{"id":2979,"date":"2014-01-17T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2024-11-10T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T10:28:18","slug":"lunenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=2979","title":{"rendered":"Lunenburg, Nova Scotia &#8211; a tourist destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Lunenburg is a&nbsp;tourist&#8217;s destination for shopping, dining, history, anything pertaining to sailing, and photography in southeastern Nova Scotia.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4529.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2987\" alt=\"Lunenburg Waterfront\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4529.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Harbour-2290.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2981\" alt=\"Lunenburg Harbourfront\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Harbour-2290.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4698.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3011\" alt=\"Lunenburg a tourist's gem\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4698.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2988\" alt=\"Lunenburg Waterfront\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4538.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2980\" alt=\"Lunenburg Carrage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Carrage2392.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the hustle and bustle of tourists and traffic in summer is a community that is still actively attached to its sailing roots.&nbsp;Sail makers and dory shops will remind you that this is far more than a tourist destination.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Shed-Boat2384.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2983\" alt=\"Lunenburg Shack and Boat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Shed-Boat2384.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenburg-Sail-Shop-RB-Stevens-Sons.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3003\" alt=\"R.B. Stevens &amp; Sons sailamkers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenburg-Sail-Shop-RB-Stevens-Sons.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenburg-Norseboat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3002\" alt=\"Lunenburg-Norseboat row boat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenburg-Norseboat.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg2447.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2984\" alt=\"Lunenburg Waterfront\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg2447.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a> There are so many restaurants to eat at here, but I highly recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Knot Pub<\/a>. It&#8217;s a favourite of the locals, as the pub food is superb, not very expensive and there&#8217;s a great selection of Nova Scotian beer on tap, from the well-known names to the smaller micro-breweries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4603.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2989\" alt=\"The Knot Pub Lunenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4603.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4656.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2990\" alt=\"Lunenburg Distillery\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg4656.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lunenburg Nova Scotia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not far from Lunenburg is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Rocks<\/a>. It&#8217;s a fantasic area for the photographer. Check tide tables, though, as low tide and high tide can make the area look very different.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Red-Shack488.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2982\" alt=\"Blue Rocks NS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Lunenberg-Red-Shack488.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Lunenburg,+NS,+Canada&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=lunenburg&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=47.349227,68.818359&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Lunenburg,+Lunenburg+County,+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&amp;ll=44.377005,-64.318835&amp;spn=0.168092,0.268822&amp;t=m&amp;z=12&amp;output=embed\" height=\"350\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Lunenburg is a&nbsp;tourist&#8217;s destination for shopping, dining, history, anything pertaining to sailing, and photography in southeastern Nova Scotia. 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