5 Things That Shocked Me About Montreal
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Apparently our construction doesn't shock him😂
Bro it feels like we live in those cities in fiction that always get wrecked by super heroes and villains but minus super heroes and villains .-.
I've popped tires in potholes a few times. Brutal.
You really think its only us that have a infrastructurals maintenance deficit? Its pretty commun to all major older North american cities.
@@thierrydumais1 agreed. Here in Nevada they say our state flower is the traffic cone because of how common it is lol
IKR
I've lived in many cities in multiple provinces in Canada and I never want to leave Montreal. My heart will always belong to this city.
I've been living in Montreal for 8 years and this is the first time I find someone putting the right word to it : you can be weird in Montreal. Everyone can do their thing and nobody will judge you. As a Quebecois who comes from a small town of 3 500, I was shocked when I saw this. Nobody will judge who I am. I didn't shave myself for 2 weeks, I didn't cut my hair. Nobody cares. It was very different where I'm from.
totally agree. that's the right word!! I'd been in Montreal for a year. I'm still missing the people there so much. I feel I'm out of range here, but not in Montreal. it makes me confident which I'm losing recently. I definitely go to Montreal when this pandemic over. your video relieved my stress. thank you.
That is the problem...people look in appearance weird, opened mind until you speak with those people, feeling like you are speaking to a citizen of a totalitarian idiocratic weird state.
Tu viens d'où? 😂
it's true, a lot of people talk about having that sentiment, but in montreal you really FEEL it. there's an air of acceptance and it's really nice. recently had to move to vancouver after almost 3 years in mtl and i can hardly take the ambient aggression here 😅 can't WAIT to go back. 💕
That's the way in every big north American city, nothing to do with Montreal in particular. If you think Montreal has weird characters you might want to take a trip to let's say San Francisco.
I moved to Montreal 5 years ago and love it. I bike everywhere in the summer and take transit the rest of the year. The amount of free, public events really shocked me. There's always something free and spectacular going on in the city. I was especially surprised to see fire pits and winter activities. Montreal is a city for people who love life and understand how to live without having to spend a lot of money.
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Yeah, sounds like quite the opposite to Vancouver. Can't wait to move there
Montreal people are not weird....they are original! They like being themselves, something to admire.
@Maxime Caron The thing is that kiddo is arrogant at least and ignorant at best. I would have made some searching before coming to live in such a diverse city as Montréal.
@Maxime Caron right? nothing wrong with being weird :p
@@racineurr.8924 how? weird is not a derogatory word, especially in the context he described
@@djjayjay680 In French there is a saying that goes like this "jouer sur les mots" and I think it can be translated in English. So don't play. French word for "weird" is "bizarre" a word that English language has too but both "bizarre" doesn't mean the same thing in English or French. So it mayn't be a derogatory word in English and in the context he used but their is here a greater context: Montréal. This is the context to that has to be taken account into. Anyway, it's a most sensible subject, you that, he should have known that.
@@racineurr.8924 whats wrong with you? this was a pleasant simple video and your calling the guy arrogant?
I'm Brazilian. I'll move to Montreal next year. I'm in love with Montreal.
Make sure to google your rights as a tenant! The landlords have gone /mad/ with the rent prices but you can dispute them even after signing a contract. You can also dispute the rent increase and it's pretty easy.
Take a Costco membership, food is HELLA cheap and fairly good quality
Bienvenue, Afonso. :-)
@@trokoshea1 Merci! ;)
@@afonsomafra7692 take me w you
#6: There's actually a municipal law which limits the height of buildings so as to not hinder the view of/from Mount Royal.
I am from Ottawa and it too has a law that no building can
be higher then the Parliment building.
This is ok until the city gets over populated and there is housing shortage
They need to scrap that tbh
@@2.5chainz no they don't, why does Montreal need more ugly, unoriginal, tall glass condos that Toronto prides itself in?
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I write mystery novels set in Montreal. In one of my books there is a murder in the gay village. My American editor wrote the comment saying that I should not say Gay Village it was politically incorrect. I had to explain that Montreal is a gay friendly city and we are proud of the area we call the Gay Village.
