Things to Do in Seattle

Seattle is one of the cloudiest cities in the US, but receives less annual rainfall than New York or Boston.

The Space Needle, built for the 1962 World's Fair, was designed to withstand winds of 200 mph and earthquakes up to 9.0 magnitude.

Seattle's Pike Place Market, founded in 1907, is the oldest continuously operating farmers market in the United States.

The city is the birthplace of grunge music and was home to Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains in the 1990s.

Seattle has more coffee shops per capita than any other major US city, fueled by the global success of Starbucks, which originated here in 1971.

The Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed most of the downtown; rebuilding elevated the street level by up to 35 feet, creating the underground 'Seattle Underground.'