With a population of just over 40,000, Burlington is Vermont's largest city. It is located on Lake Champlain, in the heart of a small urban area, which is in fact the center of all the most interesting in Vermont. Burlington is a college town known for its freethinking moods and super-liberal politics. But at the same time it is an important commercial center of the state, which has not lost its cozy and nice atmosphere.
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How to get to Burlington
Burlington International Airport accepts daily flights from Chicago and Orlando, as well as weekly flights from Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto and Washington. By car from New York, you can get here in 6 hours, from Boston - for 3, 5 hours, and from Montreal - for 1, 5 hours. Daily buses run to Burlington from New York, Boston, Saratoga Springs, and the Amtrak train from Washington via New York.
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Burlington
The center of Burlington is small, one of the most beautiful in New England and is great for hiking .And the most famous part of it, the real heart of Burlington is the Church Street area with a pedestrian zone .Here you can see the imposing and beautiful Unitarian Church, built in 1816 .; Building Richardson Building (1895 g .) with angular pointed turrets; Masonic temple (1898 g .), which distinguish sloping rows of windows; The former building of the Howard opera (1878 g .), nowadays given for commercial needs .All these buildings form part of the Historic District of Church Street, which is listed in the national registry entirely .And all of them are built, which is typical for this area, from red stone .
The Follet House, built in 1840 on the model of ancient temples with the Doric colonnade, and the classical post office and customs (1906) look quite different. Well, absolutely nothing like - but charming - "fairy" House of Daniel Webster Robinson. It was built in 1886 as a private residence of the tycoon and is closed for public visits: the building is occupied by the university club "Alpha Xi Omega."
Another beautiful corner of Burlington, where you should take a walk in the presence of time, is the campus of the University of Vermont .The territory occupied by the university complex is quite large, green, planted with flowers, and the traditional architecture of the academic buildings recalls the old noble European educational institutions .Remarkably impressive building is Old Mill, the oldest of all university buildings .The keystone of the building was laid by the Marquis de Lafayette, French general and one of the commanders during the American Revolution .The faculties of art and anthropology occupy the imposing building of Williams Science Hall, and in the interesting medieval building of the Billings Memorial Library (1883 .) since it was used as a student center, the dining hall has been preserved to this day .
- Take a cruise on the lake.
- To visit the market of Church Street with benches and street food; listen to musicians and buy unique gifts.
- If you can - climb the fire escape of Williams Hall to admire the sunset over the lake. This is an amazing and romantic show.
- Try the Ben-and-Jerry ice cream, which has become a national brand. The first original store was opened in Burlington in 1978 near College Street, but today the famous ice cream maker can be found on the Church Street market.
- Try to see Shampa, the local sister of Nessie, who is said to live in the lake.
In addition to admiring architecture in Burlington, you can usefully and enjoy exploring museums and exhibition centers .The most famous of them, perhaps, ECHO - the science center of Lake Champlain and the aquarium .There are expositions dedicated to the flora, fauna, geology and history of the lake, there are remains of sunken ships .The Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont is dedicated to art and anthropology .In his collection about 25 thousand .objects of different eras and cultures .It will be interesting to wander around the center of the ICA, where five galleries and art studios are located on five floors .
More than interesting is the Shelburn Museum, which is located a few kilometers from the city .This is a whole museum complex of almost 40 buildings, which housed the most extensive collections of arts and crafts, paintings, sculptures, traditional costumes, toys, household items and t .e .By themselves, the museum buildings are of historical interest, and a 45-acre museum territory is divided into a beautiful landscaped garden .Without hurrying, you can spend a whole day walking to the old lighthouse, looking at the covered bridge or writing something shallow on a board in an old school .The special pride of the museum is "Trikonderoga", the last remaining passenger wheeled steamer with a vertically oriented engine .On it, too, can be like .
Bern's Gallery, on Main Street, is definitely among the must-see attractions of the city. In this art gallery almost daily you can watch live how to blow out elegant pieces of glass. The gallery has an accredited glassblower school and a shop, and every September there are competitions of glass blowers, in which 12 best masters from all over the country take part.
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Travelers with children or just sweethearts will certainly enjoy the taste and other excursion opportunities offered by Burlington .Firstly, it is a visit to the Ben-and-Jerry ice cream factory, which is located outside the city, but very close to .This is a favorite tourist attraction from all over the state, where you can not only get acquainted with the history of brand growth, but also see how exactly they make a delicacy - of course, with a degustation .Secondly, the chocolate factory of Lake Champlain also accepts organized tours .They last only half an hour, but that's enough: by the end of the tour, tourists can not wait to return to the chocolate shop at the factory to choose something tasty from more than a hundred options .
Burlington Events
Every year many festivals take place in the city, beginning with the New Year and February winter carnival. The Mardi Gras parade is held on Fat Friday in Church Street, and it hosts a variety of live bands (and special events are organized by the city's brewery "The Magic Hat"). The festival "Discovery Jazz" is held in the first two weeks of June, and this is the largest event of its kind in the state that gathers performers and fans of jazz, blues, gospel and Latin American music in several venues of the city.
In the middle of July at the Vermont Festival breweries their products are represented by microbreweries from all over New England. In early August in Burlington, a festival of fools is organized, which is dedicated to street performances, and a festival of boat racing. And at the end of the month there is an air show.