Tiny park with two benches, historic significance to Kurt Cobains fans. Area around it is super nice with lake views.

Nirvana Bench! After hearing about this landmark I had to drop by for a visit & a pic of course! Sirene & beautiful area! I cant even imagine what it would cost to live in this area, but if its anything like the San Francisco Bay Area I couldnt afford it. But Im just glad to be able to see it. RIP Kurt Cobain.

Went here in 2012. Was just a teenager then, but it felt very cathartic. Anyone who goes here and says it was boring... what, were you expecting Kurt to just rise from the grave, greet you with a high five and give you his autograph?

It’s Kurt Cobain’s memorial bench, next to his house, that’s all the park is about. The bench is very well covered with love, memories, and messages from the fans. Even though periodically being repainted by the city, the bench gets maintained by the fans to continue the affection and traditions.

It was surreal to be in the park beside Kurt Cobains home. Since I am a huge fan, I was emotionally moved just to be there and to see the benches with expressions of love, lyrics and other things written on it. Very cool!

Kurt Cobain’s house is right next to the park, there is a staircase but I don’t know what it went to it’s to the left when you walk up. The park is a memorial, I saw several other people walk up when I was there.

Im glad i got to come here. Was able to get a great picture of kurts house too

Several people gathered on April 5 2019 to remember Kurt Cobain. A beautiful soul with firey red hair and European accent has set up the flag and the candles. People were bringing flowers, singing, talking. This was a beautiful moment with people from all around the world gathered to remember a beautiful young man.

Really peaceful memorial to Kurt Cobain. As in the Aberdeen park, there are several groups of people coming from all over the world to remember Kurt in their own way. Bring an ink pen to write some lyrics on the bench, which has a direct view of the house he lived and died in (though it looks a lot different now). Overall, its a nice place to sit and reflect and pay your own respects to a rock legend.

Nothing fancy but a nice place to visit if your a fan of Kurt Cobain. Yes, you can see his old home but out of respect for the people living there now, dont be a creep and try to peer over the fence!

Ive been there today, love his music, RIP Kurt

Loved seeing Kurts home

It was small, quiet, and pretty. Be a nice place for a small picnic with a beautiful green or blue eyed gal.

Close to Kurt Cobain house and place of the informal memorials.

Whoa! Hard to believe how many people go through this place. A shrine to honor one of the neighborhoods most famous residents. Also, a stop on many tours. Lots of graffiti on benches or it would get five stars. Plus, saw a 40 bottle. But, no one there today. Upper level is secluded.

What a sweet place. This parks pretty cool , Ive been here several times . Theres been some really cool times here at this park . #love #kurtcobain #nirvana #music lots of people visit this place every year . The park benches have lots of writing on them . This park is next door to where Kurt Cobain lived .

RIP Kurt Cobain. Saw the bench and it was very moving.

There isnt much here so dont set your expectations super high and you wont be disappointed. Basically a small local park with no parking, nice little relaxing spot overlooking the lake, but the main reason everyone visits are the benches which have been turned into pseudo shrines to Kurt Cobain. The house he lived in is next door to the park but dont expect to see it. The current owners deserve their privacy and have made sure you cant see the house. Other than that it is a neat spot to stop and checkout what others have left at and on the benches.

The location and view give this park five stars. We very much appreciated the level of respect that people and the city have given this unofficial memorial to Kurt Cobain.

Kurt Cobains house....absolutely amazing!!

Meh, dont bother. It is just a couple of park benches with some graffiti painted on them. Sure, the famous house is next door, but nothing to see there, either.

A small green lot next to the former home of Kurt Cobain. An unexpectedly beautiful view of Lake Washington can be seen from the park. Dont forget to leave a flower on the Kurt Cobain memorial bench.

Grungy... but nice memorial. Simple.

Cute little park. Only visit if you are a fan of Curt Cobain. It is right beside his old house. I am a huge fan and loved it.

