Northern Culture Trail

Hidden Trails of Oregon

Is being weird a good thing? In Oregon, it is – and we’re going to find out why.

Join us for the first part of our documentary road trip, following award-winning travel writer Aaron Millar from Portland to Eugene.

This episode we’re taking the Northern Culture Trail. We’re going to discover Portland’s favorite food carts, sample food from around the world and go on a secret bar crawl to hidden local spots. “Portland is the rebel base of the Star Wars universe, we’re sticking it to the forces of normal,” Dresden of Throw Snakes told us. We’re going to have some fun!

From there we hit the road south to the Willamette Valley to sip some of the most delicious Pinot Noir grapes in the world. But this isn’t pinky up drinking, this is down-to-earth wine-tasting in craft vineyards, surrounded by the beautiful rolling vines of the Dundee Hills.

Lastly, we visit the Eugene Saturday Market, Oregon’s premier art market, to meet the makers who helped turn this artist community into one of the most thriving creative hubs in the Pacific Northwest. We finish at Harmonic Laboratory, an experimental artist collective pushing the boundaries of visual arts, soundscapes, and technology. It’s going to blow your mind.

Through it all, we’ll reveal why, here in Oregon, weird isn’t strange; it’s the spark from which the best things grow.

Find out more at www.traveloregon.com

Produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry www.armchair-productions.com