Productive leisure in Калгаре |
Calgary lives a rich and various cultural life. In a city about 500 churches and the religious organisations, the opera, ballet, museums, showrooms, the cultural centres is a lot of theatres, cinemas. All conditions for productive leisure and entertainments are created: the sports centres and clubs by all kinds of sports, a hippodrome, parks of attractions in city boundaries and in the country, a zoo which is considered one of the best in Canada, and also a large quantity of cafe and restaurants where it is possible to get acquainted with kitchen from all world, for fans of a night life - clubs and a casino.
The word "heritage" - means "heritage". In spite of the fact that Canada - the country very young, Canadians are proud of its history. "Heritage Park" is as though a huge museum of history open-air which occupies the space in 27 hectares. In it the history of Calgary of the end of 19th - the beginnings of 20th century, till 1914, that is from that time when the fort till time when Calgary became large enough city of a province of Albert has been constructed is presented.
Gate and park fencing are made as during times when the Canadian mounted police built the forts for the control and maintenance of an order among поселенцев and American Indian tribes.
Only the seventh attempt to enter into number of Olympic cities became successful for Calgary. With consent МОК the city has received additional stimulus of the development. The Olympic stadium after reconstruction began to contain more than 60,000 spectators. Specially to Games the line has been constructed new sanno-bobslejnaja. The refrigerating units established under her allow to keep ice even at temperature 20 ° S.Novye covered stadiums give possibility of 19,000 spectators to observe of matches of hockey commands and competitions on figure skating. Also modern ski and mountain-skiing lines have been built, the International centre of tele-radio broadcasting is installed.
In 1967 Canada marked the 100 anniversary. In honour of this event two companies have begun tower building in Calgary. It were Marathon Realty and Husky Oil. Both companies needed a place for general offices in a downtown of Calgary.
This tower which at that time was called Husky Tower, should become the highest separately a standing building design in all North America.
The tower design has been designed so that, slightly rocking at a wind, even at very strong impulses of a wind the tower could keep the stability.
It has been finished in 1968, and its silhouette became an integral part of outlines of the centre of Calgary. Harmonous "leg" and expanded "hat" - tower all together in height almost 191 metre.
In 1971 the Husky Tower it has been renamed in Calgary Tower.
In 1987, during preparation for Olympic Games, on its top the powerful gas torch has been established. Olympic fire brightly burnt throughout all Olympic Games. Now this fire light in Day of Canada and other important days. And if command Calgary Flames plays "houses" and wins - on a tower the torch necessarily burns. Before Christmas the top part of a tower decorate garlands of multi-coloured bulbs.
Though now Calgary Tower any more the highest tower in America, it nevertheless very interesting place for visiting.
In Calgary by all means it is necessary to visit - there the lowest prices all North America. The prices are comparable with the prices in Turkey. Calgary is proud of the parks (more than 8,000 hectares) and avenues for bicyclists and pedestrians (300 km), and also the greatest number of sunny days in a year among other cities of the country.
Among unique sights - Museum Glenbow and the second-large zoo in Canada.
