Ballard ndi imodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri a Seattle-amadzazidwa ndi zinthu zambiri zoti achite, koma popanda makamu omwe ali kumzinda. Ili ndi matani a malo okoma ndi malo omwe amabweretsa misewu ndi malo a dera. Mwachidule, Ballard ndi malo osangalatsa kukhalamo kapena kutuluka.
Malo oyandikana nawo adakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu a ku Scandinavia olowa m'zaka za m'ma 1800, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti Seattle alibe zambiri. Misewu yadzaza ndi malo osungirako zakale ndi nyumba zamakedzana zomwe zimasandulika ku mahoitilanti ndi pubs ndi zizindikiro za mbiri yakale. Ngakhale kutsegula kwa Ballard ndiko kukopa kwakukulu ndikupeza chibwibwi zambiri, pali zambiri kumudzi.
Pano pali zifukwa zazikulu zomwe Ballard akuyenera kuonetsetsa (kuphatikizapo kutsekedwa ... chifukwa chakuti ndi otchuka sichikutanthauza kuti sakuyenera kuwona).
01 pa 10
Mafuta a Ballard ndi Mazira a Salmon
Ballard ndi wotchuka kwambiri kwa Hiram M. Chittendam Locks (omwe amatchedwa Ballard Locks). Mabotolo a mawonekedwe onse ndi kukula kwake kumalo osungirako kusuntha pakati pa ngalande ndi Puget Sound-antchito amakwezera kapena kuchepetsa mlingo wa madzi malingana ndi njira yomwe ikuyendera. Kuima pamapulatifomu kumbali zonse za kutsekedwa ndikuwonetsetsa kuti njirayi ndi yosangalatsa, yophunzitsa komanso nthawi zina zosangalatsa chifukwa simudziwa kuti ndi anthu otani omwe angagwiritse ntchito mabwatowa.
Woloka pazitsulo ndi kumbali yakutali ya mawonekedwe ndipo iwe upeza makwerero a nsomba. Mu nyengo ya salimoni, ndi zachilendo kuona nsomba ikudumpha kuchokera pamadzi kuchokera pamwamba pa ngalande, koma tengani masitepe mpaka mkati mwa makwerero ndipo mukhoza kuona nsomba yomwe ikulimbana ndi madzi omwe akupezeka panopa kudzera m'magalasi. Ndi moto wamoto umene umamenyedwa ndi ana aang'ono, koma pafupifupi aliyense adzakhala amodzimodzi ndi nsomba zazikulu zothamanga motsatira zamakono.
02 pa 10
Breweries
Ballard ndi chidutswa cha microbrewery kumwamba! Ma brew pubs angapo ndi matepi amapezeka kwambiri m'madera ena, kupanga zinthu zomwe zimakhala zochepa kwambiri kuposa ma firimu a mowa. Mabala a Microbreweries akuphatikizapo Reuben's Brews, Maritime Pacific Brewing Company, ndi Hale's Ales-mabotolo atsopano amalowa mndandanda nthawi zonse. Ngati Ballard alibe mabolo okwanira kwa inu, pali malo ambiri ku Fremont pafupi.
03 pa 10
Golden Gardens Park
Kuika pansi, imodzi mwa mapiri abwino a Seattle, Golden Gardens Park ili ndi zonse zomwe zimapangitsa kumpoto chakumadzulo kukhala malo odabwitsa okhalamo. Mphepete mwa nyanja za Sandy komwe mungathe kubwerera, malo ambiri oti muzitha kuyenda pamadzi kapena m'nkhalango, ndi zina zozizwitsa za madzi ndi mapiri a Olimpiki. Zina zapaki za pakiyi zimaphatikizapo malo osungiramo ziweto, malo ogwira nsomba, kukonza bwato ndi maenje a moto. Koma ngati zonse zomwe mumapanga zimakhala bwino kuti dzuwa likhale pano, mudzakhala olemera chifukwa cha zomwe zakuchitikirani.
04 pa 10
Zikondwerero
Ballard ili ndi cholowa cholimba cha ku Scandinavia ndi nyanja chimene sichingaiwale. Pa May 17, Ballard akukondwerera Syttende Mai, zomwe zimatsimikizira kuti lamulo la Norway likulembedwa. Zikondwerero za Ballard zikuphatikizapo Synttende mai wamkulu omwe akuyendetsa kunja kwa Norway!
