7 Best Tips for Visiting Calgary On a Budget

It’s easy to get around Calgary on a budget. Wallet-friendly transportation options include ride-sharing services like Uber, electric scooters rentals from Lime or Bird (the scooters are scattered throughout the city and can be rented via smartphone apps) and Calgary’s light-rail transit service known as the CTrain. A perk with the CTrain: rides are completely free in the downtown core, a roughly 12-block section that runs along 7th Avenue S.E. between 3rd Street S.E. and 11th Street S.W. If you want to ride the CTrain outside the free-fare zone, it’s just $3.40 for a one-time ticket or $10.75 for a 1-day pass.

Whether you’re a history buff or just a fan of a good deal, take advantage of free admission nights at the Glenbow Museum, offered on the first Thursday of the month from 5 to 9 p.m. (a savings of $18 per adult). Part art gallery, part museum, the Glenbow offers something for everyone with permanent and changing exhibits about pop culture, Alberta’s history, Indigenous communities, early settlers and African art.

Art lovers looking for free stuff to do in Calgary should make their way to the . Located in the historic Inglewood neighborhood, the free contemporary art gallery hosts exhibitions that change a few times a year and incorporate audio-visual components in a variety of mediums. Past exhibitions have examined such thought-provoking themes as cultural legacy, memory, displacement, loss and the boundaries of perception.

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