science Center
31. Check out the parks running north from the Don Valley - (ride a bike from the lake through the Don Valley all the way up through Serena Gundy Park and all the way up to Sunnybrook Park or Edward's Gardens or something - there are trails all the way up, lots of cool stuff in there.)
32. High Park is also pretty cool
33. Cherry Beach (sorry no real official link to cherry beach)
34. Sunnyside Park beaches
35. Tommy Thompson Park
36. Bluffers Park
37. Ice skating between Toronto Islands
38. spent the last Sunday of the month (only from May to October)at Kensington Market - Pedestrian-only streets
39. Go buy some Whiskey Cheddar from Global Cheese in Kensington Market and eat it because I just had some and this stuff is seriously delicious. (as stated by ROB_K)
40. historical post office on adelaide st east
41. any historical house, ie: mackenzie, spadina, etc..
42. riverdale farm/cabbagetown especially when the festivals are on
43. tobogganing down riverdale park east hill.. the west side has a baseball diamond now.. may be a bit dangerous!
44. sunbathing at hanlan's point clothing optional beach
45. Watch a movie at one of Toronto's many film festivals
46. Walk around Toronto dressed as a zombie
47. Have a coffee in the cafe at the corner of Baldwin and Augusta before 8AM on a weekday and watch the people who pass before they go to work
48. Visit LCBO Summerhill to glory in the past, marvel in the present, as the immaculately restored North Toronto Railway Station (Circa 1916) is now the largest and most fascinating wine & spirits store in Canada.
49. Fair Trade coffee & delicious sandwiches at Tinto's on Roncesvalles
50. Join the Caribana Parade
51. Brickworks Farmer's Market (May - Oct) and for that matter, biking in and around the Brickworks
52. Checking out the view of Toronto from hill next to Brickworks
53. Check out where Lake Ontario meets Scarberia (near Port Union Station)
54. Watch the sun rise/set from the end of the Leslie Spit
55. The Junction Arts Fest in September (one of Toronto's best kept secrets)
56. Bike the Humber River Trail
57. Picnic in Morningside Park
58. Bonfire on beach out in Scarborough (near Morningside I think)
59. Promise Party at the Beaches
60. Sunnybrook Park (horses are in the back of the park, in the stables)
61. Biking the Ex at night during spring when no one is around, spooky.
62. go to for an ice cream at the Dutch Cafe (funny building and awesome assortment of ice cream!)
63. dive into pomegranate deliciousness at marouf tochal
(everything is made of pomegranate:juice,dried fruit,ice cream,marmelade...YUM!)[marouf tochal is a person not a place according to my search??]
64. take a walk from the beaches westward to sunnyside park on the boardwalk (or bike)
66. take the carillon tour with Gerald from CS.
67. Get your hands on the ceramic wheel at the Gardiner Museum on Fridays and Sundays
68. Enjoy an aperitif with view from the rooftop bar of the Park Hyatt
69. Go to a concert at the beautiful Roy Thomson Hall (and find discounted tickets on sale the same day)
70. Watch Rocky Horror Picture Show at Bloor Cinema on Halloween at midnight
71. Read a book in Queen’s Park Spring/Summer/Fall which is also home to Ontario Legislative Assembly
72. Mutahdi’s Drumming Festival (July – Queen’s Park)
73. Kick Ass Karaoke
74. Brunch in St. Lawrence Market
75. Picnic on Toronto Islands
76. Plant trees in with Bring Back the Don
77. The AIDS Memorial (behind the 519 on church)
78. Eat at Zelda's (On Church street)
79. Play a round of manhunt
80. Visit Ireland Park down at the waterfront
81. Swing on the secret alleyway swing (supposedly it is gone now)
82. Climb to the secret, hidden roof of _______. (this could be titled: it's a secret!, or, how everyone with a favourite roof chose their own special spot for gazing down on the world.)
83. Audit a lecture by one of Toronto's (semi-)famous professors: Mark Kingswell, Nick Mount, etc.
84. Might even recommend visiting a couple subway stations as destinations in and of themselves: Museum and Dupont for starters. They're as close as we get to being creative with our transport.
85. Pay a visit to 401 Richmond
86. the actual Distillery District
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