{"id":32825,"date":"2017-02-21T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T07:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/fairbanks\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:48:47","slug":"fairbanks","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/north-america\/alaska\/fairbanks","title":{"rendered":"Fairbanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>GOLDEN HEART CITY<\/h2>\n<p>Although <strong>Alaska&#8217;<\/strong> s gold rush was only relatively short-lived, it put <strong>Fairbanks <\/strong>on the map as <strong>Golden Heart City<\/strong> once and for all. Thanks to the <strong>Chena River <\/strong>and a railroad, Fairbanks grew to become Alaska&#8217;s second largest city. Meanwhile, Fairbanks is also accessible via two highways. A modern city with the allure of a metropolis, yet it is located in the middle of the wilderness. Here you can enjoy the best of both worlds, with many amenities, culture and entertainment options, and numerous opportunities to explore nature from the Golden Heart City. In the winter months, you can witness the play of colors of the magical Northern Lights during clear nights.     <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modern city in the middle of the wilderness, a good base for short trips, and also the gateway to the Arctic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":27002,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[233],"highlight_category":[602],"continent_category":[232],"class_list":["post-32825","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-alaska","highlight_category-gebied-en","continent_category-north-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387364,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/32825\/revisions\/387364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=32825"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=32825"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=32825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}