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Sport/Wintersport

12.01.2012

20 Fakten über Vancouver

Sie zählt seit Jahren zu den lebenswertesten Städten der Welt. Was Vancouver so besonders macht, lesen Sie hier: Die 20 wichtigsten Fakten über die Stadt im Westen Kanadas.

von: Sonja Grundtner

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Skyline von Vancouver, im Hintergrund die North Shore Mountains

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EPAepa02023137 A police boat patrols in English Bay outside the Main Media Center in Vancouver, Canada, 09 February 2010. Canadas third biggest city Vancouver will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12 - 28 February 2010. EPA/ROLAND HOLSCHN

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EPAepa02023155 Boats cross English Bay near the Main Media Center in Vancouver, Canada, 09 February 2010. Canadas third biggest city Vancouver will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12 - 28 February 2010. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT

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REUTERSA jogger runs along the seawall in Stanley Park with the city skyline in the background in this June 24, 2003 file photo. The rising price tags on luxury houses on Vancouvers west side are a sign of Chinas expanding wealth as Chinese mainland buyer

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REUTERSA couple sit on the waterfront facing the Lions Gate Bridge in West Vancouver, British Columbia, September 9, 2011. A strong earthquake, with a preliminary 6.7 magnitude, off the coast of Vancouver Island shook buildings downtown in the Canadian ci

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EPAepa02054312 People walk into a brightly lit building in the 2010 Olympic Games host city of Vancouver, Canada, 24 February 2010. Vancouver is in the spotlight promoting itself as a premier sporting destination as it hosts the 2010 Winter Olympic games

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EPAepa02023142 A general view of the city of Vancouver from the top of one of the living quarters at the Vancouver Olympic Village in Vancouver, Canada, 09 February 2010. The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics starts 12 February 2010. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

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EPAepa02019564 A statue representing the many languages spoken in Vancouver stands in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada, 06 February 2010. The park is one of the major tourist attractions in the city. The Vancouver 2010 Olympic games start on 12 February 20

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EPAepa02021189 The illuminated harbour of Vancouver see against a backdrop of the Canadian citys skyline late 7 February 2010 - four days ahead of the XXI. Olympic Winter Games. EPA/ALEXANDRA WEY

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A statue of Captain George Vancouver, a british explorer who landed at present-day Port Moody after sailing into Burrard Inlet in 1792 and who is the namesake of Vancouver, stands in front of Vancouver City Hall as the Candian flag flies atop City Hall's

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REUTERSA view of the Winter Olympics host city Vancouver from Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver February 9, 2010. The 2010 Winter Olympics run from February 12 to 28 in the Canadian city of Vancouver and the winter sports resort of Whistler. REUTERS/Mi

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EPAepa01849584 The city of Vancouver and the Granville Bridge are seen from Granville Island across False Creek in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 05 September 2009. Vancouver will be the host site for the 2010 Winter Olympics which will be held both

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EPAepa02018902 The skyline of downtown Vancouver seen from Stanley Park under a cloudy sky in Vancouver, Canada, 05 February 2010. Unseasonable warm weather resulting in lack of snow is presenting challenges to Olympic organisers who have had to truck in

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EPAepa02019724 Olympic Games sport banners are seen as the sun rise strikes buildings in downtown Vancouver outside BC Place, where the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics Games will be held in six days, Vancouver, Canada, 06 February 2010. Cana

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EPAepa02023126 Boats cross English Bay as the snow capped mountains can viewed in the background in Vancouver, Canada, 09 February 2010. Canadas third biggest city Vancouver will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12 - 28 February 2010. EPA

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REUTERSThe downtown skyline of Vancouver, British Columbia is shown across English Bay February 8, 2010. In less than week the Canadian west coast city will host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA - Tags: CITYSCAPE SPORT

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REUTERSThe downtown core of Vancouver and the Lions Gate Bridge rise above a morning fog in this view from Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, British Columbia in this November 17, 2008 file photo. "Americas Vancouver", as a former town mayor liked to des

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Fireworks explode over the city during the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 12, 2010.

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The Vancouver Art Gallery's primary exhibition hall

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EPAepa02019725 Early morning pedestrians cross a bridge in downtown Vancouver, Canada, 06 February 2010. Canadas third biggest city Vancouver will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games from February 12 - 28 February 2010. Unseasonably warm weather resultin