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Re: Omaha Top 25?

by nebugeater » Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:14 am

b_bella65 wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:29 am Omaha, the seat of the Douglas County and the largest city of the Nebraska County, is situated in United States of America’s Midwestern region on the river Missouri. Being the country’s forty-fourth largest city and the sixtieth most populated metropolitan area, the city of Omaha has much potential as a tourist spot.

Although the city has often been overlooked by visitors and tourists, the much interesting aspects of the city are yet to be explored by many of them. The importance of the city as a tourist’s attraction can only be felt by paying an exclusive visit to this city and trying some of the most fun things to do in Omaha Nebraska.

List of 15 Best Things to do in Omaha Nebraska
1. Omaha Craft Brewery Tour
2. Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
3. Durham Museum
4. Heartland of America Park
5. Joslyn Art Museum Omaha
6. Gene Leahy Mall
7. Joslyn Castle
8. Mini Golf Omaha
9. El Museo Latino
10. Freedom Park
11. Lauritzen Gardens
12. The OPPD Arboretum
13. Old Market Omaha
14. Omaha Culinary Tours
15. Lewis and Clark Landing


Throughout its history, the city of Omaha, Nebraska has been witnessing many developments and transcended into big city from a small town. A deep research on the things to do in Omaha Nebraska highlight by Tripoyer some outstanding features of the city that make the must to visit tourist spot.
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I know all lists are subjective but how does mini golf make this list?

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by ElisaNorris » Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:07 am

The museums and cultural centers are worth looking in Ohama. I have been once in ohama and it was total adventure with all my buddies.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by guy4omaha » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:31 am

Dark Eyes wrote:What comes to mind when I think of Omaha?

1. Potholes. Year-round.
2. Property Taxes
3. School District Turf Wars
3. Every kind of extreme weather, except hurricanes
4. Named streets that start & stop dozens of times between the river and Elkhorn
5. Perpetual annexations
6. Ernie Chambers
7. Streets named after letters of the alphabet. Who the heck wants to live on Y Street?
8. Underperforming garbage collection contractors
Y Not?

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by Dark Eyes » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:52 pm

What comes to mind when I think of Omaha?

1. Potholes. Year-round.
2. Property Taxes
3. School District Turf Wars
3. Every kind of extreme weather, except hurricanes
4. Named streets that start & stop dozens of times between the river and Elkhorn
5. Perpetual annexations
6. Ernie Chambers
7. Streets named after letters of the alphabet. Who the heck wants to live on Y Street?
8. Underperforming garbage collection contractors

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by Greg S » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:56 pm

Love their hickory burger and the big bronco.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by daveoma » Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:01 pm

I haven't been to Broncos in a long time but I remember they had a sauce that was DELICIOUS.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by bigredmed » Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:23 pm

Good fried chicken, great fries, so-so burgers.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by Coyote » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:47 pm

I drove passed the 114th St. Broncos around 1:30 this afternoon, and it's parking lot was packed.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by GetUrban » Sat Dec 26, 2015 6:44 pm

Last time I went to Broncos was around 1979, i think. The fries were great, burgers so-so. Now I have to go back.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by choke » Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:16 am

RNcyanide wrote:
jessep28 wrote:I've lived in Omaha for 25 years and have never eaten at a Broncos.
Me too and me neither.

Since 1965 for a reason.

http://www.visitomaha.com/listings/broncos/63558/

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by RNcyanide » Fri Dec 25, 2015 10:49 am

jessep28 wrote:I've lived in Omaha for 25 years and have never eaten at a Broncos.
Me too and me neither.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by jessep28 » Fri Dec 25, 2015 10:45 am

I've lived in Omaha for 25 years and have never eaten at a Broncos.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by choke » Fri Dec 25, 2015 9:22 am

Ted and Wally's is a must. Also, if you were born and raised in Omaha not sure how Bronco's doesn't get a mention (especially if you've had too much to drink the night before).

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by NovakOmaha » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:15 pm

It's interesting to think about it after moving away. Things I think are unique to Omaha or on the don't miss list:

1) The Zoo
2) Boys Town
3) The Old Market
4) SAC Museum
5) Durham Museum
6) Fontenelle Forest
7) Lo Sole Mio
8) BG Tasty Foods
9) M's Pub
10) College World Series
11) Nebraska Furniture Mart, but having seen their stores in KC & Dallas not as much
12) The Rose
13) Joslyn
14) Orpheum
15) Ted & Wally's
16) Runza, but only because they are unique.
17) La Casa
18) Fairacres neighborhood

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by mcarch » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:51 pm

