# Best things to do in Seattle

Pike Place, the Space Needle and Puget Sound: the Seattle experiences that U.S. News, AFAR and TripAdvisor rate highest.

- 767 votes · 14 items
- Aug 6, 2025 · the_wayfarer
- https://even.best/en/l/356/best-things-to-do-in-seattle

## Top 10

1. **Pike Place Market** (82 · ▲89 ▼7) — Market open since 1907 with over 200 vendors, flying fish and the original Starbucks store. <https://www.pikeplacemarket.org/>
2. **Space Needle** (67 · ▲77 ▼10) — 605-foot tower from the 1962 World's Fair with a rotating glass floor. <https://www.spaceneedle.com/>
3. **Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)** (56 · ▲61 ▼5) — Frank Gehry-designed museum of music, sci-fi and pop culture, with Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix exhibits. <https://www.mopop.org/>
4. **Chihuly Garden and Glass** (55 · ▲62 ▼7) — Dale Chihuly's glass art in galleries, a glasshouse and a garden beside the Space Needle. <https://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/>
5. **Discovery Park** (44 · ▲55 ▼11) — Seattle's largest park, on a bluff with views of the Olympic and Cascade mountains and a lighthouse.
6. **Seattle Aquarium** (40 · ▲47 ▼7) — Waterfront aquarium with sea otters and giant Pacific octopuses. <https://www.seattleaquarium.org/>
7. **Museum of Flight** (37 · ▲46 ▼9) — One of the world's largest air and space museums, with a Concorde and Air Force One. <https://www.museumofflight.org/>
8. **Fremont Troll** (32 · ▲35 ▼3) — 18-foot concrete troll clutching a Volkswagen Beetle under the Aurora Bridge.
9. **Bill Speidel's Underground Tour** (31 · ▲43 ▼12) — Guided walk through the buried storefronts of old Pioneer Square.
10. **Gum Wall** (26 · ▲36 ▼10) — Post Alley wall covered in chewing gum, beneath Pike Place Market.
11. **Kerry Park** (25 · ▲36 ▼11) — Small Queen Anne park with the postcard view of the Space Needle and Mount Rainier.
12. **Ferry to Bainbridge Island** (23 · ▲37 ▼14) — 35-minute Washington State Ferry ride with skyline and Mount Rainier views.
13. **Olympic Sculpture Park** (15 · ▲24 ▼9) — Free waterfront park by the Seattle Art Museum with works by Alexander Calder and Louise Bourgeois.
14. **Seattle Great Wheel** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Ferris wheel on Pier 57 over Elliott Bay, opened in 2012.

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