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Score a print copy of Vancouver Is Awesome's unofficial guide to the World Cup

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By Nick Laba 
| Vancouver is Awesome
We've got word from Whitecaps whiz Thomas Müller and the legendary Bob Lenarduzzi, page flips away from one-star reviews of iconic city landmarks and the pinball whisperer of Metro Vancouver. The World Cup is here. Whether you like it or not, tons of tourists, football fanatics and bandwagoners will be flooding our city streets in short order.
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Looking for things to do in Vancouver? Here are 5 non-FIFA events to check out this week

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By Nick Laba 
| Vancouver is Awesome
You could watch a play to honour the 'mob soccer' of Shakespeare's day, or do a doggie fashion show. We're now entering the period where it feels like almost every news story, social media post and passing conversation references the FIFA World Cup. That makes sense. It's a huge global event that puts our city on the world stage for six weeks or so. And along with it comes all the match-day excitement, as well as a furor of FIFA-related events in every nook and cranny of the region.
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Cheap beers and bras on chandeliers: These are our 5 favourite Vancouver dive bars

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By Nick Laba , Brendan Kergin 
| Vancouver is Awesome
'It's always about the people — 100 per cent,' says Ashi Minhas, owner of The Moose. This city has plenty of places to go for a fancy cocktail, pinkies out, with glitz and glamour and shimmering chandeliers. But there’s something to be said for the opposite: a place stripped down, where the glitz is gone and glamour fears to tread. These are the dive bars. The lighting is low, the decor is dated and the drink of choice is probably one-syllable long.
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