Destination St. John's | Newfoundland

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. Within minutes of arriving you will find yourself smiling back at strangers, the first of what is sure to be many unexpected experiences.
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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"

St. John's a great city with spectacular, wild scenery just minutes away (or less!) May 17, 2012

It was one of those unexpectedly awesome moments we all live for as travelers and it’s an image I’ll never forget.

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

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It's a Fact!

In 1919 a British aircraft departed from Lester's Field, in what is now the west central part of the city, and landed in Clifden, Ireland, less than 17 hours later, marking the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
The island of Newfoundland does not have snakes, skunks, deer, porcupines, or groundhogs.
The accent heard in St. John's is very similar to that of Waterford, Ireland.
The majority of the population in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador descends from both Ireland and England.
The pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is the official flower of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the puffin is the official bird.