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Its most well known sight is definitely the CN Tower - the world's tallest free-standing structure located in Downtown Toronto. It is a communications and observation tower standing 553.33 meters. It is situated near Toronto's Harbourfront district that is located near the Rogers Centre (formerly Skydome), home of the Toronto Blue Jays professional baseball club, and the Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. Also not far from it is the AIR Canada Centre, home to the NBA's Raptors and the NHL's Maple Leafs. Tourists from all over the world visit the best museums and galleries of Canada including the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Royal Ontario Museum, commonly known as the ROM, is Canada's largest museum of world culture and natural history. In North America the ROM is the fifth largest museum. It is well-known that this famous museum contains more than six million items and has over 40 galleries. The Art Gallery of Ontario, also known as AGO, is an art museum, one of the largest in North America. More than 68,000 works are there in this museum. They represent the history from the 1st century to the present day. The Art Gallery of Ontario also has a remarkable collection of European art, including incredible works by Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, Thomas Gainsborough, Anthony van Dyck, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, and Frans Hals, and works of some other well-known artists such as Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin and Vincent Van Gogh. Many opera houses and orchestras decorate the city. Very remarkable fact is that it is the third largest theatre centre in the English-speaking world. For Americanized theatre check out Ed Mirvish Productions of popular shows. For Canadian Theatre check out CanStage, the Factory Theatre, Harbourfront Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, or the Artword Theatre. Try to see the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Ontario Science Centre, the Metro Zoo, the Legislative Building and the magnificent Ontario Place, an incredible free time and entertainment complex on Lake Ontario. One more place of interest in Canada is Paramount Canada's Wonderland, a large 1.3 square kilometers theme park. This is one of North America's first amusement parks, which has more than 200 attractions. The Paramount Canada's Wonderland park is open seasonally from May to October.

The city of Toronto is also very well known for its great food and fun bars. For example College St. west of Bathurst Street is called Little Italy and there are many restaurants, bars, clubs, cafes and boutiques. For an authentic dirty rock bar head to Ted's Collision, which is known as one of the few indie rocker hangouts on the Little Italy strip, where high heels and greased hair actually look out of place. There's a dark bar area at the front, lit by candles in bottles on the tables, and two pool tables at the back. The small backyard always has a handful of College Street residents who are either musicians, friends of musicians, or just look like musicians. The bar's 90s rock soundtrack takes you back to the days of Pearl Jam, Guns and Roses and those alterna-rock bands you forgot you'd left behind. Try to visit Il Gatto Nero which is a College Street landmark situated in the heart of Little Italy. Serving our espresso and cappuccino for almost 40 years, Il Gatto Nero provides a casual, comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.
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