Due to Seattle’s unique geographical location, it is adjacent to the fishing grounds of Alaska and Canada, and fisheries from Chile and Japan are often loaded and unloaded here. Therefore, Seattle’s food is dominated by seafood, including oysters, crabs, salmon, Trout, cod and scallops. In addition, there is grilled steak from the prairie of Washington State, which is to die for. There are as many as 2,000 restaurants in Seattle. In the International District (Chinatown), there are Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Malay, and Thai restaurants; in the Ballard area, traditional Scandinavian cuisine is preserved. Specialties: crab, oysters, salmon, seafood chowder.

Seattle is a paradise for coffee lovers. There are 230 coffee stands selling instant coffee (espresso), and the number is increasing every week. Seattleites are addicted to coffee, consuming 25% of it in a week. Ten thousand cups, the two major coffee companies Starbucks and SBC are the biggest contributors. Starbucks has 150 stores, which are shipped to all fifty states across the country. Now they are also established in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and other cities. SBC Coffee (Seattle'sBestCoffee) is sold through restaurants and espresso coffee stalls. Seattle's most special landmark is the Space Needle. It was built for the 21st Century Exposition in 1962. The surrounding exposition site was changed to the Seattle Center. It is still home to many important civil and cultural institutions. The venue for major art events.

Other famous landmarks include Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, Experience Music Project (EMP), and the new Seattle Public library - - Central Library) and the Bank of America Tower, which is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the United States west of the Mississippi River and the 12th tallest skyscraper in the United States. Team Projects League Home Page

Seattle Mariners Baseball Major League Baseball Safeco Field

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Seattle’s first modern professional team It's the Seattle SuperSonics. In 1969, the Seattle Pilots baseball team joined. Both teams' names are related to the local aircraft industry. The Aviators moved to Milwaukee a year later. The football team Seattle Seahawks was established in 1976, and the baseball team Seattle Mariners was established in 1977. The first team to win a national championship for Seattle was the ice hockey team Seattle Metropolitans, which won the U.S. Championship in 1917. In addition, the University of Washington, Seattle University, and Seattle Pacific University also have teams (such as football and basketball). Seattle's most famous cultural events include the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival held on Memorial Day weekend, the summer Seafair, and the Seattle Food Festival. Bite of Seattle) and the Bumbershoot Arts Festival (Bumbershoot), the International Children's Theater Festival and the Northwest Book Festival held over Labor Day weekend. Typically there are hundreds of thousands of people attending these festivals. The Marijuana Festival and the two Independence Day parades also always draw large crowds.

Dozens of Seattle's downtown areas host one or more street festivals each year, and many also hold an annual parade or race.

The largest street festival includes department store stalls, entertainers and many performance stages, with hundreds of thousands of participants, while the smallest one only has a dozen stalls and entertainers, which is similar to the markets in larger districts. Other important events are the Pavo dances organized by several Indians, a Greek festival and ethnic festivals held by many different peoples.

Like many other large cities, Seattle has many other small-scale events, such as book fairs, special film festivals, and an annual two-day event from Seattle to Portland attended by about 8,000 people. Bike racing. Pike Place Market was founded in 1907 as a farmers market. Today, farmers and fishmongers are only a small part of the attraction here. You can find more than 200 shops here, supplying all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as custom handicrafts from all over the world. In addition, exotic restaurants also line the streets. .

There is a world-famous fish market in Pike Place Market called Pike Place Fish stall, which has become a must-visit attraction for tourists. Victor Steinbrueck Park is located at the northernmost end of Pike Place Market and is a large green space. The "Gum Wall" is because there is a small cinema next to it. Every time people queue up to buy tickets, they stick the chewing gum in their mouths to the wall. Over time, it actually forms a landscape. Like those in most other big cities in the United States, Seattle's public schools are often a source of controversy. Although Seattle schools desegregated schools without a court decision, achieving racial parity in every school is not easy in a city where all races are segregated. Although some schools perform better than others, this differs depending on where you live, how parents educate their children, and how schools approach them.

In addition to public schools, there are also a number of private schools in Seattle: four Catholic schools, one Protestant school and six secular schools.

The most important university in Seattle is the University of Washington, which has about 50,000 students and ranks 46th in the latest US NEWS ranking. In addition, City University of Seattle is one of the largest private schools on the West Coast of the United States, with more than 13,000 registered students worldwide. The school's business administration (especially industry-based on-the-job MBA training) and education management majors enjoy a high reputation in the northwest region of the United States. High reputation. There are also Seattle University (a Jesuit university) and Seattle Pacific University (a Protestant university) in the city. In addition, Seattle also has some small colleges and universities in art, business and psychology.

There are also branch campuses of several universities near Seattle, including Washington State University, Central Washington University, and Western Washington University 1. University of Washington (Public) 42,446 people

2. Seattle City University (private) 13,000 people

3. Seattle University (private) 6,810 people

4. Seattle Pacific University (private) 3,779 students

5. Community colleges (four campuses, public) 27,218 students

6. Seattle Art College 2,200 students

7. Cornish College of Art (Cornish) 700 people