Former train yard stables house a fun mix of independent food and drink options, including a boisterous medley of regional craft brews at ground-floor get-together spot The Common.

It’s designed to mirror the battle for civil rights, starting in the dark spaces of the ground floor right up to the hope- and light-filled top storey.The indigenous art on display is worth the trip alone, especially the largest Métis beadwork in existence.

You’ll see proof that the ’Peg was once Canada’s secret entertainment capital with tributes to legends who used to tread the boards here, from Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers to Blues divinities like B.B. King and Robert Johnson. Take a tour with Heartland International Travel & Tours so you catch all the highlights.

Without giving too much away, architect Frank Worthington Simon designed masonic symbols, bizarre mathematical repetitions, Nostradamus-like predictions and a sacrificial altar into a place that’s been described as ‘more temple than building’.

Once the centre of Canada’s grain industry, the area is characterised by the cobbled streets, 20th-century stone warehouses and terracotta-clad skyscrapers left behind.

Even when there’s snow on the ground (which is often in Winnipeg), it’s easy and comfortable to move between the outdoor and indoor (hot and cold) features, after a light lunch of locally sourced cold smoked fish.