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There's also the largest "underground city" in Montréal, Québec to avoid winter. It links up universities, stores, offices, subways and much, much more!
by Vvic 5y ago
There's also the largest "underground city" in Montréal, Québec to avoid winter. It links up universities, stores, offices, subways and much, much more!
- speed_spread 5y agoI feel the "underground city" is a bit oversold to tourists. It's mostly just a bunch of shopping malls and bland corridors. But yeah, you can walk for miles below ground level without ever setting foot outside. Especially if you include a Metro hop or two.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> But yeah, you can walk for miles below ground level without ever setting foot outside. It's ironic because if you visit Montréal in the summer everyone is outside. Also, if a French Canadian take you to lunch, expect to eat for 1+ hour. No such thing as a quick lunch.
- jrockway 5y agoI think the idea of the underground city is that it's nice in the winter. I lived in Chicago which has something similar, and never went down there except to take the train. It's all chain stores that have "upstairs" versions as well. Good if you're walking around outside and you notice there's a tornado heading your way, though.
- mattkrause 5y agoAmen! So many friends have wanted to "visit" it, but it's just shops, Starbuckses, and hallways with nary a mole person to be seen.
- bobthepanda 5y agoI mean really you could say that about most non-tourist attraction neighborhoods. It's probably indicative that it's nice for everyday residents. Most people's lives are pretty mundane.
- magicroot75 5y agoI lived in a building connected to the underground in Montreal. I could go see a movie, eat at any major restaurant chain, shop in massive shopping malls, and even get to NYC without ever going outside. I'd say that's pretty cool. Even if it is just a loosely connected group of underground corridors between buildings.
- tomcam 5y ago> even get to NYC without ever going outside Wait what? How?
- not_math 5y agoWhile living in Montréal, I could walk around 5 minutes outside (from my apartment to the metro) and never have to go outside again to go to work or school until I had to come back home.
- hyakosm 5y agoThe RÉSO is pretty nice, its main part connects between 6 subway stations under downtown: Lucien L'Allier, Bonaventure (with its bus and railway station), Square-Victoria, Place d'Armes, McGill and Peel. It connects directly to shopping malls, to "Centre Bell" arena and to multiple office buildings. It would be perfect to extend it and connect through Saint-Laurent station to Berri-UQÀM, the biggest station with 3 lines and tunnels to multiple university buildings.