town of lunenburg nova scotia this was  the first stop of a road trip along nova  

scotia south shore and i don't think we  could have chosen a more picturesque spot  

in this video we'll go on a harbour  tour for the best views of lunenburg  

we'll learn about the town's fishing heritage with  a visit to the fisheries museum of the atlantic  

we'll stumble upon a chandlery overflowing with  trinkets and treasures we'll sip on maple rum and  

fruity liqueurs and nova scotia's first micro  distillery will admire the buildings in the  

old town which are painted in the most cheerful of  colors and a whole lot more so join us as we share  

some of the best things to do in lunenburg nova  scotia the following is our lunenburg travel guide

well good morning good morning guys morning  guys welcome to lunenburg canada yeah a place  

we've wanted to visit in nova scotia for years  for a very long time this is probably the most  

picturesque postcard perfect town maybe  even in all of canada i would say so we  

are very excited to be here yeah first full  day we're planning to just wander around  

on foot check out the museums yeah exactly touring  there's some great seafood local seafood as well  

plenty to do and this is also a great place to  obviously hop on a boat and do some a boat tour  

there's also whale watching available so we're  hoping to do it all and we're so pumped to be

here

of course the first place we visited in lunenburg  was the waterfront after all this is a town with  

a big seafaring pass plus we were kind of  drawn in by the sailboats fishing vessels  

tall ships and everything else in between so  we've been having lots of fun wandering along  

here on the waterfront there's just so many  photos to be had everything is so colorful

now normally this would be the part where we'd  present the iconic blue nose too but she wasn't  

in port for any non-canadians wondering what  i'm talking about the bluenose appears on our  

10 cent coin and the bluenose 2 is the replica  of this original fishing and racing schooner  

to give you a bit of history the original bluenose  was launched on march 26 1921 in lunenburg she was  

designed by william ruiz and built by the smith  and rueland shipyard she was built with a specific  

mission to win the international fisherman's race  this was a race involving working vessels and  

fishermen who earned their living on the seas long  story short she earned her first trophy in 1921  

and over the next 17 years no challenger would  overtake her this is how she earned the title of  

queen of the north atlantic and landed herself  on our currency but now back to sightseeing

just a random pile of ice here on the  road i'm gonna add a few of these rocks  

to my whiskey tonight oh why not it might  taste a little fishy it'll fit in the cup

one of the coolest finds during our visit to  lunenburg nova scotia was lunenburg chandlery  

sam and i were randomly walking around snapping  photos when we stumbled upon this place selling  

all manner of nautical items for ships and  boats it was really the display of boys or  

buoys that caught our attention and then we set  foot inside what felt like a collector's paradise  

we got to chatting with the owner john who was  super informative and really fun to talk to  

we've been amazed that people have found this  place because it's kind of the end of the road  

here and but the right people seem to find it  people that like to explore and get into the  

sort of the boat building area which of course  is down here our whole complex is then connected  

to the dory shop and over here is the picton  castle you see there's a doll ship victim castle  

built in 1928 so that's been around around the  world yeah many times so you know we have a little  

of everything uh for hardware um and this sort of  divides itself into this is all for sale working  

making splicing sewing whatever um this is all the  pulleys there's no end to pulleys on on vessels  

so this is every not every type but certainly  close to every type you could have over here uh  

this is sort of an array of turnbuckles and then  all sorts of little fasteners i mean everybody has  

a need for an eyelet you know that kind of thing  ah they're blame pins okay is that for the wheel  

movies every time the ship starts having a  little problem with the crew the crew they  

do a good smash oh my gosh it works but i'm always  selling so great as much as i collect it's pretty  

much keep going and i can't find it yeah i can't  find near as much as i used to be able to find

so this is a really you know rigging knife  because it's got a straight straight edge  

it's not a fillet it's not for fish and so it's  a real cutting knife like this and this is from  

a tradition of having to stop the sailors from  stabbing each other does it always have those  

fights go there it's going oh yeah sure imagine  being a c for two years and that's what they give  

this blunt affair for because it's really not  a stabbing knife and it's remained that way and  

uh and this one's made in sheffield england and  it's by adams jay adams and that's a well-known  

company yeah well it's going to make the perfect  gift thank you so much yeah if you want to find  

this place it's just at the end of blue nose drive  right before you hit the dory shop and the pier  

well worth the peruse and as you can see they  even have items for non-boat owners like ourselves  

we walked away with some christmas  tree boys or buoys and a cool knife

so

so

so it is now a lunch time here in lunenburg  and we have come over to the smoke pit barbecue  

we just finished ordering some brisket mac and  cheese with aged cheddar and a mandarin soda i  

know you're probably wondering where's the seafood  and we will be having some seafood for dinner but  

we've been eating a lot of it this week so when  we saw smoked barbecue we were like yeah you know  

what that sounds good mix it up a little right  we are mixing it up so cheers with our soda from  

mexico carritos which means little jars let's try  this it's a mandarin flavor so like the mandarin  

orange how is it that's good you like that that is  better than phantom my friends wow real taste of  

fruit take that fanta take that say hello to my  brisket sandwich check that out thing of beauty  

this bun just feels so fluffy toasted on  the inside got brisket pickles mayo mustard

i'm so tender guys the the cameraman always has  food envy behind the lens yes she does i just love  

the meat it's so soft it has a smokiness to him  so good i am really happy with what we've ordered  

seriously i just needed a little break from  seafood you know i love lobster crab and fish  

and chips as much as the next person but we've  been having it on a daily basis and this is  

a nice way to mix it up so for anyone else  that's doing a long trip around nova scotia  

there are other things to try aside from seafood  like this wonderful cheddar mac and cheese  

