Seattle/Fremont Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Seattle's Fremont district, which bills itself as "The Center of the Universe", is known for its quirky atmosphere (although the recent arrival of several major corporate tenants, including Adobe Systems, has somewhat undercut its bohemian image).
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See
"The Artists' Republic of Fremont" (another of neighborhood's self-proclaimed titles) has some of the most distinctive public art of any city in the U.S.
- Waiting for the Interurban is a statue of five people (and a dog) waiting for the trolley that has not existed since the 1930s. The statue is frequently clothed by local residents. There was a time when this work was considered offbeat, imagine that!
- The Fremont Rocket
- The Fremont Troll (under the Aurora Bridge, officially called the "George Washington Memorial Bridge" but no one will know what you're talking about if you call it that.) The Troll is a concrete statue eating a full size Volkswagen Bug.
- The bronze statue of Lenin peers out over the street below, oblivious to the continuing controversy over its display. It was salvaged and brought over from Slovakia, and went up in 1995.
Buy
- Glamorama, 3414 Fremont Ave N. Wild clothing and gifts.
- Dusty Strings, 3406 Fremont Ave. N. Lots of acoustic, and mostly stringed, musical instruments. Go on in and try out a hammer dulcimer.
Do
If you happen to be in Seattle around the Summer Solstice, on the weekend closest to the solstice, Fremont has one of the city's best street fairs and (Saturday, around noon) a truly great parade, with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of elaborately costumed participants, with no signage (strongly discouraging commercial participation), and with only human-powered floats. A contingent of nude bicyclists traditionally shows up, but the police have cracked down on the lowlife element in recent years.
The neighborhood also hosts outdoor movies on Friday and Saturday evenings in the summer, and a Sunday crafts market that is usually outdoors in the summer and in a covered parking lot in the winter.
Eat
- Jai Thai, 3423 Fremont Ave N.
- Taco del Mar in Lenin's shadow.
Sushi
- Blue C, 3411 Fremont Avenue N. Good sushi on a conveyor belt. Hip place to have lunch.
- Chiso, 3520 Fremont Ave N. Extremely good but costly sushi.
Drink
- Triangle Pub
- Trolley Pub
- George and Dragon
- Dubliner
- Dad Watson's
- Hi-dive
- Nectar. Great happy hour specials.
- Geneve Cafe is regrettably no longer located in Geneva. It has been scaled down and relocated to the United States, now located at 4459 Fremont Ave N. Seattle, WA 98103 ph 206 5470570. Graciously serving Bünderfleisch Panini and fine Swiss Wine. Very small and cozy. Free WiFi is still available. Rumoured that they will still accept Swiss Francs. Swisscom is obviously no longer necessary.
