25 NYC Tourist Activities That Are Actually Cool

Yes, they exist.

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It's that time of the year when tourists stage a takeover of New York City. To be fair, it happens all year long, but the invasion is especially noticeable during the holiday season, when getting to work means throwing bows just to cross the street.

Still, there are things not even swarms of out-of-towners can spoil for us, things from the guidebooks that New Yorkers still love. Only, we don't need a book to tell us about them. We know them by heart.

Here are the places and spaces that we still enjoy: 25 NYC Tourist Activities That Are Actually Cool.

Riding the Staten Island Ferry

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Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

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Exploring Chinatown

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Walking the High Line

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Eating Your Way Through the Chelsea Market

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Eating (and Shopping) at Eataly

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Taking in the Chrysler Building

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Grabbing a Sandwich at Katz's Delicatessen

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Gawking at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

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Uncovering Secrets at the Grand Central Terminal

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Watching The Lion King on Broadway

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Taking It to the Top of the Rock

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Perusing the New York Public Library

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Browsing the Bryant Park Holiday Market

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Exploring the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ice Skating in Central Park

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Riding the Roosevelt Island Tramway

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Eating at Gray's Papaya (UWS)

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Exploring the Cloisters

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Visiting Grant's Tomb

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Wandering the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Taking in the Barclays Center

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Taking in the Weird at Coney Island

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Exploring the Past at the New York Transit Museum

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Exploring Gantry Plaza State Park

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