Robson Square

Great place for markets! The foot traffic is incredible. Check out my lip balms! Designed for sensitive skin, but cool enough for everyone! @BlackroseKraftwork

I like to come and walk all over robson and stay in robson square specially in sunny days, fortunately farmers market will be back soon!

A convenient place in Downtown Vancouver close to the city center to meet friends in a public place with excellent access to public transportation.

Nice place to walk through when downtown and always has food trucks or some event usually. In winter time there’s an ice rink with cheap rentals. Just always overcrowded around the area

City central Square with lots of activities around like museums ,ice rink , food trucks, schools . This area has always been a location for protests rallies to gather . Its got lots of green spaces here . Local festivals gather here and annual local markets , artists 🎨

Love this place. The skate rental is cheap and good quality. That's why it is always crowded and need to wait in a long line at weekend.

You can enjoy skating at the ice rink. There are many good restaurants around the block.

Robson Square is right in the heart of downtown Vancouver, which is metaphoricaly exactly where it belongs. Robson Square sits between the Provincial Court House and the Vancouver Art Gallery.  The space has multiple levels, mulitiple water falls, and a surprising amount of greenery in the overall design.  Basically it’s an urban park with stunning architecture.

The biggest feature of Robson Square is it’s reputation as the go-to place for every protest or public demonstration in Vancouver.  Everyone in Vancouver gathers here, or on the North Plaza in front of the Art Gallery, and vents their frustrations with the world.  Which is a very important aspect of a healthy democracy.  I didn’t include any pictures of the protests, but the fact that Robson Square plays this role in Vancouver makes it one of the most important spaces in Vancouver.  People need a public place to express themselves and for Vancouver it’s Robson Square and the North Plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

I’ve actually never been inside the Vancouver Art Gallery but the building is quite beautiful and what it represents is very important.  Culture is built with creativity and the Vancouver Art Gallery is a great metaphor for this fact.  If you want your city to have culture, you need to have a vibrant art scene.

Lots of artists and entrepreneurs come to Robson Square to sell their wares, play their music, take pictures, make videos, etc.  Having this free public location for artists to practice their craft is very important because real estate in Vancouver is very expensive.  There’s also a skating rink on the lower floor that doubles as a multi-functional space in the summer months for things like dancing.  There’s lots of dancing and music in Robson Square.

On the quieter days Robson Square is also a good place to go just to sit and have your lunch or read a book.  There are many nooks and crannies to be found in Robson Square that you can find to just get away from it all.  Especially if you’re willing to climb the stairs that lead up to the Court House.  The view from up there is quite nice.  Especially at night, when all the lights of the city come on.

I’ve taken about a million pictures of Robson Square and the ones I included here are just a few I took lately.  It’s an amazing space to be in if you’re a street photographer.  Ultimately, Robson Square is about people.  This is what makes the space come alive.  It was built for people, not trees or water or architecture.  If you want to celebrate people, come and visist Robson Square.  They are the biggest attraction that it has to offer.