<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nPri poh\u013eade na edmontonsk\u00e9 panor\u00e1ma z v\u00fd\u0161ky \u00fadolia si ur\u010dite v\u0161imnete \u0161tyri zvl\u00e1\u0161tne sklenen\u00e9 pyram\u00eddy, ktor\u00e9 trochu pripom\u00ednaj\u00fa vstup do par\u00ed\u017eskeho Louvru, no vn\u00fatri ukr\u00fdvaj\u00fa nie\u010do \u00faplne in\u00e9. Muttart Conservatory je n\u00e1dhern\u00e1 vn\u00fatorn\u00e1 botanick\u00e1 z\u00e1hrada, ktor\u00e1 je pre mnoh\u00fdch miestnych obyvate\u013eov obrovsk\u00fdm z\u00e1chytn\u00fdm bodom hlavne po\u010das t\u00fdch nekone\u010dn\u00fdch mraziv\u00fdch zimn\u00fdch mesiacov, ke\u010f nutne potrebuj\u00fa vidie\u0165 trochu \u010derstvej zelene, nad\u00fdchnu\u0165 sa vlhk\u00e9ho vzduchu a na chv\u00ed\u013eu sa zohria\u0165.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSklenen\u00e9 pyram\u00eddy Muttart Conservatory v Edmontone (Foto: WinterE229 \/ Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nKa\u017ed\u00e1 z troch hlavn\u00fdch pyram\u00edd predstavuje in\u00fd svetov\u00fd klimatick\u00fd biom: je tu tropick\u00fd prales pln\u00fd obrovsk\u00fdch paprad\u00ed, temper\u00e1tna z\u00f3na a \u00fa\u017easn\u00e1 aridn\u00e1 \u010das\u0165 pln\u00e1 pich\u013eav\u00fdch kaktusov. T\u00e1 \u0161tvrt\u00e1 pyram\u00edda je \u0161peci\u00e1lna t\u00fdm, \u017ee jej expoz\u00edcia sa men\u00ed po\u010das cel\u00e9ho roka pod\u013ea aktu\u00e1lnej sez\u00f3ny \u2014 jari alebo zimn\u00fdch sviatkov. Prech\u00e1dza\u0165 sa v tri\u010dku vlhkou tropickou d\u017eung\u013eou, k\u00fdm vonku mrzne a\u017e pra\u0161t\u00ed a na sklo pad\u00e1 h\u0155ba snehu, je naozaj \u010darovn\u00fd a upokojuj\u00faci z\u00e1\u017eitok. Vstupn\u00e9 stoj\u00ed zhruba 15 CAD (asi 10 \u20ac) na jedn\u00e9ho dospel\u00e9ho a pr\u00edjemn\u00e1 n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bva v\u00e1m tu zaberie nie\u010do vy\u0161e hodiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>4. Whyte Avenue a historick\u00e1 \u0161tvr\u0165 Old Strathcona<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAk h\u013ead\u00e1te du\u0161u mesta, vydajte sa z modern\u00e9ho centra cez rieku na juh, priamo do historickej \u0161tvrte Old Strathcona. Jej hlavnou tepnou je ulica Whyte Avenue, presl\u00e1ven\u00e1 uvo\u013enenou, mierne hipsterskou atmosf\u00e9rou, historick\u00fdmi tehliarskymi budovami a obrovskou koncentr\u00e1ciou nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch obchod\u00edkov, pek\u00e1rni a v\u00fdberov\u00fdch kaviarn\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhyte Avenue v historickej \u0161tvrti Old Strathcona v Edmontone (Foto: TagaSanPedroAko \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCez v\u00edkendy tu neuverite\u013ene \u017eij\u00fa sl\u00e1vne celoro\u010dn\u00e9 farm\u00e1rske trhy Old Strathcona Farmers‘ Market. Konaj\u00fa sa vo ve\u013ekej starej hale a od miestnych farm\u00e1rov a v\u00fdrobcov si tu m\u00f4\u017eete k\u00fapi\u0165 v\u0161etko od \u010derstv\u00fdch \u010du\u010doriedok po dom\u00e1ce kozie syry a samozrejme poctiv\u00fd kanadsk\u00fd javorov\u00fd sirup v kr\u00e1snych f\u013ea\u0161ti\u010dk\u00e1ch. Ve\u010der sa cel\u00e1 ulica premen\u00ed na hlu\u010dn\u00e9 centrum no\u010dn\u00e9ho \u017eivota s radom skvel\u00fdch bistier a \u0161t\u00fdlov\u00fdch kr\u010dmi\u010diek, kde miestni nad\u0161ene \u010dapuj\u00fa lok\u00e1lne remeseln\u00e9 pivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>5. Hokejov\u00e9 \u0161ialenstvo a Edmonton Oilers<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u010ci ste zaryt\u00fd hokejov\u00fd