Canada
Try the bobsled track at Canada Olympic Park if you fancy an adrenalin rush at over 90 kph. Pricey at 45 dollars but worth every hair-raising, pants-wetting second.
Most accessible by car as it is located on the outskirts, along the highway to the Rockies.
88 Canada Olympic Park Road
Calgary, AB
Tel 247 5452
Web: www.canadaolympicpark.ca
If you're in town during the ice hockey season, try and get a ticket to an NHL game at the local team's home rink The Saddledome. (Shaped like a saddle, wild west... geddit?) The Calgary Flames are the team and attending a game is a cultural crash course.
The Calgary Flames website:
www.calgaryflames.com
The Saddledome:
www.pengrowthsaddledome.com
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