1. Old Market (its stores and food) - a lot of people who come in for business get taken to interesting places by people who live here. Someone took a group of people from First Data to Spaghetti Works... now come on!
2. Zoo
3. Downtown (Pedestrian Bridge, GLM, Heartland Park).
4. Westroads & Village Pointe (for those that want to shop)
5. Joslyn

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by jessep28 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:35 pm

S33 wrote:
Kim_A2O wrote: 2.  The people!  One day, shortly after we moved here for good in 2004 we were in a McDonald's and the manager stopped by to make sure everything was ok.  My husband and I just looked at each other - shocked!
That's funny, anytime I go to McDonald's I have to drive through 3 times to get everything I ordered.
Management probably thought that they were a secret shopper.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by Kim_A2O » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:15 pm

LOL Now I will say that since we've been here a while the fast food workers don't seem as friendly so maybe we just hit it on a good day. But generally.....the people here are nice. I haven't lived on the west coast but have lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina and I really prefer Nebraska to all of them. I love it here.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by S33 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 4:07 pm

Kim_A2O wrote: 2.  The people!  One day, shortly after we moved here for good in 2004 we were in a McDonald's and the manager stopped by to make sure everything was ok.  My husband and I just looked at each other - shocked!
That's funny, anytime I go to McDonald's I have to drive through 3 times to get everything I ordered.

Re: Omaha Top 25?

by Kim_A2O » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:33 pm

There are some great ideas here! For me the top things are:

1. The numbered streets! Moving here from a small town in NW Pennsylvania it was comforting to know I really couldn't get lost
2. The people! One day, shortly after we moved here for good in 2004 we were in a McDonald's and the manager stopped by to make sure everything was ok. My husband and I just looked at each other - shocked!
3. Aksarben - for some reason that has always tickled me that it's Nebraska spelled backwards.
4. Those big slides downtown - they are SO much fun

I know I have more, I'll have to think about it

by Greg S » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:16 pm

Zoo
CWS
An Omaha Steakhouse (Johnny's, Anthony's or Venice Inn)
Heartland Park
Boystown
Werner Park
Morrison Stadium
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Borsheim's
Surfside Club
Happy Hollow/Dundee/Fair Acres
A Christmas Carol
Manheim Steamroller at the Orpheum
Railroad Days
Summer Arts Festival

Greg

by HuskerDave » Fri May 27, 2011 2:09 pm

any Mavs Hockey match at the Qwest
any College World Series baseball game
Henry Doorly Zoo
A nighttime riverboat cruise
Creighton basketball
a rock concert at the Anchor Inn (during the summer, on the outdoor stage)
The SAC museum near Ashland
dinner at Venice Inn and/or Lo Solo Mio
country line dancing at Bushwackers in Ralston
[/list]

by HuskerDave » Fri May 27, 2011 2:01 pm

thenewguy wrote:The things i think of, from now and back to when i was a kid:

1.  A Christmas Carol, Omaha Community Playhouse
2.  Nutcracker, Orpheum Theater
3.  Creighton vs. Southern Illinois games, Qwest Center
4.  40' tall Christmas tree, Durham Museum
5.  Spaghetti Works in the Old Market
6.  Ice rink @ HOAP
7.  The dome @ MoO (i don't know why, but i've always thought of it as one of Omaha's coolest landmarks)
8.  Holiday lights @ GLM
9.  Oh Tannenbaum, Old Market (i love Christmas)
10.  Gerald Ford birthplace monument
11.  St. Mary Magdalene church (always thought it was cool because of midnight mass)
12.  Josyln Art Museum/Central High School
13.  The Rose Theater
14.  Woodmen Tower (i know that first national is taller, but woodmen was the icon for such a long time)
15.  The entire riverfront (can't just say the bridge, there is so much more happening now, too!)
16.  The slides at GLM
17.  Offutt AFB/Air Show
18.  Henry Doorly Zoo
19.  CWS/Rosenblatt (very excited about it moving downtown!)
20.  13th street between downtown and the zoo, mainly surrounding Bohemian Cafe
21.  Joe Tess' Place
22.  Dixie Quicks (good food---owner is a heck of a nice guy)
23.  LANCER Hockey
24.  UNO campus/Veterans Memorial Park
25.  Dundee area (some of the most beautiful and classy homes you may ever see)
That's a pretty great list.  You put some thought into that, for sure.

by nativeomahan » Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:51 pm

Thank you for the trip down memory lane!

