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  • You’ll see our true colours, and that’s why you’ll love us.
  • Find what you’re looking for (even if you didn’t know you were looking for it).
  • History, legend, lore… discover the past in the present.
  • The only things fresher than our food are our experiences.
  • We’ll have you on the edge of your seat, on the edge of the continent.
  • Hear our stories, and create some new ones of your own.
  • We're known for our wide-open spaces (both indoors and out).
  • Adventure at every turn, a story on every corner.

  • Colourful Encounters

    While walking the many laneways of downtown St. John’s, you’re guaranteed plenty of colourful encounters.

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  • Colourful Characters

    St. John’s is known for its colourful characters.

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  • Colourful Experiences

    In and around St. John’s, every experience is a colourful one.

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"The Goings On"

Shop Local Chocolate December 06, 2013

We're back with another instalment of shopping local for Christmas! This week will tempt your tastebuds as we visit The Newfoundland Chocolate Company on Duckworth Street. Perched on the eastern edge of North America, the chocolatiers of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company make chocolates the old-fashioned way. They start with natural wholesome ingredients like wild, sun-ripened berries picked along rugged, wind-swept shores, oven roasted nuts, smooth and creamy caramel and the finest, purest chocolate anywhere.

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Success Stories

"St. John's is a great walking city that offers our participants easy access to explore on their own, eliminating multiple transfers."

Darla D'Agostino Buyer Program Design, Maritz Canada Inc. Read More
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It's a Fact!
  • Serious fires occurred in 1816, 1817, 1819, and 1846. AND THEN, the Great Fire of 1892 destroyed three-quarters of the city.
  • The majority of the population in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador descends from both Ireland and England.
  • Newfoundland is home to some of the world's largest and most accessible seabird colonies in North America.
  • In 1901, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi set up a listening post on Signal Hill and successfully received the first wireless transmission from Europe.
  • The accent heard in St. John's is very similar to that of Waterford, Ireland.
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