Don’t feel like you have to lie in bed all New Year’s Day sleeping your hangover away. Get up, grab a healthy breakfast and a big glass of water and head to any of these places around Calgary to take your mind off that thing you may or may not have done last night.
Here are 17 places that are open on New Year’s Day:
Take the kids
Movie Theatres
Movie theatres are always open on New Year’s Day. Check your local listings.
Calgary Zoo
New Year’s Day hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
TELUS Spark
New Year’s Day hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Village Square Leisure Centre
New Year’s Day hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Southland Leisure Centre
New Year’s Day hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Image: City of Calgary
Go shopping
Chinook Centre
New Year’s Day hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Market Mall
New Year’s Day hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Willow Park Village
New Year’s Day hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Southcentre Mall
New Year’s Day hours: 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m
Crossiron Mills
New Year’s Day hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Image: Lole
Shop for Groceries
Safeway (all locations)
New Year’s Day hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sobey’s (all locations)
New Year’s Day hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Co-Op
New Year’s Day hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Go skiing
Image: The Lake Louise Ski Resort via Facebook
Mt. Norquay
New Year’s Day hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunshine Village
New Year’s Day hours: 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Lake Louise
New Year’s Day hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grab and go
Most gas stations are open on Christmas Day, including Esso, Petro Canada and Shell, and convenience stores like 7-Eleven.