Vancouver Canada

Vancouver, Canada is going to be the center of festivities as the Winter Olympics make their preparations to launch this years Olympics gala. This is going to be the first time that Vancouver, Canada is going to be given the honor of hosting the Winter Olympics. The Olympic even is going to last a duration of sixteen days starting on the 12th which is today and ending on the 28th of this month.

The event will be shuffled between two locations in Vancouver, Canada. One of the main location for the events will be the town of Whistler which is known for its resort and the other location will be Richmond which is a coastal city resting in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada.

Vancouver, Canada is a beautiful coastal city lying in the region of lower mainland. Vancouver, Canada is built on a staggering land space area of five thousand, three hundred and thirty-five square kilometers holding a population of just a little over two million people according to a census taken in 2006. Vancouver, Canada is rated number three in the list of the largest metropolises for the country and is number one for its population size for the entire western Canadian region.

Going by the traditions of Olympics, the Olympic flag was last raised in Turin, a city in France on the 28th of February in the annum 2006. The flag in now on display at the Vancouver City Hall for all visitors to see. For those of you living in Vancouver, Canada, I must let you know the luck you possess in being residents of Vancouver for witnessing the brilliant festival first hand.

Vancouver Canada