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Montreal is famous for its complex of underground tunnels linking buildings, in particular the shopping centres. When winters are freezing, shifting things underground away from the weather does indeed seem to make eminent sense – as well as being rather unique. So we just had to experience this for ourselves.
According to the information we received, the ‘Underground City’ now takes in 33km of connecting passageways and links over 1700 boutiques and businesses. That isn’t hard to believe, because with our lack of local knowledge we soon were … um … lost! Undaunted, we pressed on, finding some shops selling the goods we needed (more summer clothing).
While we did our shopping though, I came to the realisation that our ‘above ground’ shopping malls are equally windowless – so the experience of shopping underground felt very like being at home. And, interestingly, the Montreal shopping complex in the photos even had a glass dome over the top, through which trees were visible (photo 2): that was definitely less claustrophobic than usual in a ‘standard’ shopping centre! Theme: Other
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