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Fairbanks City-Walk Cheat-Sheet

🗺️❄️One-Day Deep-Dive (with GPS pins & emoji breadcrumbs) 🎯 QUICK GLANCE Season: year-round (Nov-Mar = snow fairy-tale, May-Sep = midnight-sun glow) Hours: 10 am-6 pm for both headline stops Distance: 7 mi / 11 km between museum & Santa; 15 min Uber = ±$18 Budget: Museum 18,Santa Housefree (you’ll spend on postcards) Photo yield: ±400 frames, 2 sore cheeks from smiling ⏰ MICRO-TIMELINE (assumes 10 am hotel pick-up) 09:30 Breakfast @ Lulu’s Bread & Bagel (try the reindeer-sausage bagel) 🥯 10:00-12:30 Museum of the North (UAF campus) 🏛️ 12:45-13:30 Lunch truck on campus = “The Lola” (halibut tacos) 🌮 13:45-14:00 Drive to North Pole (the town, not the pole) 🎅 14:00-16:30 Santa Claus House + candy-cane lane stroll 🍭 16:45-17:30 Golden-hour postcard writing + coffee at the C-1 kiosk ☕ 18:00 Drop-off / aurora-nap prep / ramen run @ Pho 777 🍜 🏛️ MUSEUM OF THE NORTH – ROOM-BY-ROOM LOOT BOX “Sound & Light” Aurora Dome 🌌 360° time-lapse, 5-min loop. Sit on the floor—reflections double the pixels. Blue Bison Gallery 💙🦬 Neon taxidermy under UV light. Shoot at ISO 1600, 1/30 sec for glow without flash. 40,000-year-old Steppe Bison mummy “Blue Babe” 🧊 Front angle = textbook, side angle = dramatic skull shadow. Don’t touch—alarms embarrass. Indigenous Story Wall 🎞️ Whisper; the acoustic panels amplify. Learn three Inupiaq words = instant respect points. Gift-Shop Secret: Aurora-phosphorescent postcards 🌠 Charge under their black-light, then watch them glow in your hotel blackout. 📸 IG GOLD: Hold the 3-ft plush “Jaylon Bear” (staff will hand it over) in front of the curved window at 3 pm—sunset blush + snow peaks = cover shot. Tip: Lockers are free; store coats so you don’t sweat lens fog. #US #Alaska #Fairbanks

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Fairbanks City-Walk Cheat-Sheet

🗺️❄️One-Day Deep-Dive (with GPS pins & emoji breadcrumbs) 🎯 QUICK GLANCE Season: year-round (Nov-Mar = snow fairy-tale, May-Sep = midnight-sun glow) Hours: 10 am-6 pm for both headline stops Distance: 7 mi / 11 km between museum & Santa; 15 min Uber = ±$18 Budget: Museum 18,Santa Housefree (you’ll spend on postcards) Photo yield: ±400 frames, 2 sore cheeks from smiling ⏰ MICRO-TIMELINE (assumes 10 am hotel pick-up) 09:30 Breakfast @ Lulu’s Bread & Bagel (try the reindeer-sausage bagel) 🥯 10:00-12:30 Museum of the North (UAF campus) 🏛️ 12:45-13:30 Lunch truck on campus = “The Lola” (halibut tacos) 🌮 13:45-14:00 Drive to North Pole (the town, not the pole) 🎅 14:00-16:30 Santa Claus House + candy-cane lane stroll 🍭 16:45-17:30 Golden-hour postcard writing + coffee at the C-1 kiosk ☕ 18:00 Drop-off / aurora-nap prep / ramen run @ Pho 777 🍜 🏛️ MUSEUM OF THE NORTH – ROOM-BY-ROOM LOOT BOX “Sound & Light” Aurora Dome 🌌 360° time-lapse, 5-min loop. Sit on the floor—reflections double the pixels. Blue Bison Gallery 💙🦬 Neon taxidermy under UV light. Shoot at ISO 1600, 1/30 sec for glow without flash. 40,000-year-old Steppe Bison mummy “Blue Babe” 🧊 Front angle = textbook, side angle = dramatic skull shadow. Don’t touch—alarms embarrass. Indigenous Story Wall 🎞️ Whisper; the acoustic panels amplify. Learn three Inupiaq words = instant respect points. Gift-Shop Secret: Aurora-phosphorescent postcards 🌠 Charge under their black-light, then watch them glow in your hotel blackout. 📸 IG GOLD: Hold the 3-ft plush “Jaylon Bear” (staff will hand it over) in front of the curved window at 3 pm—sunset blush + snow peaks = cover shot. Tip: Lockers are free; store coats so you don’t sweat lens fog. #US #Alaska #Fairbanks

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