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    4.5 (83 reviews)
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    Elaine N.

    I went here on Saturday about 1.5 weeks ago around 2:30pm and I easily spent 3.5 hours around this fountain. This fountain is located at Seattle Center, which is a place that sometimes has events. It was my last full day in Seattle so it was a nice way to relax. There was a music festival next to this fountain that day and I loved how many people were sitting around the fountain, since that was the most crowded I've seen Seattle so far! I really enjoyed the loud music from the festival and how crowded it was since Seattle felt very dead and empty to me the days before that. People are also allowed to run into the fountain to play with the water it shoots out! The fountain is like a water show. I'd recommend this place! The day I visited this fountain, it was VERY LIVELY since it was during the weekend AND located in Seattle Center! Be careful with the fountain though! Sometimes the international fountain would randomly shoot the water VERY HIGH and the wind would blow it to the people sitting around the fountain! I had a lot of fun here even though some of the water got on me since it was a warm, but cloudy day!

    Christopher J.

    Something about a whimsical place where it pulls you in to interact and/or observe. Absolutely loved visiting the International Fountain. The music was fun and the glee pouring out of people as they interacted with the fountain was absolutely amazing.

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    Amber N.

    We came across this big fountain after walking around the center and coming from the Space Needle. This thing was probably 20 feet tall and it sprouted water so that the kids can enjoy playing. It was definitely picture worthy. You can hear life music and see the nice trees and grass. Lovely place for families and kids.

    120 feet high super-shooters
    Cosimo A.

    Really cool fountain! The water is also programmed to music, and the fountain was created by the same company that created The Fountains of Bellagio.

    March 2022, maybe come during events or livelier time of the year?
    Kiyoshi S.

    Fountain wasn't much to look at. Maybe it's the time of year and there's not much going on. Very hard to stop myself from going down towards the water while sitting in the ledge. Fun to stare at for a minute. Not worth walking around to unless you're on the way or looking forward to an event there

    Located at Seattle Center
    Vic C.

    The International Fountain is located at the Seattle Center and is moves according to the music playing from it (reminds me of the same style as the dancing water at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas). The music runs in a loop of 5 different songs. This fountain is rather interesting in which it was made for the 1962 World Fair. The fountain was rebuilt in 1995 and now is a lasting center piece of history that families can come and let their kids play in the fountain bowl. So you can walk right up to the silver dome and touch it and get soaked by it's water. This attraction is free and worth a visit if you are in the Seattle Center. Also makes makes for a great photo. And since you are here, might as well stay for a song or two (and if it's hot out, why not let that recycled water cool yourself down?). Something about water moving in a rhythmic dance is calming. At night, the fountain is light up. So stop by if you are around.

    Awesome fountain
    Dianna D.

    It's located a walking distance from the Space Needle, EMP Museum, and Pacific Science Center, right by the Key Arena. We walked here after visiting the Pacific Science Center and strolled around a bit talking pictures and taking in the view before heading up to the Space Needle. It's a really cool fountain to play in if you want to get wet, especially for kids. If we weren't in a rush, it would have been a really nice place to sit around the perimeter of the fountain and have lunch while listening to the relaxing music.

    Josh B.

    Ok so in my original review I wasn't feeling this fountain, but I have to admit it has grown on me. I think it has to due not so much with the fountain itself but moreso how it brings people together and gives families a common place to just chill for free. This is great since hardly anything in the Space Needle area is free. I'll give it one more star since it's fun to watch all the families running around the fountain playing in the water. Others sit in the grass reading books, practicing guitar, gossiping, picnicking, or just sunbathing. I recently was there after attending Vegfest and there were some street performers out just feeling the vibe on the African drums and dancing. It was a great performance. There was some much going on around the fountain that I think it gives the fountain more life. Then after you wait for a while a huge cannon of water shoots out of the center of the fountain probably 50-100 feet in the air and you can hear everyone gasp and hoot and holler. I also found the continuous spray of water quite relaxing the longer I sat there. I didn't even notice two hours go by. So I guess in a few years I'll give this fives stars but for now four should suffice.

    enjoying a tea by the fountain while listening to music
    Tammy V.

    Really lovely place to just catch up with a friend! I love that they play soothing music and there's just something about water works that amaze me :)

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    Sherill Y.

    The fountain has an excellent display set to music. We sat and watched for almost an hour. Loved it! Not much else to do but just be. Near the Space Needle and Key Arena. You can walk down into the fountain and play in the water. Located at the Seattle Center, the International Fountain is perhaps one of the best known fountains in Seattle and attracts thousands of tourists and Seattleites each year. During the summer months, you will find kids with swimsuits donned, chasing the huge spurts of water and laughing gleefully at the huge explosion of water that feels as though it will reach beyond the clouds. *The International Fountain is a mainstay from the World's Fair, but was completely replaced and expanded in a $6.5 million project in 1995. As the centerpiece of the broad open space and lawn, it has been transformed from its early days of hard iron nozzles and surrounding sharp-edged, white rock. Now children can play in the fountain bowl and venture right up to the smooth silver dome. By day the fountain is a favorite lounging area and delight for young and old. On top of its attraction to the community, the Fountain also takes care of nature. All of the water is recycled and it's probably the cleanest in the city, with three types of treatment before it ever reaches the public. Built: Originally in 1961 for 1962 World's Fair Replaced & rebuilt: 1995 Landscape Architect: Kenichi Nakano & Associates Mechanical Designer: WET Design Diameter of bowl: 220' Height & width of dome: 10' tall & 27' wide Water Capacity: 9,000 gallons Water Shooters: 137 total mist nozzles 77 fleur-de-lis' 56 microshooters 4 Super Shooters Height reached by Super Shooters: 120' Water in one Super Shooter: 66 gallons Air pressure in one Super Shooter shot: 120 psi Number of water programs synchronized to music: 5

    Banh mi from the Phocycle booth - perfect NW Folklife Festival lunch at the Seattle Center International Foutain!
    Jenny B.

    Oh how we Seattleites love this fountain! Growing up here, I remember The International Fountain being the highlight of many a school field trip to the Pacific Science Center! Even when going to the Center House to see the awesome Christmas trains- can we go by the fountain too? Pretty Please!?!?! The International Fountain is as grand as it is beautiful! As a kid I loved the water spraying out seemingly unpredictably as we danced and played inside the artistic bubbly amphitheater! As an adult we usually find a spot on the top rim to sit and eat lunch, watch the birds, listen to the water of the fountain and just be. It's lovely and beautiful! A definite must on any visit to the Seattle Center! A special place in the hearts of the locals and a wonder piece of interactive art that can be enjoyed by the tourists! The International Fountain is a classic! It never gets old! Of special note- this giant fountain in the middle of a stone amphitheater is wheel chair accessible! There are wide built in ramps on the Queen Anne Hill side of the fountain that gently wind around to the bottom of the bowl. I think this is especially wonderful as it makes the fountain so much more welcoming to everyone, young and old, of all abilities! Everyone is welcome and everyone can join in the fun!

    Debby L.

    It likes to shoot water at random. It has a walkway down to the water. It looks like a boob. We took pictures. It was tons of fun.

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