# What to do in Denver? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926 "2012-01-18T19:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/1 "2012-01-18T19:56:35Z")
I’ll be in Denver for several days in July. What are some interesting things to see and do there (I won’t have a car)? Other than sports-related activities, I’m open to all suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/2 "2012-01-18T20:01:38Z")
Depends… Will you be alive or dead? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/3 "2012-01-18T20:12:07Z")
The zoo is very good, and the new Asian Tropics exhibit should be open by then. The Museum of Nature and Science is worth a vist. Lots of nightlife and restaurants. Downtown and Larimer Street have a bunch, but there’s pockets scattered all through the city. Mass transit has reasonably good coverage of the city, but depending on where you’re staying, transfers could eat up a lot of travel time. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/4 "2012-01-18T20:33:42Z")
In the morning you could hit the [Denver Botanic Gardens](http://www.botanicgardens.org/) (they have outdoor evening concerts in the summer, as well, but tickets are difficult for out-of-towners.) In the heat of the day you could lunch in [Cherry Creek North](http://cherrycreeknorth.com/) and waste some time at the [Wizard’s Chest.](http://wizardschest.com/) Head [Downtown](http://www.denver.org/) or to [LoDo](http://www.lodo.org/) as the day progresses, the [Art Museum](http://www.denverartmuseum.org/home) is pretty cool. You can get to all of these places pretty easily by simply going south on the University Blvd bus, and/or north on Josephine. [Bus System](http://www.rtd-denver.com/) I think it’s route 24, but it’s been awhile since I used it. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/5 "2012-01-18T20:36:09Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Depends… Will you be alive or dead? 😃 Drat! Too late again. > **[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) ⭐ 6.7 | Crime, Drama, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/)** > > 1h 55m | R ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/6 "2012-01-18T20:45:56Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > 😃 > > Drat! Too late again. > [Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/) [Don’t forget the _origin_ (1991 I believe) of the phrase.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o33--xgYFQY) 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-denver/609926/7 "2012-01-18T21:12:13Z")
If you like books: [The Tattered Cover](http://www.tatteredcover.com/). Really, it is a don’t miss. If you are downtown, try to stay on or near the 16th street mall. Unless it has changed much in the last few years, it is a great place to wander up and down. Free transit, and the Tattered Cover is more or less at one end. [http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/shopping/detail?memid=2435](http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/shopping/detail?memid=2435)