Most notable because of Cobain; its a nice little park with a decent view. The owners of his former home are allowing the plants to grow to seclude the home.

The unnamed Kurt Cobain hangout park next to Kurts Seattle Lake Washington .

Punk Rock history.. RIP KURT!

I love Nirvanas music. Kurt Cobain was one of a kind.

This tiny park is a gathering place for Nirvana fans to pay their respects to Kurt Cobain.If you are looking for a beautiful place for a picnic, Viretta is perfect. If you are expecting long sprawls to throw a frisbee or you want a playground for your kids, skip Viretta and head over to GasWorks.

Fun spot for Kurt cobain fans.

Not much to see actually just scribbles on the bench for kurt

If you love Curt Cobain youll just get it ant explain the feeling but youll know if you go

Love the story but it needs improvements the nostalgia has gone away and needs a tribute

A spiritual moment for my son ... reading the messages on the benches in Viretta Park, and viewing what was once Kurt Cobains house, while listening to a special selection of Nirvana songs ... Very special ..

Peaceful. Also there is a memorial bench right beside Nirvana front man Kurt Cobains old house.

Be advised that street parking is *extremely* limited. Best to park a block away and walk.

It was an honor to see Curt Kobains house.

Great to have somewhere to go to celebrate Kurt Cobain and his music.

Its awesome seeing the love for Kurt. They should 100% rename the park.

I have very bad posture...thx courtney

The beauty and the grunge feel of Seattle all wrapped up in one little park. Check out the beautiful Kurt Cobain house and put a flower or two (Maybe even a beer or cigarette) on his memorial bench. Turn around and take in the beauty of Seattle and the surrounding waters. Oh! And dont worry theres another bench that you can take a rest on.

Regardless its connection with Kurt Cobain, it’s a nice park to picnic overlooking to Lake Washington. Park your car at Denny Blaine Park not far from there.

Nice place to relax.

Cute little park. We stopped by quickly to see Cobains house. It was misty rqining so we really didnt explore much.

Took a friend there that has never been before, was amazed how clean it was for a Seattle park

Sure theres a bench where legend Kurt Cobain is honored. But thats literally it and maybe were just old washed up rock fans, but definitely not kid friendly, we wanted to go see the bench and were traveling with our son and the park was dirty and we felt unwelcome with the crowd there toasting Kurt with drugs and alcohol. Sure we get it just a heads up to those Nirvana fans who have grown up and have little ones, it maybe one to leave them at home for.

Memorial bench in park next to where Cobain ended his life.

This is the park next to the house Kurt Cobain took his last breath in

Nice park across the street from the infamous former home of Kurt Cobain. Would have been 5 stars, but giving it 3 stars because of all of the naked dudes. No pictures available.

We came all the way from Houston to see this park in June of 2014. No, really we have family in the area and were going on a cruise. But we are both huge Grunge and Nirvana fans in general, so this was on our to do list in Seattle. I did not realize how small the park really is, but it was fascinating. We enjoyed the waterfront view across the street. We will probably visit again when we go back in 2 years.

Many jogs through this place. Love it and nice place to relax when dry.

Meant a lot to me to come here. You really feel like one with the culture when you stand at that bench and look up at the house (well, the tip of it anyway). A great place to pay respects to one of my heroes.

Nothing special a bit disappointed

Brought some family for a matter town to see Kurt Cobains house

Small park next door to Kurt Cobains house. There are no official memorials, but several park benches have been turned into tributes to the man and the music. Very moving place. The perfect way to honor Kurt, and he would have liked it very much.

Was expecting more.

Cute little park its really just 2 benches next to the infamous Kurt Cobain home. Its a nice place to sit and relax. Quiet neighbor, right next to the water.

A nice little spot to chill and relax

I went here of course, to see the house Kurt used to live in and the park he supposedly used to visit. Its a tiny little park, in an upper-middle class neighborhood. It is very relaxing and the Cobain bench is really neat.

