Saint John is a fantastic city that attracts over a million visitors each year with its historical buildings, delectable restaurants, and colourful maritime culture. At the moment you can not visit Canada’s oldest continuously operated city market, explore Saint John’s many art galleries, or see the popular local breweries in person, but you can experience #SaintAwesome online! Check out some unique activities by going on a virtual vacation to Saint John NB.
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Where you can virtual visit
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Virtual Attractions
Saint John City Market
Check out the noteworthy ship’s hull shaped market on this 360 tour and then hear about its history from the deputy market clerk. You can even buy some locally made Saint John souvenirs from some of their vendors online! Find great gift ideas at the Butcher’s Daughter Gift Shoppe. Fiddling Ferns creates whimsical screen prints like this lobster chef tote or whale with an umbrella tea towel.
New Brunswick Museum
Explore their virtual exhibitions that highlight local Saint John industrial, geological, and First Nations history. Learn about the rocks found in Uptown buildings and the bedrock in Rockwood Park.
Reversing Falls Rapids
This natural phenomenon is controlled by the changing tide levels, which causes water to flow upriver each day. Discover more about this unique attraction in this video.
Imperial Theatre
Since 1913, this grand theatre has played an important role in the uptown area. Learn about their history here. During this time they keep spirits up by playing a song in Kings Square every day at noon and live stream it on their Instagram account. Want to dance to all the past songs they have featured? Check out their playlist.
Virtual Gallery Hop
The city of Saint John loves its artists and is home to many art galleries. Go on a virtual gallery hop and explore the magnificent compilations of art from the comfort of your home!
Handworks Gallery
This gallery is home to a variety of artistic mediums; pottery, jewellery, woodworks, textiles, and paintings. Want to learn more about the Maritime artists that they feature? Check out their evolving series of “Quarantine Questionnaire” on their blog.
Saint John Arts Centre
All of their artwork is now online and available for purchase. Within the collections are beautiful scenes of the Maritimes in a variety of styles including Dan Xu’s landscapes done with a Chinese brush as seen in the lighthouse.
Cobalt Art Gallery
Find photo updates about Saint John’s favourite gallery cat, Lucky, on their Instagram. Online, you can peruse their current artist collections of pottery and canvases with some fantastically detailed paintings of the city in their Impressions of Saint John collection.
Trinity Galleries
Whether you are looking for photography, paintings, mixed media, or jewelry, you will find many Maritime inspired pieces on their website.
Jones Gallery
You can’t watch them in person but you can see the full series of Sarah Jones, the gallery’s curator and art historian, taking you back in time and exploring the stories behind historical paintings. You can also shop and view the gallery’s striking paintings of landscapes and Saint John cityscapes.
Buckland Merrifield Gallery
Showcases many Maritime artists with some very unique pieces including; underwater creatures created with recycled metal, one of a kind jewelry designed with nature accents, pirate coins, and many more!
Flavours of Saint John
The Art Warehouse
Enjoy some delicious drinks from this art lovers cafe right now! Owner, Hazel, has shared how to make the Oat Milk Golden Latte and Chai Tea Latte.
Rogue Coffee
Looking for some entertaining coffee content to go with your morning cup of joe? Check out the lighthearted videos made by Rogue on Tiktok, their musical antics and fun dances will bring you smiles. They are also delivering coffee locally.
Lobster
This classic Maritime seafood is a fan favourite! You can typically find it in your local seafood section at the grocery store. Pick up one today and enjoy it while you are discovering all about Saint John during your virtual visit! Not sure how to break it apart to eat it? Then follow along with Discover Saint John’s own Victoria Clarke in this tutorial video on how to properly eat a lobster!
Italian by Night
This restaurant has been sharing inspiring recipes that you can try out for yourself at home! Their Instagram has drool-worthy photos with recipes for risotto, potato gnocchi, and hot lobster dip. You can also follow along their cooking process with videos posted on their Facebook including their most popular antipasti bruschetta! You can also take a 360-degree tour of their restaurant.
Vegolution
Want to enjoy some fun and creative images of their vegetarian dishes? Check out the tiny realistic versions that the owner Sarah has craftily created out of polymer clay. She even made their vegan cheese plate from clay decorated with little raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc.
Walkthrough the operation with Rick Mercer as your guide and see the baby sturgeon. Want to taste some caviar? Their caviar, smoked sturgeon, and other tempting items are available on their website with shipping across Canada. Also during the season, they have wild sturgeon caviar in the shop. You are sure to feel fancy while indulging in this Canadian cuisine.
Evening Drinks
Hopscotch Whisky Bar
They understand that you are at home savouring your glass of whisky on the rocks or with a sidecar and want to join you! Each Saturday they are hosting a virtual tasting on Google Meet. Every week will have a different theme. Find out the details on how to join the conversation on Facebook.
Five and Dime
Because you can not enjoy their records live right now, they are sharing some local DJ’s playlists so you can hear some delightful beats at home. Visit their Facebook page to find the treasure trove of playlists including DJ Barowner’s Indie rock list and DJ Chuck’s list of classic songs you probably know all the words to.
Moosehead – Drinks, Online Tour, & Souvenirs!
The oldest independent brewery in Canada, with global distribution, is located in Saint John. Want to learn about their rich history, the science, and art behind their iconic beer? Enroll for their free online Moosehead Beer MBA Academy to learn all about the beer making process. Their Youtube channel offers a look at their beer craft along with showing how to make the perfect pour. If you want a souvenir from your online visit, check out their shop to find branded tees, sweaters, and hats.
Uncorked Tours Virtual Tours & Tastings
Your virtual guide and owner of Uncorked Tours, Gilliane, takes you behind the scenes of New Brunswick breweries, vineyards, distilleries, and cider orchards. You can tune in to these tours live on Instagram or watch them on the Uncorked Tours website. The local Saint John brewery tours you can watch right now include Wendy the brewmaster at Big Tide Brewing Company and Alyssa brewer from Loyalist City Brewing City. If you enjoy your experience be sure to toss a tip in the virtual tip hat.
Drinks! – Delivered to your door
Uncorked Tours has partnered with Drink NB and curates a selection of 4 New Brunswick made brews that you can have delivered to your house each week (available for delivery in Saint John, Fredericton, and Moncton area). Then on Saturday night take part in a guided online tasting!
Food! – Delivered to your door
Pair your weekend glass of beer or wine with Uncorked Tours “Taste of the City Market” charcuterie board. This delicious box comes with a guide on how to set up your at-home board of meats, cheeses, fruits and nuts. Currently, delivery is available for the Saint John area and will be expanding soon.
Uptown Fashion
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This uptown fashion boutique has joined in on the Tiktok fun too! Enjoy this wardrobe montage of their band tees along with other lovely videos featuring their clothing. Everything shown is available for purchase on their website with worldwide shipping.
Heartbreak Boutique
This fun funky clothing shop features colourful pattern dresses with bicycling foxes, Tea-Rex mugs, unicorn bath bomb, and tropical flower dress that are sure to cheer you up!
Visitors – Studio & Consignment Shop
This cute shop offers more than just chic vintage clothing, they also feature locally made apparel and homeware with shipping available worldwide! Including sassy Saint John shirts and totes made by Bad Ideas Forever and many other unique pieces made by Atlantic craftspeople.
Thank you for virtually visiting the beautiful city of Saint John, New Brunswick!
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