Best things to do in Seattle
The top 3 according to 767 votes from people: Pike Place Market · Space Needle · Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP). (Updated Sep 4, 2026.)
Pike Place, the Space Needle and Puget Sound: the Seattle experiences that U.S. News, AFAR and TripAdvisor rate highest.
Top 10
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Pike Place Market
Market open since 1907 with over 200 vendors, flying fish and the original Starbucks store.
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Space Needle
605-foot tower from the 1962 World's Fair with a rotating glass floor.
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Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
Frank Gehry-designed museum of music, sci-fi and pop culture, with Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix exhibits.
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Chihuly Garden and Glass
Dale Chihuly's glass art in galleries, a glasshouse and a garden beside the Space Needle.
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Discovery Park
Seattle's largest park, on a bluff with views of the Olympic and Cascade mountains and a lighthouse.
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Seattle Aquarium
Waterfront aquarium with sea otters and giant Pacific octopuses.
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Museum of Flight
One of the world's largest air and space museums, with a Concorde and Air Force One.
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8
Fremont Troll
18-foot concrete troll clutching a Volkswagen Beetle under the Aurora Bridge.
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9
Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
Guided walk through the buried storefronts of old Pioneer Square.
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10
Gum Wall
Post Alley wall covered in chewing gum, beneath Pike Place Market.
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Kerry Park
Small Queen Anne park with the postcard view of the Space Needle and Mount Rainier.
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Ferry to Bainbridge Island
35-minute Washington State Ferry ride with skyline and Mount Rainier views.
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Olympic Sculpture Park
Free waterfront park by the Seattle Art Museum with works by Alexander Calder and Louise Bourgeois.
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Seattle Great Wheel
Ferris wheel on Pier 57 over Elliott Bay, opened in 2012.
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Comments (4)
Museum of Flight is huge, a full day for aviation fans.
Pike Place fish throwing, classic.
Chihuly Garden and Glass is stunning.
Kerry Park at sunset with Mount Rainier behind the Space Needle, the classic Seattle shot.