I love coming to this bench and seeing everyone write wonderful things about such a great talented man! Also such a nice quiet neighborhood

Peacefull place to think, read and meditate about life, death, music and teen spirit

Worth it for any fan of Kurt, but for a true experience you have to head to his childhood home in aberdeen which is directly down the street from his bridge and a small park dedicated to him.

That beautiful

Walking past and all these ppl looking down at me - this was their view (cause I had to go see)

Ive lived in Seattle for almost 10 years now and had never before stopped by this morbidly famous site. Kurt and Courtneys old house, the spot where Kurt took his life (unless youre into the conspiracy theories about his death) and Viretta Park are right beside each other along Lake Washington Boulevard. Viretta Park is a tiny little lot that has only two benches, one of which is used as a shrine to Kurt. On the 21st anniversary of his death, I found the time to go to the house and the park next door.These days, the house is hidden mostly by vegetation and a big front gate. The above-garage apartment / greenhouse where Kurt took his life was demolished back in 1996. You can get a little closer to the house by walking down a well-worn path in the park, but there still isnt much to see from there.The bench is probably the only real site to see. Seattle parks repaints the bench, but it doesnt take long for it to fill up again with Kurts lyrics, photos of Kurt, fan letters, flowers, picks and graffiti.The closest relic of those days comes in the form of this tree, which someone had carved RIP and the date into - sometime in either 1997 or 1998. The tree hasnt yet fully healed, much like the fans visiting the bench today - still listening to the music and wondering what if.

Great local secret

Sad memorial. Gone to soon

This is just one bench under a tree with no view of Kurts house due to overgrown plants. Its tiny and really out of the way not much to see. Its a 30 min drive for 5 minutes with of sights. Their is no parking you have to park in the neighborhood.

Grunge

If you are expecting to see Kurts house, you will be disappointed. There is also an unofficial nude beach a short walk away as well.

As everyone knows, a special and sacred place. Im grad I could visit here.

Great view

Nice place to sit and just let your thoughts flow back to the early nineties.

Lots of nostalgia. Grunge fan remembering good old times here.

Kurt was killed by K Love!!!Watch the Documentary SOAKED IN BLEACH!!!The Detective that she hired has always professed her guilt. Its not right to carry on being mislead if you can avoid stupidity with a glance through the looking glass.She is criminal...Always has been...Always will be...

A must for any Nirvana and Cobain fan. A sad memory of a music giant who got me and millions more into great music. A small and not kept park behind Kurts house with two benches to leave your mark.

It was surreal to be here. Listen to Kurts music and loved it. Paid respects.

Went to the little beach down the way too, nice little spot. Caught current owners pulling out of Kurts old house, caught a good pic

All the way from Brownsville Texas.Awesome!

Park next to Cobain’s house

Tiny little park next to Kurt Cobains house. If u appreciate his music u should visit at least once.

Such a beautiful place.

The place i love and hate at the same time cause Kurt Cobain killed his self here thank you for this i love you all for this and i cant wait to move here

Good little chill spot

Sad kurt Cobain bench its there

Awesome place Curt Cobain memorial

Cool place to see

Somber with tears shed for the loss of the voice of my generation. May he be in peace from his inner turmoil.

Memorial spot for Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain’s memorial, next to the house he lived in.

RIP KURT COBAIN (

Almost missed it, it is so small. Great memorial! A must see!

So glad they let fans still come here after all these years.

Amazing you feel captivated by the essence of kurt cobain just being in the area and you feel a sense of reverence for courtney here was the spot that was created for their family to grow.... The different emotions one feels

Sentimental. Peaceful

In a place of such beauty. Its sad the tragic way his life ended.

For anyone who has loved Cobain.

Unbelievable that u can sit on the bench. Views obstructed by new construction. Shame on Seattle for not preserving

We love you Kurt eternal in our hearts