Portland lies near the Pacific Coast on the northern border of the state, straddling the Willamette River just south of its confluence with the Columbia River. About 50 mi to the east lies majestic Mount Hood, which forms the perfect backdrop for Portland's skyline.

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There are only two seasons in Oregon west of the Cascade mountain range - rain and summer. The rain and clouds typically last 9 months, from late September often until late June, then suddenly the clouds clear and it is hot and sunny.

Portland is an excellent city for cycling. It has been rated by Bicycling Magazine as the best city in the U.S. for cycling. It has a network of streets designed to be predominantly used by bicyclists. These streets, such as SE Ankeny, SE Salmon, SE Lincoln, and SE Clinton, are usually spaced about halfway between the main car thoroughfares in the grid of East Portland. The bike streets are generally signed with green "Bike Route" signs. Maps of bike trails can be obtained from Metro Train Stations, in the Bike There! section.

As of July 2009, it has an estimated population of 582,130 making it the 29th most populous city in the United States.

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Like most large cities, Portland has a range of performing arts institutions which include the Oregon Ballet Theatre, Oregon Symphony, Portland Center Stage, and the Portland Opera. It also has quite a few stages similar to New York's Off Broadway or Off-Off-Broadway such as Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Miracle Theatre, Stark Raving Theatre, and Tears of Joy Theatre.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland OR; 1-503-797-6674,
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OMSI has hundreds of hands on activities and you can spend a full rainy day there and not get bored. Check out the IMAX theater that gives you a 360° view of space travel, scuba diving, race car driving, or an Africa safari.

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First Thursday of every month all art galleries in the Pearl district are free, and many serve wine and cheese. Posh high rises and condos that have trendy shops and galleries at street level. A modern new city park sits in the middle\ that includes a boardwalk, grass, trees, waterfall which fills a pool every half hour or so. Little kids love the water on a hot day.

Portland Art Museum
Owns the city's largest art collection and presents a variety of touring exhibitions each year and with the recent addition of the Modern and Contemporary Art wing it became one of the United States' twenty-five largest museums.

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The Portland Rose Festival takes place annually in June and includes two parades, dragon boat races, carnival rides at Tom McCall Waterfront park, and dozens of other events.

Portland hosts a number of festivals throughout the year in celebration of beer, including the Oregon Brewers Festival, held each summer during the last full weekend of July. Other major beer festivals throughout the calendar year include the Spring Beer and Wine Festival in April, the North American Organic Brewers Festival in June, the Portland International Beerfest in July, and the Holiday Ale Festival in December.

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