Seattle - Green Lake & Fremont (PDF Chapter)

This is the Green Lake & Fremont chapter from Lonely Planet’s Seattle guide-book.

Fremont combines young hipsters and old hippies, with junk shops, urban sculpture and a healthy sense of its own ludicrousness. To the north, family-friendly Green Lake is a more afflu-ent suburb centered on a park favored by fitness devotees.

• walk around Seattle’s most irreverent neighborhood in search of its peculiar public art, as well as keeping an eye out for any spontaneous ‘art attacks.’
• maps
• take in chimps, giraffes, hippos and more at Woodland Park Zoo, one of the better zoos in the US
• transport
• join the walking, running, skating, cycling mass of humanity powering around beautiful Green Lake Park
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.