City Guide: Omaha

     Omaha has a reputation as flyover city.

     The city lies on an interstate location connecting the two coasts. Thus, many travelers simply bypass it for bigger destinations, but they even cannot imagine how worthy their stop Omaha is.

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     A lively music scene, various art sites like the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and green areas to stroll like the regional zoo and Fun Plex - the largest water park within the city, and Omaha Children's Museum for family adventure makes Omaha a destination for any type of traveler.

     What's more that city becomes a location for businessmen who flock there in spring for the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting. This is the time when Omaha converts into a global financial centre for one weekend.

     From businessmen to holidaymakers everyone will find something for him, or herself, in Omaha. For example, consider sightseeing to understand this city. Attractions include;

- Joslyn Art Museum has works by El Greco, Degas, Monet and Renoir on display

- The Omaha Children's Museum with art center, science center, and a mock grocery store

- Durham Western Heritage Museum, the best example of art deco in the country

- Mormon Trail Center has various monuments to see

- The Gene Leahy Mall features walking paths, a sandy playground and is perfect for strolls

     These sights show the Omaha of today is distinctly different to what it was 20 years ago. It saw changes that first reshaped its arts and entertainment district - the Old Market. This reborn district used warehouse buildings and placed unique shops, and galleries inside. But this area saw more than trendy shopping malls, but was a setting for movie About Schmidt by Alexander Payne, Omaha born film-maker.

     From the Old Market area take a stroll over the world's longest pedestrian bridge spanning the Missouri River. The city is located in the Missouri Valley covering the area of 118.9　square miles and populated by 390,007 people.

     Native Americans were the first settlers in the area and by the early eighteenth century a group of Indians shared this territory. On July 21, 1804, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis noted the area to be excellent for trading and later fur trade made the early income of the city. After Omaha experienced a rail boom that led to the development of bars, gambling houses and hotels.

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