January 20th, 2008
Explore the underground city
By Christopher DeWolf // 1 Comment
Want to explore Montreal's underground city? Here's your chance. On February 24th, the annual "Montreal Downtown & Underground Event," part of the High Lights Festival, will offer its participants a chance to snake their way through five kilometres of underground malls and tunnels, up and down more than 1,000 steps, from Place Montreal Trust to the Desjardins complex.
The day will start at 8am with a race; if you're a runner and you want to participate, you'd better hurry, because it usually fills up pretty quickly. Registration costs $17.72.
For those of us who break out in a cold sweat at the thought of having to run anywhere, especially at eight o'clock in the morning, don't worry: walkers will have their own chance to explore the downtown core's maze of underground passageways. Show up at the Carrefour Industrial Alliance (underneath Simon's and the Paramount cinema) between 10:30am and 3:30pm and you'll get to take part in a free, leisurely stroll, complete with unspecified "shows, activities and other surprises" scheduled throughout the day. Participants will get to wrap everything up at 5pm with a big party at the Desjardins complex.
Check out the High Lights Festival's website for more details.
Photo taken near Square-Victoria metro by deeelem
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I'm tempted to get some bloggers together to do the walk en masse.
Comment by Kate M.
January 21, 2008 | 11:47 am