by Guest » Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:08 am

i feel old and crusty

1-liver dumpling soup at the Bohemian Cafe
2-two piece rib dinner at Joe Tess with extra jacket fries
3-The Antiquarium
4-the stockyards and Johnny's Cafe
5-midnight showings of Rocky Horror at Westroads
6-scary elevator at Brandeis
7-just walking in to UP headquarters to see my dad
8-peony park beach
9-Star Wars at the Indian Hills
10-strawberry shakes at the 11-Worth at 3 Am
11-the Delmar
12-bowling at the Center Mall
13-too many late nights at the Y-Not
14-St. Patricks day parking lot fights outside Clancy's
15-The Satellite Inn
16-The Poop Deck
17-The Mai Tai Lounge
18-The Red Spot tavern
19-Homer's world-wide chain of seven
20-Otis XII and Diver Dan Doomey

by Stargazer » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:48 pm

Bird banding at Aksarben Aquarium this Saturday... 9am.  If you ever wanted some really close up shots of birds... here's your chance... oh, and you'll be doing the releasing of them after they've been checked/banded.  A REALLY cool activity if you've got kids... and it's free!

http://www.hustonfamily.com/gallery2/ma ... mId=102259


Those living history weekends at Fort Atkinson are really cool too... and also free.  Look for them next year... don't bother to go to the park for the park itself... not worth the trip.

http://www.fortatkinsononline.org/

http://www.hustonfamily.com/gallery2/ma ... mId=104283

by Brad » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:30 pm

Great list Jeff!

I still want a forum meet at the surf side club!

by Stargazer » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:19 pm

sorry... that was me... and that was supposed to be the Cathedral Flower Festival.

by Guest » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:17 pm

Rattling off the top of my head... lumping some things together... some very specific things... some around the metro... no particular order (although sort of starting out that way I guess)...

1. Zoo
2. Old Market
3. Durham Museum
4. Joslyn
5. Lauritzen Gardens
6. Riverfront, pedestrian bridge
7. Downtown parks
8. College World Series
9. Strategic Air and Space Museum, Wildlife Safari
10. Railroad sights, Rock Island, Union Pacific Museum, Kenefick
11. Hot Shops
12. Bemis Center
13. Boys Town
14. Fontenelle Forest/Neale Woods
15. Council Bluffs: Dodge house, squirrel cage, bluffs neighborhoods
16. Offutt Air show
17. Holland Center/Orphenum/Rose
18. South 24th Street district
19. Italian steakhouses
20. Dam site lake parks, trail system
21. Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, living history weekends
22. El Museo Latino
23. Children's Museum
24. Downtown art/sculptures
25. Cathedral Art Festival
26. Freedom Park
27. Surfside Club
28. Aksarben Aquarium, first Saturdays bird banding! try it some time!
29. Funplex
30. Music/entertainment in the parks/on the green/riverfront

by Brad » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:21 pm

I didn't mean food wasn't allowed on the list, it just wasn't quite what I was looking for.  I guess my list that I started above would include "Great LOCAL Omaha Restaurants" all lumped in to one, but to each their own.

by Guest » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:16 pm

Maybe I'm missing the point of this thread but I interpreted it as what you'd direct visitors to in Omaha.


Brad wrote:
the Top 25 Thing you think of when you think Omaha
Well for me one of the first things I think of is food.  It's also one of the first things I mention when someone asks me about Omaha.  Think of other cities in the same context.  You are in Philadelphia and you want to know where to get a good cheese steak.  I can't imagine telling an outsider about New Orleans and not mentioning food. If I take your sentence literally I think of a list that would include; steaks, stockyards, insurance companies, Boys Town, etc.  I don't think that's what you are looking for no?

Perhaps it would help to know what you are trying to accomplish with such a list.


newguy wrote
Secondly, what locals do and what visitors would look for when coming to Omaha don't have to be different.
I'm not saying it has to be and I agree with your point on the slides, but I suspect most visitors may not share your enthusiasm for the Mutual dome or random churches.
In fact, any time i go somewhere new, i like seeing something that isn't touristy or as well known.  That makes the trip more of an experience for me.
That can't include food? Don't you eat when you go somewhere new?  When I'm somewhere new I'm always looking for a good local place instead of the franchise gutter, (i.e. MacDonald's, Chili's, etc.)

