Go to a Flames game, get kebab, see the giant fucking rabbits, sit in traffic.

get a pack of molson and get black out drunk in your hotel room

>>2870721
>seems like a barren frozen shithole.
Yes, and on top of it it's full of Anglos, yikes.

>oil boomtown
>we need to keep our oil workers
>our oil industry is the only thing growing our city and allowing us to thrive in this wasteland
>I know, lets ban worker dormitories and spend excessive amounts of money running prostitution stings
Idk where we are headed, but at some point a threshold will be crossed and a lot of people who went out of their way to annoy and fuck with others, are going to get murdered.

Went there last year visiting Canada from AU
The only good thing was the zoo. Fuck Calgary, and especially FUCK EDMONTON.

Ended up in Calgary bc couldn’t go to Jasper after it burnt down. Should’ve just kept going and spent more time in Toronto or saw somewhere different.

this is gonna be the next state to join the union btw

Prince's Island Park is chill and has some cool wildlife even during winter. Tons of magpies and less crowded than the summer where it was 75% jeets.
Kensington is the hipster area but there are some nice restaurants and shops around.
Most of downtown Calgary is office buildings, much like Edmonton, except I don't feel like I'd get shanked in Calgary like I would most of downtown Edmonton. You can take tunnels between buildings to get out of the cold. Go to Co-op Liquor if you want well priced private picks of scotch and bourbon which are actually well priced thanks to the low taxes on booze. Last Best Brewery was nice and not too expensive for interesting beers and decent food by Calgary standards. Nim's by Mount Royal has insanely good fried chicken.
To be honest though I think B.C. just mogs the shit out of Calgary even though their drug addict population is way higher and more annoying but I'd still suggest do Kelowna and the Okanagan instead if you aren't going to Calgary for work or family shit. Or better yet just drive to Canmore/Banff/Lake Louise if you aren't megapoor.

Drive another 1.5 hours to Banff and see the majestic unicorn.