Downtown Seattle
Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown Seattle unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Central Library.
Seattle Art Museum
Museum
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The Seattle Art Museum is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007.
Seattle Central Library
Library
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The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
Pike Place Market
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Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the older continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pioneer Square-International District and Queen Anne-South Lake Union.
Pioneer Square-International District
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Pioneer Square is Seattle's oldest neighborhood, showcasing a wealth of art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, cool restaurants, and buzzing nightclubs within easy walking distance of Downtown.
Queen Anne-South Lake Union
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Northwest of Downtown Seattle, Queen Anne is a hilly residential neighborhood with marvelous views of the city's skyline. Magnolia, a wealthy residential neighborhood, sits on a peninsula west of Queen Anne, separated from Queen Anne by Interbay, an unexpected commercial and industrial strip in the valley between the two hilly neighborhoods.
Capitol Hill-Central District
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Capitol Hill is Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood and the heart of the city's counterculture. Lying directly east of the downtown retail core, Capitol Hill is unofficially bounded to the east by 23rd Ave, to the west by Interstate 5, to the south by E Union St, and to the north by E Interlaken Blvd.
Downtown Seattle
- Type: Locality
- Description: central business district
- Category: central business district
- Location: City of Seattle, Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Downtown Seattle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Downtown Seattle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وسط مدينة سياتل”
- Basque: “Downtown”
- Chinese: “西雅图市中心”
- Chinese: “西雅圖市中心”
- Dutch: “Downtown Seattle”
- Dutch: “Downtown”
- French: “Downtown Seattle”
- Hebrew: “סיאטל/מרכז העיר”
- Italian: “Downtown Seattle”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン (シアトル)”
- Slovenian: “Downtown Seattle”
- Spanish: “Centro de Seattle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Edge and Central Business District.
Seattle: Must-Visit Destinations
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