Mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Michigan, Grand Rapids uli pafupi ndi Grand River kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Michigan, mtunda wa makilomita 25 kuchokera ku Nyanja ya Michigan komanso mphindi 45 (kudzera pa speedy I-196) kuchokera ku Midwest komwe anthu ambiri amakonda kugonana, Saugatuck -Douglas . Grand Rapids ili ndi ndege yoyandikana nayo (Gerald R Ford International) yomwe imapereka ntchito nthawi zonse kuchokera kwa anthu ambiri otsogolera, ndipo ndi mzinda wokondwa komanso wokhala nawo usiku umodzi pamudzi, kunyumba kwa anthu ochepa omwe amaitanidwa ndi amuna okhaokha. Mzindawu uli ndi malo osambira okha omwe ali kunja kwa mzinda wa Detroit .
Mzindawu umathandizanso anthu omwe anapita ku chikondwerero cha Gay Pride Grand Rapids chaka chilichonse pakati pa June.
Pakati pa magulu achigawenga ku Grand Rapids, Rumors Nightclub (69 Division Ave. S) ili mkatikati mwa mzinda. Izi ndi zazikulu ndi gulu lovina lachitsulo ndi bar omwe ali ndi kusakaniza kwakukulu kwa usana wa tsiku ndi tsiku - chirichonse kuchokera kwa anyamata achimuna aamuna Lachitatu mpaka Lachisanu madzulo usiku kuti azikoka masewera Lamlungu. Loweruka usiku, nthawizina pamakhala maphwando amphuphu, ndipo nthawi zonse ndi malo opitilira kuvina kumapeto kwa maola. Ziri pafupi ndi malo otchedwa Grand Rapids Art Museum, Van Andel Arena, ndi zina zazikulu zam'tawuni zapafupi (mwachitsanzo, JW Marriott Grand Rapids, Amway Grand Plaza).
Gombe lakale kwambiri ku Grand Rapids (ndi limodzi lakale kwambiri m'boma) ndi Lounge (33 Sheldon Ave.), malo osadziwika, omwe amapezeka mosavuta kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za 1970 pakatikati pa mzinda, ndi malo owonetsera maofesi ndi mahotela komanso pafupi ndi Veterans Memorial Park.
Zimakhala zovuta kuyenda pakati pa magalasi atatu, chifukwa onse ali pamtunda wina ndi mzake komanso malo ena odyera, khofi, ndi mipiringidzo yambiri ya kumtunda.
Grand Rapids yakhala ndi mbiri yakale m'zaka zaposachedwa chifukwa cha nambala yake komanso mitundu yambiri yapamwamba yopanga zamalonda - ngati muli okonda kwambiri mowa, mowa wambiri komanso malo odyera, ganizirani zina mwa malo odyera, monga HopCat (25 Ionia Ave.
SW), yomwe imakhala mu nyumba yokongola yakale yomwe ili ndi makhalidwe abwino ndipo imakhala ndi mowa wambiri wambiri komanso chisangalalo cha chow - HopCat ili ndi nthambi ku Ann Arbor, Detroit, East Lansing, ndi Broad Ripple ku Indianapolis. Bungwe lina labwino lopangira zojambula m'tawuni ndi Founders Brewing Co. (235 Grandville Ave. SW), yomwe imatchuka kwambiri ndi mowa wake woyamba (kuyesa Oak-Age Rye Ipa) monga nyimbo zamoyo ndi masangweji.
San Chez Bistro (38 Fulton St. W) ndi njira yokongola ya matepi ovomerezeka a Chisipanishi, sangria, ndi - m'mawa - zabwino zam'mawa. Chikhalidwe cha Greek ndi Mediterranean chikuyimiridwa bwino ku Michigan, ndipo Nyanja ya Marie Catrib (1001 Nyanja Dr.) ndi imodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri, ndipo imakhala yotentha kwambiri, yotchedwa sweet-and-quinoa burgers (ok, menyu si Mediterranean), falafel , ndi zina.
Cafe chikhalidwe ndi chamoyo ku Grand Rapids, ndi Spirrow Coffee ya Tea & Newsstand (1035 Wealthy St. SE), yomwe imakopa anthu osakanikirana ndi omvera chifukwa cha java yapamwamba kwambiri ndi teas, zakudya zamtengo wapatali, mafupipafupi - ndi otseguka kuyambira m'mawa kwambiri mpaka usiku (maolawo ndi ochepa mu chilimwe).
Komanso onani Madcap Coffee (98 Monroe Center St. NW), yomwe siili yotseguka mochedwa (mpaka 7 koloko madzulo usiku) koma ndi wolemekezeka kwambiri wamakono akutsanulira khofi yabwino kwambiri mu boma.