Category: Canada
Boucherville is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, approximately 20 kilometers east of downtown Montreal. As part of the Longueuil urban agglomeration within the Montérégie administrative region, it is considered an off-island suburb of Montreal. With a population of approximately 42,000…
Varennes is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, approximately 25 kilometers northeast of downtown Montreal. As part of the Marguerite-D’Youville Regional County Municipality, it is considered an off-island suburb of Montreal. With a population of approximately 21,000 residents, Varennes is a…
Montreal is the most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous city in Canada. The city proper is located on the Island of Montreal, which is situated at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. With a population of approximately 1.8 million residents in the city and over…
After our 6-hour-short stop in Amsterdam, we finally arrived in Canada on Sunday evening. For us, this was a completely new country, even though we had heard many great things about it in the past. Not to mention all the dramatic ice hockey games between especially Sweden and Canada in the last two decades. We…
Already during our first evening in Montréal, our Airbnb host Olivier mentioned the Lachine Canal. At that time he suggested us to rent bikes and ride along the canal. We did, however, never rent any bikes in Montréal. But we did find our way to the beginning of the Lachine Canal during our last day…
Sometimes it is nice to get out of the big cities. Smaller towns and villages usually have more charm and tell you a lot more about the country that you are visiting. During our first trip to Canada, we didn’t get too far outside of Montréal. The places we did eventually visit during our third…
Mount Royal rises right on the edge of Downtown Montréal. It is this mountain, or hill depending on how you look at it, that has given the city of Montréal its name. The mountain, with its peak at 233 meters above sea level, could almost be considered the central park of Montréal. Upon entering the…
Montréal might be famous for many things, but one seems to be stand out above the rest – ice-hockey. The Montreal Canadiens are one of the original six in the National Hockey League together with the teams from Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Toronto. Since the end of the Quebec Nordiques, when they moved…