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Seattle is a rainy but dynamic seaport about 160km’s south of the United States-Canada border. It’s the northernmost major city on the West Coast which boasts both beautiful and natural surroundings. One of Seattle’s most recognised landmarks is The Space Needle. The area around this, the Space Centre has multiple uses, hosting several cultural and public events annually including Bumbershoot, Folklife and the Bite of Seattle which draw many tourists to the city. From here you can take a scenic trip on the monorail from the Seattle Centre to downtown Westlake Centre shopping mall, where there are many cafes and restaurants to satisfy your hunger. Seattle is home to a number of corporate giants including the famous coffee emporium, Starbucks which is now found all over the world; Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon.com and Nordstrom also originate in Seattle. A number of 80’s and 90’s grunge artists and brands also originated in Seattle including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Mudhoney. Today the city features an array of recording studios and live music clubs which support and promotes the emergence of new and exciting artists. Every year music festivals with huge line ups attract thousands of fans to the city. However, if you are interested in the city’s history then take a trip back in time and visit historical buildings and landmarks, be transported in old-fashioned streetcars to the 1800’s where you can learn about the historical Seattle and the cities first neighbourhood, settled in the 1850’s, Pioneer Square. Take a fascinating underground tour of all that remains below ground of the Great fires that destroyed a lot of the town.