The offbeat, low-rise north — Ballard's breweries and Sunday farmers market, Fremont's troll and canal, the ship locks and leafy parks. Relaxed, characterful and cheaper, a bus or ride from the centre; a local's base.
A look around
What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.
1/3
$280–450
typical per night in United States
The sensible middle
Cheapest in SeattlePriciest
Typical prices for Seattle — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Ballard & Fremont and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Seattle–Tacoma (Sea-Tac) (SEA)~44 min drive24.6 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Kerry Park viewpoint13 min taxi4.4 km
- Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)17 min taxi5.6 km
- Chihuly Garden and Glass17 min taxi5.6 km
- The Space Needle17 min taxi5.7 km
- Pike Place Market21 min taxi7.0 km
- The waterfront & Great Wheel22 min taxi7.3 km
- Ferry to Bainbridge Island23 min taxi7.8 km
- Pioneer Square & the Underground24 min taxi8.1 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 10.Fremont & the Troll — The self-proclaimed 'Centre of the Universe' — a quirky neighbourhood of vintage shops, breweries, a rocket, a Lenin statue and the beloved concrete Troll clutching a real VW Beetle under the bridge. Weird, fun and very Seattle.
- 11.Ballard Locks — Watch boats rise and fall between the Sound and the lakes at these busy ship locks, with salmon climbing a fish ladder (viewable through glass in season) and gardens alongside. A free, oddly mesmerising slice of working Seattle.
- 13.Discovery Park — Seattle's biggest green space — 500 acres of forest, meadow and bluff-top trails to a lonely lighthouse and driftwood beach on the Sound, with big mountain views. A wild, free breath of the Northwest inside the city.
When are you staying?
Find cheap flights to Seattle
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