There are cities that look like they were made up for a movie - and then it turns out they really exist. Vancouver, on Canada's west coast, has become a famous location where the popular romantic series „Off Campus" is filmed, based on Elle Kennedy's novels. The series is about students, love, and hockey at the fictional „Briar" university, but the whole story was actually filmed here, in the province of British Columbia.

The main location is the University of British Columbia, a campus surrounded by nature whose outdoor areas are open to visitors. The campus sports centre and the „Pacific Coliseum" arena hosted the hockey scenes, and a luxury boutique hotel in the city centre became „Dean's apartment" from the series. For fans who want to walk through the world from the screen, the map is almost entirely accessible.

But Vancouver is worth it even without the series. Gastown is a historic district with cobblestones, Victorian buildings, and a famous steam clock. Stanley Park is a huge green space surrounded by ocean, with trails, beaches, and panoramas you remember. Granville Island, a former industrial zone turned cultural and culinary hub, offers markets, galleries, and craft shops - a blend of past and present that Balkan cities rarely know how to pull off.

For those after some adrenaline, the Capilano suspension bridge, 9 kilometres from the city, stretches 137 metres over ancient forest, while the Grouse mountains and the Whistler ski resort are just a two-hour drive away. Vancouver isn't a cheap destination and it isn't close - but it's one of those places that explain why some people go once and never see their own city the same way again. Sometimes the film set is more beautiful than the film itself.