Roaming ~ The Accidental Calgary

"Calgary Stroll-a-thon: Upside-Down Churches, Giant Wire Heads & Peace Bridges" 🌟 Upside-down Church Sculpture – East Village’s gravity-defying icon. Walk under it, tilt your head, and suddenly religion feels like modern art. 🌟 Wonderland Sculpture – Spanish artist Jaume Plensa’s 12-meter wire head. Step inside the hollow frame; the city refracts through the mesh like a living kaleidoscope. 🌟 Stephen Avenue (8 Ave SW) – Pedestrian-only strip of indie cafés + big-ticket malls. Core shopping centre smells like cedar and new sneakers—dangerously breezy to browse. Bonus street theatre: one dude parked a boombox, preaching to pigeons and the occasional bewildered tourist. 🌟 Peace Bridge – Zero-pillar, candy-cane tube by Santiago Calatrava. Floats over Bow River like a scarlet Möbius strip. Eau Claire Park on the north bank is picnic-perfect; caught two buskers but card-only pockets = awkward smile-and-go. 🌟 City Grid Cheat-Sheet – Streets run north-south, Avenues east-west; Centre St splits east/west, Bow River splits north/south. Never got lost once—urban planning for the spatially challenged. 🧥 Outfit: Max Mara camel coat doing overtime against prairie wind. #MaxMaraMoments #YYCSculptureHunt #WalkableCities #CanadaTikTok