Chikondwerero china chomwe chiri chifukwa chochezera Ballard onse ndi Chokha Chakudya Chakudya-Chodzidzimutsa Chachimwemwe cha July chinkazungulira kuzungulira kwa nyanja. Mudzapeza magalimoto ndi ogulitsa ogulitsa nsomba zamtundu uliwonse, komanso nkhono yamchere komwe mungagule zakudya zamakono. Chifukwa Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya cha Seafood Chikondwererochi sichitha pomwepo mwina. Masiku a Viking, Fisherman's Fall Festival ndi Yulefest ndi masewera ena a Ballard okha omwe amawunika.05 ya 10
Ballard Alimi Amsika
Seattle alibe kusowa kwa misika ya alimi, koma Ballard Farmers Market pa Ballard Avenue ndi imodzi mwa zabwino kwambiri. Kwa amodzi, ogulitsa ambiri amakhala olimba. Mudzapeza maluwa, nyama ndi nsomba, zobala, komanso maluso ndi zamisiri. Ogulitsa ambiri amapereka zitsanzo zaulere kuti muthe kuyesa zomwe mukufuna kugula. Misika imatsegulidwa chaka chonse, Lamlungu lirilonse kuyambira 10am mpaka 3 koloko masana, ngakhale ziri nyengo (koma ikhoza kutseka ngati tchuthi lalikulu monga Khrisimasi likugwa pa Lamlungu). Ngati mulibe zakudya zogula zakudya, bwerani kuti muzitha kuthamanga ndi kusangalala ndi nyimbo zina.
06 cha 10
Shilshole Bay Marina
Ngati simunaganizirepo kale, Ballard ndi malo amtundu wa nyanja ndipo Shilshole Bay Marina amayimirira. Ngati ndinu woyendetsa sitima kapena woyendetsa sitima, Shilshole imayendetsa mabwato okwana 1,500 komanso sitima yapamadzi. Ngati mukuyang'ana kuti mukhale chowotcha, mungapeze makalasi oyendetsa sitima komanso oyendetsa sitima kuchokera ku marina, kuphatikizapo magulu angapo, mabungwe ogulitsa ngongole komanso makampani ogulitsa ngalawa.
07 pa 10
Pitani Kugula
Pokhapokha mutagula masitolo akuluakulu a bokosi okha, zambiri za kugula kwa Seattle zikhoza kupezeka m'madera ena kunja kwa dera lamzinda. Ballard ndi malo omwewo. Pogwiritsa ntchito Ballard Avenue NW pakati pa 20th Avenue NW ndikupitirizabe kupita ku 22nd Avenue NW, ogulitsa amatha kuyendayenda kuchoka ku mabasiketi kupita kumasitolo okongoletsera kunyumba. Mitolo ndi malo onse, koma ndibwino-malowa ali pa National Register of Historic Places potengera zolemba zambiri zingakhale mbali ya zochitika zamalonda, ngati mukufuna mbiri yakale ndi mankhwala anu ogulitsira.
08 pa 10
Dya Kutuluka
Ballard ali ndi malo odyera mowa, Ballard ali ndi malo odyera okondweretsa, nayenso. Ngati muli ndi maganizo a nsomba, mumalowa ku Anthony's Homeport, Chinooks ndi Ray's Boathouse onse ali m'malire a Ballard. Pakati pa Ballard Avenue NW ndikudyera kwambiri, kuchokera ku nsomba za m'nyanja monga Walrus ndi The Carpenter ku Pestle Rock (Thai) ndi kupitirira. Musaope kuyendayenda ndikuwona zomwe mumakumana nazo.
09 ya 10
Pitani ku Nordic Heritage Museum
Ballard amanyadira mizu yake ndipo palibe malo (chabwino, kulikonse kupatula mwina mwambo wa May 17) ndiwowoneka kwambiri kuposa Nordic Heritage Museum. Nyumba yosungirako zinthu zakale imayang'ana ku cholowa cha Nordic kumidzi ya Scandinavia ndi kuno kumpoto chakumadzulo. Palinso zochitika zapadera ndi zochitika za ana, ndipo ziwonetsero zapadera zimatsimikizira kuti nthawi zonse pali chinachake chatsopano.
10 pa 10
Pitani Kayaking
Ngati mukufufuza malo amtunda, njira yabwino yothetsera zinthuzo ndikutuluka pamadzi. Gulani kayak kuchokera ku Ballard Kayak-kuchokera m'madzi, penyani machitsulo atakwera pamtsinje wa Shipha kapena kufufuza malo a Golden Gardens mbali ina. Ballard Kayak imayendetsanso maulendo ndipo mungathe kudutsa ku Ballard Kuwoneka pa kayak pa ulendo wawo umodzi. Ballard Kayak imatseguka m'chaka ndi chilimwe chaka chilichonse.