The Robson Square ice rink opens for the season on December 1st, providing affordable family fun in Downtown Vancouver throughout the holidays and beyond. Skating is free with your own skates, otherwise rentals are available. The rink also features a concession stand with snacks and warm drinks. This year Vancouver’s 50th foot Christmas tree will […]

Stretching from BC Place to Stanley Park, Robson Street has been one of the city’s most popular thoroughfares, and shopping destinations, for the last century. Thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives, we can take a peek at what this bustling retail corridor looked like decades ago. Shopping on Robson Street in the 1970s Archives# […]

This year’s 20 selected shorts for the Air Canada enRoute Film Festival will be announced at a free public event at Robson Square in Vancouver on July 20th. The festival will then showcase these emerging Canadian short film talents on Air Canada flights around the world from August 1st to December 31st, 2016. Air Canada […]

The flagship store of Canada’s largest sporting goods retailer, Sport Chek, has touched down in Vancouver on the corner of Robson Street and Howe. This 53,000 square foot sports destination provides three floors of innovative retail space in the heart of downtown. Sport Chek on Robson Street Features of the new store include: Motion activated […]

This month marks my 10 year anniversary of being a West End resident and I have to say, in my completely biased opinion, it’s Vancouver’s best neighbourhood. You can check out just a slice of what makes the West End great this weekend at the Robson Community Fair. What 2nd Annual Robson Community Fair Where […]

Nordstrom is coming to Vancouver, opening up at Pacific Centre with entrances off Robson and Granville streets, and they want you to get to know a bit about who they are and what they offer. Officially opening Friday, September 18, 2015 at 10:00am, the fashion specialty retailer is hosting a series of events, with many […]

Shop 78 Vancouver-based Etsy sellers at a pop-up marketplace at Robson Square this September. For the second year, UBC Robson Square welcomes the Etsy Made in Canada Marketplace as a part of Etsy’s 33 Canadian city market tour, bringing together local sellers and their communities in celebration of the country’s maker movement. What: Etsy Made […]

Downtown Vancouver’s West End is getting a new COBS Bread on busy corner of Robson Street, in a popular location that was left vacant a few months ago. Opening on Wednesday, August 19th at 1709 Robson at Bidwell, COBS will be serving up fresh, made-in-house breads and treats every single day. I got the chance […]

VIVA Vancouver’s summer campaign that creates vibrant pedestrian spaces around the downtown core is currently hosting their 2015 Robson Redux design competition. Last summer we ate our food truck fare on the Urban Reef, before that we had the Pop Rocks loungers, PICNURBIA, and a cedar plank patio along the 800 block of Robson. Photo […]

Grab a cup of hot chocolate, take your sweetheart’s hand, and enjoy a full day of romantic music at the Robson Square ice rink as Downtown Vancouver’s favourite free wintertime activity hosts a Valentine’s Day celebration on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Photo credit: Tim Shields on Flickr Valentine’s Day at Robson Square Ice Rink From […]