Book-hunting route · Calgary

Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers) and 3 more

4 shops · about 10 minutes on foot · 0.6 km

This Calgary run starts at Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers), a used bookstore on 9 Avenue SE, and covers four stops in about ten minutes of walking. Seven minutes on is Adorn Boutique, then Peacock Boutique one minute later, and Change is Good four minutes after that.

Open the route in Google Maps Walking directions, stop by stop. The line above follows the streets, routed on OpenStreetMap data.

The stops, in walking order

Starts at the end nearest downtown. Times are sidewalk estimates at an easy pace.

  1. 1 Fair's Fair (For Book Lovers)

    Used bookstore · 9 Avenue SE · T2G 0S5

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–17:00

  2. 2

    7 min walk

    Adorn Boutique

    Secondhand store

    Sat–Wed 11:00–18:00; Thu,Fri 11:00–19:00

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Peacock Boutique

    Secondhand store

    Mon–Sat 11:00–18:00; Sun 11:00–17:00

  4. 4

    4 min walk

    Change is Good

    Secondhand store

    Tue–Sat 11:00–17:00

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How the route is built

Shops within about 400 metres of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest downtown. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the smaller stores before you set out.

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