Of course there are other food threads, but doesn't it make sense to include food in a Welcome to Omaha forum?  Sure it makes sense to have it under the dining/entertainment section, but there's cross over in these topics.  By the way, your links to the other threads I think underscores such a usefulness to outsiders in this forum.

by Brad » Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:28 am

yeah, I wasn't thinking food when I started this.

by thenewguy » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:50 am

don't we already have threads that specifically discuss the best Omaha restaurants?  What's the need for being redundant?

best pizza...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6600

good Asian...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=9088

best oudoor dining...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=9050

favorite steak and why...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

greek food...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=8675

good hotdogs...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6909

best local food under $100...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7413

best Italian...
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6587


I mean, maybe we could have a sticky for them, but i think it's ok that we have a thread for stuff that doesn't pertain to food here.  Also, i realize that i did put food places in my list, but i don't think we need one for just food here.  Secondly, what locals do and what visitors would look for when coming to Omaha don't have to be different.  In fact, any time i go somewhere new, i like seeing something that isn't touristy or as well known.  That makes the trip more of an experience for me.  Example: slides at HoAP: no one is going to come here looking for them.  But tons of people here have seen them and been on them, so it has some status and charm that is worth seeing for anyone visiting the old market.

by nebport5 » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:30 am

What about some of the restaurant institutions?

La Casa
Lo Sole Mio
Gorats (or other obligatory steak house)

Why does there have to be 25?

I think one has to be careful with this list to distinguish between 25 things people in Omaha do and what would be of Interest to visitors. This could make 25 even harder.

by Brad » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:15 pm

I am having a hard time coming up with 25.

1.  Zoo (Largest Glazed Geodesic Dome, Largest Indoor Rain Forest, Largest Underwater Aquarium Tube Walkway, largest Nocturnal exhibit, as well as all the other amazing attractions, Hubbard Gorilla Valley, Orangutan Forest, High Tech Cat Complex, Bear Canon, etc...).

2.  Downtown (Old Market, GLM, Heartland of America Park, Buffalo Sculptures).

3.  Museums (Joslyn, Durham, Union Pacific).

4.Lauritzen Gardens/Kenefick Park.  (Kenefick is a must for railfans from around the world, and the Gardens are absolutely beautiful).

5.  Qwest Center Omaha/TD Ameritrade Stadium (UNO Hockey, Creighton Basketball, Concerts and the CWS).

6.  Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge (Largest Pedestrian Bridge Connecting 2 states).

I am thinking of more...

by thenewguy » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:08 am

The things i think of, from now and back to when i was a kid:

1.  A Christmas Carol, Omaha Community Playhouse
2.  Nutcracker, Orpheum Theater
3.  Creighton vs. Southern Illinois games, Qwest Center
4.  40' tall Christmas tree, Durham Museum
5.  Spaghetti Works in the Old Market
6.  Ice rink @ HOAP
7.  The dome @ MoO (i don't know why, but i've always thought of it as one of Omaha's coolest landmarks)
8.  Holiday lights @ GLM
9.  Oh Tannenbaum, Old Market (i love Christmas)
10.  Gerald Ford birthplace monument
11.  St. Mary Magdalene church (always thought it was cool because of midnight mass)
12.  Josyln Art Museum/Central High School
13.  The Rose Theater
14.  Woodmen Tower (i know that first national is taller, but woodmen was the icon for such a long time)
15.  The entire riverfront (can't just say the bridge, there is so much more happening now, too!)
16.  The slides at GLM
17.  Offutt AFB/Air Show
18.  Henry Doorly Zoo
19.  CWS/Rosenblatt (very excited about it moving downtown!)
20.  13th street between downtown and the zoo, mainly surrounding Bohemian Cafe
21.  Joe Tess' Place
22.  Dixie Quicks (good food---owner is a heck of a nice guy)
23.  LANCER Hockey
24.  UNO campus/Veterans Memorial Park
25.  Dundee area (some of the most beautiful and classy homes you may ever see)

by bbinks » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:17 am

Henry Doorly Zoo
Durham Museum
Strategic Air Command Museum (is that too far out of Omaha?)
Joslyn Art Museum
Heartland of America
Old Market

by the1wags » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:15 pm

Nobody else has put anything on this? Slackers.

by the1wags » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:13 am

Great idea! Off the top of my head in no certain order.

1. Zoo
2. Old Market
3. Joslyn Art Museum
4. Durham Museum
5. Lauritzen Gardens/Kenefick Park
6. College World Series
7. Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge
8. Heartland of America Park
9. Gene Leahy Mall
10.Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
11. Pioneer Courage Park (wagon train)
12. A CU game at the Qwest Center
13. Hot Shops Arts Center

That's all I have off the top of my head, a baker's dozen. If you live here and haven't done all of those, get after it. :)

Omaha Top 25?

by Brad » Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:46 pm

I am looking for a list of the Top 25 Thing you think of when you think Omaha!

I don't expect everyone to list 25, but 3 or 4 is cool.  If you have free time, list all 25.

What is Omaha?  What should outsiders see???

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