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Eugene is a major city in the Pacific Northwest, the third-largest in the state of Oregon. It is located near the confluence of the Willamette and Mackenzie Rivers, about 80 km from the ocean shore. Eugene is known primarily for the fact that the state university is located here. In addition, the surrounding area is very beautiful and great for outdoor recreation. Eugene's official motto reads: "A great city for art and nature outings."

The Oregon County Fair, which takes place on the second weekend of July, is one of the biggest hippie gatherings in the country. Visitors are waiting for tons of great food, as well as handmade products and goods.
How to get to Eugene
Eugene Airport accepts planes from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. It is located a few kilometers from the city, and public transport does not go there. Daily Amtrak trains connect the city with Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. However, from Seattle, you can get here by car in just 2 hours.

The town was named after its founder, Eugene Skinner, who built the first hut here. Later, when Eugene was already considered a city, Skinner launched a ferry crossing over the Willamette River — in the place where the Ferry Street Bridge stands today. The main impetus for the development of Eugene was the opening of the university in 1876, which turned an unremarkable town into a promising place.

Eugene's entertainment and attractions
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon is located on 15th Avenue, and its exposition includes, among other things, a copy of an Indian wigwam and other objects of life and art of Native Americans. Among them are elaborate wicker baskets and, as stated, the world's oldest pair of shoes. In 2013, an exposition of fossils found in Oregon was added to other exhibitions.

The Jordan Schnitzer Art Museum is also open at the University of Oregon and occupies a beautiful and noticeable stone building with a courtyard. The exhibition presents more than 13 thousand exhibits with a special focus on Asian art. These are works by Korean, Japanese, and Russian authors, among others. The gems of the collection are a Korean screen of 10 panels and a Thai statue of a standing Buddha in a gold leaf. Admission to the museum is free every first Friday of the month.

For those who have a little extra time, it will be nice and easy to walk around the university campus, where you can see several beautiful old buildings built in the 1800s - for example, Dedi Hall and Gilbert Hall. MacArthur Court and the old cemetery near it are also worth noting.

The rhododendron garden in the Hendrik Forest Park, opened in 1951, is especially beautiful in spring: the flowering season of rhododendrons begins in February and reaches its peak in April-May. Not only is everything blooming here — the park also offers a great view of downtown. There are more than 6 thousand plants planted in the garden, forming intricate ornaments. And in the park itself, there are bicentennial trees that go around a lot of pedestrian paths.

Eugene became the second home for the legendary band "Grateful Grandfather", plus Ken Kesey spent the last years of his life here and died. Therefore, the hippie community is quite numerous in the city - Eugene is also sometimes called the "Hippie Mecca".
The Oregon Aerospace Museum was opened in 1991, and it is a non-profit enterprise that exists on donations. Nevertheless, there are several rather curious exhibits, including the Fokker Dr 1 triplane, Grumman A-6E Intruder and a replica of the Japanese Zero aircraft. In addition, you can see ammunition and aircraft engines in the museum.

The Shelton-McMurphy House is one of the oldest mansions in the Willamette Valley. It was built in 1888 by one of the first white settlers and today is surrounded by a small pretty park. A museum is open inside a wooden house in the Queen Anne style.

It is said that the people of Eugene love their coffee, their microbreweries, and their nature. The level of social responsibility here is manifested in concern for the environment and efforts to reduce consumption. Therefore, for a hippie town, it is quite clear here.
The small hill of Skinner is a lonely hill in the northern part of the city, on which a municipal park was opened in 1914. It was on this hill that Skinner built his first hut on the advice of local Indians to protect himself from river flooding. The hill and the park entangle many hiking trails. In addition, there is a basalt quarry located on the western part of the hill, which was developed in the 1930s. Today it is popular among rock-climbing enthusiasts. Here, in the park, there is a beautiful mansion Shelton-McMurphy-Johnson, a residence in the style of Queen Anne, built-in 1880. for the family that once owned the whole hill. Before the overgrown trees obscured the building, it was called the "Castle on the Hill". On the other side of the hill, you can distinguish a large letter "O", visible from the city, - the emblem of the university.

The second notable hill on the other side of town is Spencer's Hill, south of Eugene. There is also a park here, and this hill is much higher - almost 630 m. This is a good place for walks that do not require special physical training.

The Saturday Market in Eugene has been open since 1970 in any weather and is considered the oldest open-air market of this type in the United States. Prerequisite: everything that is sold on the market is made or grown by the seller.
Alton Baker Park is a luxurious place for cyclists and jogging enthusiasts. This park of about 400 acres stretches along the river, and there is an almost 20-kilometer bicycle route "Ruth Bascom", which covers both river banks and is connected to downtown via the DeFazio bicycle bridge. In addition, there is a science factory and a children's museum in the park, which is liked not only by children.

4 things to do in Eugene:
Go to the Oregon Wine Shop in downtown. Here you can taste and buy wines from more than 150 wineries in Oregon.
See the Ken Kesey monument.
Eat a bacon donut at a branch of the world's scariest Portland donut shop, Voodoo Donuts. The branch is open on Broadway.
In the evening, take a look at Sam Bond's, a favorite Eugene club in an old garage, where free bluegrass jams are held on Thursdays, delicious organic pizza is prepared and there is a nice patio for summer parties.

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