Book-hunting route · Vancouver

Main Street run (part 2)

3 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.3 km

This second Main Street run in Vancouver stays on the one street for all three stops. It starts at Houndstooth, reaches Still Fabulous Thrift Store three minutes on, then Carson Books and Records a minute after that. Four minutes of walking end to end.

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 Houndstooth

    Secondhand store · Main Street

    11:00–18:00

  2. 2

    3 min walk

    Still Fabulous Thrift Store

    Secondhand store · Main Street

    10:00–17:00

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Carson Books and Records

    Used bookstore · Main Street

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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.

See all thrift stores in Vancouver, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Thrift stores in Surrey· Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Victoria

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