Portland tour in 7 hours

Here are some Portland Trivia tidbits for you:

• The Portland Saturday Market is the largest continuously operating open-air crafts market in the United States.
• Powell’s City of Books, occupying an entire city block, is the world’s largest independent bookstore.
• The Port of Portland is the largest wheat export port in the United States.
• Portland’s Junior Rose Festival Parade is the largest children’s parade in America.
• Portlandia is the second-largest hammered-copper statue in the world (the Statue of Liberty is the first).
• Portland’s International Rose Test Garden is the oldest in the nation.
• More Asian elephants (27 to date) have been born in Portland than in any other North American city.
• Portland is known as the epicenter of America’s craft brewing renaissance.
• Portland is home to both the world’s smallest dedicated park, Mill Ends Park (24 inches in size), and the nation’s largest forested city wilderness – the 5,000-acre Forest Park.
• There are 37,000 acres of parks in the Portland metro area.
• Portland’s nicknames include “Rose City,” “City of Bridges,” “Rip City,” and “Rivercity.”
• The Oregon Brewers Festival is the largest gathering of independent brewers in North America.
• The city of Portland was officially incorporated on February 8, 1851.
• There is no sales tax in Oregon.