oh baby why don't you bring that  clothes you can see the steam coming off  

so the bluenose 2 may not have been in  port but we did come across the bluenose  

2 store so we popped in for some souvenirs my  favorite purchase was my bluenose east coast  

living t-shirt which i proceeded to rock on  on almost daily basis for the rest of the trip

one of our favorite things to do in lunenburg  was to cruise the harbor there are all sorts of  

tourists to choose from including harbor tours  whale tours fishing tours you name it we ended  

up choosing the one hour tour which was 30  dollars per person the weather was perfect  

we had blue skies nice light and the views of  the town were picture perfect if you want the  

iconic shot of the brightly painted houses church  steeples and boats bobbing in the water this is  

the tour you want to take or you can also drive  out by the golf course but the harbor cruise is  

an experience in and of itself so we'd highly  recommend making time for this one activity  

do  

so we just finished the one hour harbor tour what  a boat tour honestly i mean you get the postcard  

perfect shots of lunenburg nova scotia yeah i  mean and we had the light shining and then five  

minutes after our tour it was it's cloudy again so  it's like we had everything cooperating for us i  

mean our guide was fantastic so informative just  a fantastic tour and a great way to see lunenburg  

from i mean when you're walking around the town  you see the buildings up close but when you're  

out in the water like that you get a whole  perspective of the town which is just fantastic

we lucked out with our visit because during the  

summer months there's live  music at the zvickers wharf  

it was nice to see lots of people out enjoying  the band and there was even a bit of dancing

next up we're going to walk over to the fisheries  museum of the atlantic which is already open and  

that's a museum that deals with the fishing  heritage here in atlanta canada and what's  

really cool is that they have a lot of volunteers  and retired fishermen on site to share stories  

answer your questions they also do demonstrations  and have different activities during the day so  

we're gonna walk on over there next and see what's  happening at the fisheries museum can't wait to do

that

the fisheries museum of the atlantic is housed  in these brightly painted red heritage buildings  

which are once the home of national sea  products the former fish processing plant  

now houses different galleries where visitors can  explore stories about the town's fishing heritage  

stormy seas and community life in a fishing town  we really enjoyed the displays and it was nice  

to have the interpreters on site who were able  to answer all my questions about blue lobsters  

because yes those exist if you'd like to visit  the museum is open seasonally from mid-may through

mid-october

after our museum visit we decided to grab some  ice cream at sweet treasures confectionary they  

also sell homemade fudge just in case  you're craving a little something sweet

so we saw people eating ice cream and we  just had to stop and get a cone of our own  

this is the smallest size by the way single  unbelievable what flavors did you get  

i got the homemade strawberry and pistachio and  you got maple walnut and peanut butter i think  

it was eureka or something oh yeah oh let me blow  the hair out of my face and take a bite tell me  

how that is is it good oh homemade too by the  way in a waffle cone oh my god i love that good  

stuff all right hurry up so i can have mine how's  that ice cream it was so next level good flavors  

are just fantastic we at least i ordered from the  homemade selection me too oh you did too some of  

the best ice cream i've had in years to be honest  i was like argentina italy good that's not good

we then decided to go on a little diy  walking tour of lunenburg's old town  

we came across the lunenburg opera house which  is fashioned after an old european music hall  

we saw some cool street art  featuring this lovely blue whale  

and then we just kept walking uphill past  the town hall and some really pretty houses

so we are now taking a quick break sitting  on a lovely little bench here in front of  

st john's anglican church and this is actually the  second oldest protestant church still remaining  

in all of canada it looks like a work of art  yeah we tried going in but the door is locked  

but yeah if you visit come on up here check it out  we're gonna continue our little walking tour and  

actually just take a little stroll through the  neighborhood admire the different homes because  

they're all so colorful and so beautiful and  they have these lovely manicured gardens so  

yeah it's been a really fun afternoon so far  it has i just want to quickly add that as you  

basically head up the hill each street becomes a  little bit less touristy and the further you go  

you just get right into residential areas and very  colorful homes so we can't wait to check them out  

one of our favorite things to do in a new place  is to just walk up and down the streets without  

much of a plan in lunenburg this was a real  pleasure because all the houses were painted  

in such cheerful colors contrasted by white  trim the windows dawn flower boxes and the  

porches looked so inviting if you're the type who  likes to do imaginary house shopping and wonder  

what it would be like to live in the places you  visit well this is a really fun town to do so

so today has kind of been the prime example  of chatting with locals asking for advice tips  

where to go and just discovering some real gems  thanks to them sharing some of their favorite  

spots in the city so right now we've come to  both the cemetery and this academy atop a hill  

yeah two places that we hadn't even read about in  guidebooks or anywhere else this isn't near this  

isn't near the tourist area at all no you gotta  walk in the residential zone and just beautiful  

beautiful places especially the architecture of  this place stunning and there's a man practicing  

opera right now yes like we're sitting here on a  bench admiring a beautiful building and listening  

to opera i mean like cannon get any better we've  even got shade look at that yeah it's good it's  

a little bit too perfect it's good this building  is the lunenburg academy national historic site of  

canada and it is set on a hilltop at the edge of  the old town in 19th century nova scotia academies  

were regarded as the most prestigious publicly  funded secondary institutions in the county this  

academy was designed in the second empire style  with mansard style roofs and it's quite ornate  

well worth the visit if you have the time  hillcrest cemetery sits directly behind  

the academy and it's the oldest protestant  cemetery in lunenburg and one of the oldest  

in all of canada earliest marker dates back  to 1761 eight years after lunenburg canada was  

established it also contains commonwealth war  graves from world war one and world war ii

so we're now going to take you for a  nice little walk on the bay to bay trail  

this is a walking and biking trail that actually  connects lunenburg with mahon bay we're going