Inzvimbo yekodhoni yemakoroji iyo inowanzozivikanwa sevhiki yezororo getaway, Iowa City ndiyo inonyanya kufambira mberi mune imwe nzvimbo mune imwe nzira yakaenzana uye inochengetedza nyika. Kunyange zvakadaro, Iowa yakashamisika vazhinji vaiona apo yakava nyika yekutanga yenharaunda yepamutemo yekuroorana nevasikana (kunyangwe nekutonga kwematare emhosva).
Leafy uye zvinyoronyoro muguta reIowa rine zvakawanda zvokuenda naro muzera apo vazhinji vanofambira vanotsvaka mutaundi netsika asi vanoda kuvhara mari yakakwirira, kusagadzikana kwepasky, uye vanoona ngozi dzekuchengetedzwa kwemamwe maguta makuru.
Iri guta rinoda kusvika 72,000 harina kukwana, rakaoma kufamba, uye rakachengeteka. Zviri mukati mekufamba kwemasikati eChicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, uye St. Louis, uye ine imwe yezviratidzo zvinoonekwa zvegayari zveguta chero ripi zvaro.
Kuvapo kwekodzero yeUniversity of Iowa (U yeI) inosanganisira chikamu chezvinhu zvinokosha zvechirongwa cheguta uye zvakasarudzwa nemaitiro ekufunga. Iko musasa inobatanidza zvisinganzwisisiki neguta reguta, asi kusiyana nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakasimbiswa nedzimwe dzimba yezvidzidzo, Iowa City yakanyanya kupfuura guta rekoroji.
Vakawanda vanoita zvepabonde nevadzidzisi vemadzinza vakatamira pano kuti vashandise hupenyu hwehupenyu hwepamusoro uye hupenyu hunogara huripo - guta racho rakarambidza rusarura kune vanhurume nevadzidzisi vemakore pakati pe1970, uye gore roga roga zviuru zvinopinda muIowa City Pride kupemberera muna June uye yakaropafadzwa Iowa Women's Music Festival munaSeptember. University of Iowa Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, uye Queer Resource Center, yekare, GLBTAU uye yakagadzwa muna 1970, inogamuchira shamwari nevashanyi vemakore ose, pasinei nezvinoitwa zvepabonde, kuungana kwevakawanda, kubva kumafirimu kusvika kumatambo kune misangano yezvematongerwe enyika .
Uyezve, maererano nekuverengwa kwevanhu munguva pfupi yapfuura, Iowa City inosvika gumi nematatu munyika iyo iri pakati peMetropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) mu "mazana emhuri dzakabatana dzinhurume kana vakadzi."
Pasinei nokuti iwe uri mudzidzi kana wevanhu vasiri vanhu, mushanyi kana wekune dzimwe nzvimbo, zvemagariro eIowa City inowanikwa zvikuru muYunivhesiti yeAna uye mushure maro, mashizha ane mashizha akachengetedzwa nemahumba akare edzidzo yekare uye zvivako zvinonakidza zvino.
IU yaI inonyanya kuzivikanwa neyedzipi yezvokurapa uye yeIowa Writers 'Workshop, iyo yakanyorwa semifananidzo yakafanana naJohn Irving, John Cheever, Rita Dove, Jane Smiley, Flannery O'Connor, naRobert Penn Warren vave vakadzidzisa kana akadzidziswa. Mumwe wechidiki Tennessee Williams akadzidzawo semitambo pano.
Kuti uwane manzwiro emusasa, uye zvichida kubata kuruma kuti udye, simira neyunivhesiti inotsigira hupenyu hwevadzidzi, iyo inofadza Iowa Memorial Union, iyo yakazarurirwa vanhu vose. Iine mitsara yezvokudya uye mabhizimisi pamwe nehotera. Iva nechokwadi chekutarisa kuti chii chiri kutamba muByjou Cinema yenyunyato, inyanzvi yemitambo yeimba iyo inowanzobudisa mafirimu e-themer-themed. Chikamu chinosanganisira zviitiko zveU yeI Museum of Natural History - yekare museumusiki kumadokero kweRwizi rwaMisissippi - iyo ine zviratidzo zvakawanda zvezvipfuwo uye shiri uye zviratidzo zvinotevera mamiriyoni 500 emakore ekugadzirwa kwenyika muIowa.
Chimwe chimiro chinonyanya kuzivikanwa ndeweU yeI Museum of Art, iyo mabhii ayo anoongorora mazana emakore emakore eAfrica, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero eNative America, Pre-Columbian, Europe, uye America mamhanzi. Unokwanisa kuona mabasa aPasasso, Matisse, Chagall, uye modernist gay Marsden Hartley. Dzidza nezveshoko reIowa City sehurumende huru (1840-1857) kuAld Capitol Museum, iyo inotora imba yakavakwa yakaisvonaka iyo yakagara iine sangano reA Iowa.
Yunivhesiti ine nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzekushanda dzinogamuchira zvipo zvepamunharaunda uye zvepasi rose, iyo inonyanya kukosha kuva Hancher Auditorium, iyo mabhuku ane zita guru-zita remitambo uye kutarisa mifananidzo inoratidzira. U weI Mainstage Dhiyabhorosi maitirwo emitambo yemasikirwo uye epadheseti zvinoshamisa, sezvinoita matanho matatu ekutanga masayendisiti ari mudhorobha: Dreamwell Theatre inopa mamwe emabasa emunharaunda anonyanya kukurudzira, Riverside Theatre yakabudisa mamiriyoni emhando yemakore kupfuura makore, uye Iowa City Community Theater is another notable venue.
Vanopfuura vashanyi vashomanana vanouya pano nekutengesa mupfungwa dzavo - Iowa City ine mifananidzo yakawanda yemifananidzo, funky boutiques, uye zvitoro zvemuziki zvinotonhorera uye vanotengesa mabhuku. Vafudzi vehutano vanofanira kuva nechokwadi chekutarisa Iowa Artisans Gallery, iyo yave iri kutakura mabasa evane tarenda vepanzvimbo dzemasangano kwemakore anopfuura 25.
Nzvimbo huru yezvitoro yakasimudzirwa muguta, Prairie Lights, ine chikamu chakakura chevabonde uye chechikadzi pamwe chete nemafuta emapepanhau uye munharaunda. Imwe hofisi yewaffefause padhoro repiri ndiyo nzvimbo yakanaka yekutengesa kwechiremba.
Downtown inowedzerawo nevasikana vane ushamwari hwemasikati, maresitorendi, uye maresitori - chengetai Iowa City Gay Bars uye Mafambiro Ekutengesa mazano.