Deodapper
Seattle: Capitol Hill, Gas Works, Fremont
Seattle, Washington, US · 7 stops · 9.7 mi (16 km) · about 33 min driving · 12 spoken stories
For coffee lovers and grunge history buffs, this 33-minute drive from Capitol Hill to Fremont Troll takes in Seattle's 1990s music scene, latte-art culture, Lake Union houseboats, and the city's quirkiest neighborhoods. You'll pass the bars where Nirvana played, the coffee shrines that invented latte art, and Gas Works Park's rusting towers before ending at the Fremont Troll.
Photo: Photo by Liesl Matthies, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Capitol Hill, Seattle to Fremont Troll
The stops
-
1
Broadway & Pike-Pine
bus stop · Broadway, Seattle, Washington
“Welcome to Broadway and the Pike-Pine corridor, the spine of Capitol Hill.”
-
2
Espresso Vivace Sidewalk Bar
Espresso Vivace is a Seattle area coffee shop and roaster known for its coffee and roasting practices. Vivace's owner, David Schomer, is credited with developing and popularizing latte art in the United States.
“This is the Espresso Vivace sidewalk bar on Broadway East, and for coffee people it's close to holy ground.”
-
3
Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)
The Museum of Pop Culture is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MOPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the U.S.
“Up ahead is the Museum of Pop Culture, the swooping metal building everyone argues about.”
-
4
Fairview Avenue East Floating Homes
Lake Union is a freshwater lake located entirely within the city limits of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a major part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which carries fresh water from the much larger Lake Washington on the east to Puget Sound on the west.
“Now we're easing along Fairview Avenue East, where Eastlake meets the water and the floating homes begin.”
-
5
Gas Works Park
Gas Works Park is a park located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It has a 19.1-acre (77,000 m2) public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingford neighborhood.
“Here's Gas Works Park, nineteen acres on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of Wallingford, and one of the strangest, best parks anywhere.”
-
6
Fremont Center
lunchFremont is a neighborhood in northern Seattle, Washington, United States. Originally a separate city, it was annexed to Seattle in 1891. It is named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders: Luther H. Griffith and Edward Blewett.
“Welcome to Fremont, the self-declared Center of the Universe.”
-
7
Fremont Troll
The Fremont Troll is a public sculpture in Fremont, Seattle, Washington, United States.
“And here he is, the Fremont Troll, hunched under the north end of the Aurora Bridge, officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge.”
How it works
Open the route on your phone, set the day and time you're driving, save it, and put the phone on the mount. Deodapper follows you by GPS and narrates each stop as you arrive, offline once saved. Free for saved routes like this one; creating your own around your interests is $1.99 to $4.49 a route.