fan\u00fa\u0161ik alebo nie, fenom\u00e9n menom Edmonton Oilers sa po\u010das svojej n\u00e1v\u0161tevy ned\u00e1 ignorova\u0165 \u2014 toto mesto hokejom neuverite\u013ene d\u00fdcha. T\u00edm, v ktorom v legend\u00e1rnych osemdesiatych rokoch \u017eiaril sl\u00e1vny Wayne Gretzky a s ktor\u00fdm vyhral nieko\u013eko prest\u00ed\u017enych Stanley Cupov, je dodnes obrovskou p\u00fdchou nielen mesta, ale aj celej provincie Alberta. Dnes tu na \u013eade kra\u013euje fenom\u00e9n Connor McDavid a ke\u010f sa hr\u00e1 d\u00f4le\u017eit\u00fd z\u00e1pas, prakticky v\u0161etky ulice sa zaodej\u00fa do modrej a oran\u017eovej farby.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRogers Place \u2014 domov Edmonton Oilers (Foto: D. Benjamin Miller \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nZ\u00e1pasy sa dnes hraj\u00fa v obrovskej supermodernej hale Rogers Place, ktor\u00e1 stoj\u00ed priamo v srdci centra mesta v \u0161tvrti pr\u00edhodne nazvanej Ice District. Hala m\u00e1 dychber\u00facu modern\u00fa architekt\u00faru pripom\u00ednaj\u00facu obrovsk\u00fa kvapku z ocele a bl\u00fdskav\u00e9ho skla. Ak sa v\u00e1m po\u0161test\u00ed by\u0165 v meste po\u010das sez\u00f3ny NHL \u2014 typicky od okt\u00f3bra do apr\u00edla \u2014 ur\u010dite sk\u00faste zohna\u0165 l\u00edstky cez ofici\u00e1lnych predajcov. Aj ke\u010f nie s\u00fa pr\u00e1ve najlacnej\u0161ie, za\u017ei\u0165 neuverite\u013en\u00fd ryk kanadsk\u00e9ho publika vst\u00e1vaj\u00faceho zo sedadiel je nie\u010do nezabudnute\u013en\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>6. Royal Alberta Museum<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u00daprimne, do m\u00fazea sme \u0161li trochu zo slu\u0161nosti, ale dinosaurie kostry v pr\u00edzem\u00ed ma dostali ne\u010dakane r\u00fdchlo \u2014 s\u00fa obrovsk\u00e9. A sekcia o p\u00f4vodn\u00fdch obyvate\u013eoch (First Nations) je spracovan\u00e1 tak citlivo a detailne, \u017ee sme tu str\u00e1vili takmer cel\u00e9 dopoludnie, hoci sme p\u00f4vodne po\u010d\u00edtali iba s hodinou. Toto najnov\u0161ie m\u00fazeum sa nach\u00e1dza priamo v Downtowne a pr\u00e1vom sa p\u00fd\u0161i titulom najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161ieho m\u00fazea v celej z\u00e1padnej Kanade, \u010do poc\u00edtite hne\u010f po vstupe do presklenej haly.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRoyal Alberta Museum v centre Edmontonu (Foto: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia \/ Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOkrem \u00fa\u017easn\u00fdch kostier prehistorick\u00fdch obrov a mamutov, ktor\u00e9 pripom\u00ednaj\u00fa, \u017ee Alberta je jedno z najbohat\u0161\u00edch paleontologick\u00fdch n\u00e1lez\u00edsk na svete, tu naraz\u00edte aj na fascinuj\u00facu expoz\u00edciu obieho hmyzu. Interakt\u00edvne panely modernou a nen\u00e1silnou formou rozpr\u00e1vaj\u00fa st\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00e9 pr\u00edbehy \u013eud\u00ed a zvierat. Je to skr\u00e1tka ide\u00e1lny sp\u00f4sob, ako z\u00edska\u0165 hlb\u0161\u00ed re\u0161pekt k miestnej krajine a kult\u00fare e\u0161te predt\u00fdm, ne\u017e na\u0161tartujete auto a vyrazi\u0165 na divok\u00fd z\u00e1pad do h\u00f4r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>7. Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAj ke\u010f na cest\u00e1ch v\u00fdtvarn\u00e9mu umeniu celkom neholdujete a rad\u0161ej beh\u00e1vate po kopcoch, budovu obrovskej gal\u00e9rie Art Gallery of Alberta by ste si rozhodne nemali necha\u0165 ujs\u0165 \u2014 aspo\u0148 kv\u00f4li tomu, ako ohromne a bl\u00e1znivo vyzer\u00e1 zvonku. Jej v\u00fdrazn\u00fa a fotogenick\u00fa fas\u00e1du tvoria divok\u00e9 zaoblen\u00e9 krivky z matn\u00e9ho zinku, skla a ocele. Pod\u013ea architekta maj\u00fa tieto tvary evokova\u0165 magick\u00fa pol\u00e1rnu \u017eiaru a pr\u00fady zamrznutej rieky Saskatchewan \u2014 a v pr\u00edsnom obchodnom centre plnom ostr\u00fdch mrakodrapov to cel\u00e9 p\u00f4sob\u00ed trochu ako zjavenie zo sci-fi filmu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nArt Gallery of Alberta \u2014 modern\u00e1 budova (Foto: IQRemix from Canada \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nVn\u00fatri n\u00e1jdete tri obrovsk\u00e9 svetl\u00e9 poschodia nabit\u00e9 predov\u0161etk\u00fdm modern\u00fdm kanadsk\u00fdm a medzin\u00e1rodn\u00fdm s\u00fa\u010dasn\u00fdm umen\u00edm. \u010casto sa tu konaj\u00fa v\u00fdborn\u00e9 do\u010dasn\u00e9 v\u00fdstavy. Priestor samotn\u00fd je kr\u00e1sne tich\u00fd a vzdu\u0161n\u00fd. Ak chcete pri n\u00e1v\u0161teve trochu u\u0161etri\u0165, gal\u00e9ria miev\u00e1 \u0161peci\u00e1lne dni alebo podve\u010dery, ke\u010f je vstup pre verejnos\u0165 \u00faplne zadarmo \u2014 sta\u010d\u00ed si to overi\u0165 na ich webe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>8. K-Days: j\u00falov\u00e9 \u0161ialenstvo<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAk do Edmontonu zav\u00edtate koncom j\u00fala, ve\u013emi pravdepodobne naraz\u00edte na obrovsk\u00fa akciu, o ktorej miestni s iskrou v oku rozpr\u00e1vaj\u00fa u\u017e od dlhej zimy. K-Days je gigantick\u00fd desa\u0165d\u0148ov\u00fd letn\u00fd festival, ktor\u00fd by sa dal op\u00edsa\u0165 ako extr\u00e9mne vylep\u0161en\u00e1, obria a zdivo\u010den\u00e1 matejsk\u00e1 p\u00fa\u0165 skr\u00ed\u017een\u00e1 s hudobn\u00fdm festivalom a po\u013enohospod\u00e1rskou v\u00fdstavou. P\u00f4vodne t\u00e1to ve\u013ekolep\u00e1 trad\u00edcia vznikla z historick\u00fdch zlatokopeck\u00fdch osl\u00e1v z konca dev\u00e4tn\u00e1steho storo\u010dia a dnes je to jednoducho najz\u00e1sadnej\u0161ia udalos\u0165 leta.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFestival K-Days Exhibition v Edmontone s atrakciami (Foto: IQRemix \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNa roz\u013eahlom v\u00fdstavisku n\u00e1jdete desiatky \u0161ialen\u00fdch svetielkuj\u00facich pou\u0165ov\u00fdch atrakci\u00ed, pri ktor\u00fdch sa v\u00e1m obracia \u017eal\u00fadok len od poh\u013eadu, a hlavne nespo\u010det st\u00e1nkov s \u0165a\u017eko op\u00edsate\u013en\u00fdm a \u010dasto vysm\u00e1\u017ean\u00fdm jedlom. \u00c1no, naozaj tu be\u017ene n\u00e1jdete vysm\u00e1\u017ean\u00e9 \u010dokol\u00e1dov\u00e9 ty\u010dinky Snickers, obrie mor\u010dacie stehn\u00e1 a v\u0161etky myslite\u013en\u00e9 aj nemyslite\u013en\u00e9 presladen\u00e9 veci na \u0161pajli. Cez de\u0148 sa m\u00f4\u017eete \u00eds\u0165 pozrie\u0165 na divok\u00e9 rodeo, ve\u010der nasleduj\u00fa koncerty zn\u00e1mych aj lok\u00e1lnych kapiel na obrovsk\u00fdch p\u00f3di\u00e1ch a ka\u017ed\u00fd de\u0148 to v\u0161etko uzatv\u00e1ra dlh\u00fd a ve\u013ekolep\u00fd oh\u0148ostroj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>9. Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (august)<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nKanada a divadlo? Mo\u017eno by ste to pri predstave kanadsk\u00fdch hor\u00e1rov a medve\u010fov ne\u010dakali, ale Edmonton ka\u017ed\u00fd rok v auguste hos\u00ed druh\u00fd najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161\u00ed alternat\u00edvny Fringe festival na celom svete. V\u00e4\u010d\u0161\u00ed je u\u017e len ten p\u00f4vodn\u00fd a ove\u013ea sl\u00e1vnej\u0161\u00ed v \u0161k\u00f3tskom Edinburghu. Po\u010das t\u00fdchto bl\u00e1zniv\u00fdch jeden\u00e1stich dn\u00ed sa cel\u00e1 u\u017e tak \u017eiv\u00e1 \u0161tvr\u0165 Old Strathcona premen\u00ed na jedno obrovsk\u00e9 otvoren\u00e9 p\u00f3dium. Zastav\u00ed sa doprava a ulice s\u00fa zo d\u0148a na de\u0148 pln\u00e9 potuln\u00fdch pouli\u010dn\u00fdch umelcov, hlu\u010dn\u00fdch hudobn\u00edkov, komikov, \u017eongl\u00e9rov a desiatok tis\u00edc nad\u0161en\u00fdch div\u00e1kov.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEdmonton Fringe Festival v Old Strathcona (Foto: Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada \/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSamotn\u00e9 ofici\u00e1lne divadeln\u00e9 predstavenia sa tu neodohr\u00e1vaj\u00fa len v klasick\u00fdch s\u00e1lach. M\u00f4\u017eete na ne narazi\u0165 naozaj v\u0161ade \u2014 v zadn\u00fdch miestnostiach klubov, mal\u00fdch kaviar\u0148ach, \u0161kolsk\u00fdch telocvi\u010dniach aj v nar\u00fdchlo postaven\u00fdch stanoch v parkoch. \u017d\u00e1nrovo t\u00e1to prehliadka siaha od v\u00e1\u017enych dr\u00e1m cez bl\u00e1zniv\u00e9 kom\u00e9die, pri ktor\u00fdch neviete, \u010di sa smia\u0165 alebo plaka\u0165, a\u017e po absol\u00fatnu a nepochopite\u013en\u00fa experiment\u00e1lnu avantgardu. Skvel\u00e9 na celom koncepte je, \u017ee sto percent zo vstupn\u00e9ho na predstavenia ide v\u017edy priamo samotn\u00fdm umelcom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>10. Elk Island National Park: safari 40 min\u00fat od mesta<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nToto je absol\u00fatny pr\u00edrodn\u00fd klenot, ktor\u00fd by ste po\u010das pobytu rozhodne nemali min\u00fa\u0165 \u2014 zvl\u00e1\u0161\u0165 ak Edmonton pou\u017e\u00edvate prim\u00e1rne ako odrazov\u00fd bod pre n\u00e1rodn\u00e9 parky a nem\u00f4\u017eete sa do\u010dka\u0165 prv\u00e9ho stretnutia s pravou kanadskou divou zverou. Len necel\u00fdch 40 min\u00fat pohodlnej jazdy na v\u00fdchod po dia\u013enici od mesta sa nach\u00e1dza Elk Island National Park. D\u00e1 sa najlep\u0161ie op\u00edsa\u0165 ako tak\u00e9 miniaturn\u00e9 oploten\u00e9 kanadsk\u00e9 safari obklopen\u00e9 tich\u00fdmi jazierkami, hlbok\u00fdmi lesmi a rozkvitn\u00fdmi mokra\u010fami, kde to r\u00e1no neuverite\u013ene vo\u0148a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPokojn\u00e9 jazero s ostrovom a oblakmi v Elk Island National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTento chr\u00e1nen\u00fd k\u00fasok pr\u00edrody je domovom jednej z \u00faplne najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161\u00edch popul\u00e1ci\u00ed biz\u00f3nov na celom severoamerickom kontinente \u2014 \u017eij\u00fa tu ako vz\u00e1cnej\u0161\u00ed a mohutnej\u0161\u00ed lesn\u00ed biz\u00f3ni (wood bison), tak men\u0161\u00ed pr\u00e9rijn\u00ed biz\u00f3ni (plains bison). Je obrovsk\u00e1 pravdepodobnos\u0165, \u017ee v\u00e1m pri pomalej prej\u00e1zke parkom tieto obrovsk\u00e9 a majest\u00e1tne tvory jednoducho zablokuj\u00fa cestu a vy budete musie\u0165 \u0161tvr\u0165 hodiny \u010daka\u0165, k\u00fdm sa milostivo presuni\u00fa. Tu plat\u00ed jedno zlat\u00e9 pravidlo: biz\u00f3ny s\u00fa neuverite\u013ene siln\u00e9 a nevypo\u010d\u00edtate\u013en\u00e9 zvierat\u00e1, a hoci s\u00fa zvyknut\u00e9 na aut\u00e1, rozhodne z vozidla nevystupujte kv\u00f4li lep\u0161ej fotke na Instagram \ud83d\ude05. Sta\u010d\u00ed stiahnu\u0165 okienko a pozorova\u0165 ich s re\u0161pektom z bezpe\u010dia sedadla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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