That's hilarious! 😂
its commonly called Le village. i think le village gai is more a way of saying it in 1990.
They want to take off the word gay out. It’s in the works. It will be Le village.
The gay village is over dead’s vill.
Cheers
@@MocBailloux I guess it shows my age. Many Montreal maps still show it as the gai Village. Thanks for the note I will correct in my novel.
@@michaelkent5966 Most french speaking people in Montreal do call it "le village" BUT they also call it "le quartier gai" :)
Picnics aren't usually that big of a deal, but since we can't meet inside because of Covid-19, picnics are now the way to go ALL THE TIME.
I agree with you!
Also our government and the police are not respecting us and we have no other choice than to disobey a little to have some kind of a life!
The parc laurier has always been full of pic nickers. Full. But yes it's true, since the pandemic people really enjoy the parcs to the max, all of them are full now (and there are very many) not only the nicest ones. I think this is very protective for the mental health or the people. The pandemic must be very hard in park-less cities without a culture of enjoying them. I think this phenomenon was already being boosted in the last decades by European especially French immigrants who are very many in montreal
For sure there are many more people in the parks, but picnics have always been a thing. I've been having them for many years in lots of different parks, and they're pretty much always full.
Indeed, but I remember before Covid, parks were still full as soon as the sun was out in May.
Montreal has a huge music scene. Any artist who is starting out can actually get a regular gig at a club and build a following .
It's getting better for artist in the music scene , but they still dont get any huge radio play !
i'm from California (born and raised) with no ties to Montreal, came here for university, best years of my life. This is truly the best city I have ever been and live in
But winter will give you a grey sky for 6 months
Did you go to McGill?
@@GreyZonex that’s not true one of the weird things is it would be -20 in December and you could still see the sun bright .
@@GreyZonex ….It seems to me that your comment is based on a false impression. As per Environment Canada, Montreal’s winters have some of the lowest precipitation days.
The numbers are:
December: 5.9 days
January: 4.2 days
February: 4.0 days
March: 6.9 days
In fact, Montreal winters are the sunniest season with an average of 5.25 precipitation days compared to :12.8 for Spring, 11.7 for Summer and 12.3 for falls.
@@YONFT7079 damnnnnn best comment of the year
Je suis Montréalaise. Je suis née sur l'île, et j'ai été très surprise lorsque j'ai déménagé à Québec de voir à quel point c'est différent et fermé d'esprit. Montréal est effectivement unique et chacun peut faire ce qu'il veut, sans être jugé.
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The picnic life 😂
What? Tangerine Travels also watched this video? I am such a big fan of your channel! I have 3 shirts from your former store. Montreal is my home.
I t s like in Europe they eat and drink in parks and then leave their garbage 🤮
@@towaritch That’s not the case here
@@Martine1976 in Europe and the UK it's disgusting even Extinction Rebellion demonstrations leave a pile of trash 🤮
@@towaritch Oh wow I’m sorry for you
I'm never lonely in Montreal. You can go anywhere and talk with anyone and engage in fun and happy conversations.
Here's an interesting statistic: the homicide rate in Montreal in 2019 was 1.19 per 100 000, way lower than any other cities in Canada or the U.S. with a population of over one million. Feel safe walking around the city at 3:00am (once the curfew is lifted).
Yes people are more happy and respected here that is why, even poor people
exactly!
Agree!!
Truueee!!!! Montreal is a safe metropol, there is gang like in every big cities but they do their criminal things underground. You cant walk around 3.00am
While I agree that Montreal has one of the lowest violent crime rates in a major North American city, you should still play it safe at night. I was randomly attacked and badly beaten in 2000 on rue Saint-Laurent.
Dan: "If you live on the Island, you don't need a car"
All of West Island: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU?"
Trust me, once you get a car you'll need a car. In Manhattan maybe not.
Yeah, that's not really Montreal Montreal
Cote Saint Luc: wut do you mean cars are not needed
@@philipilinsky2930 is that still Montreal? Like the West Island, that's the outter rims
@@joelcasseus628 yeah look on a map its parallel to decarie
Montreal my fave Canadian city
Quebec
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there is always something to do in montreal: festivals, museums, shopping, music, walking in the village, fireworks weekly, st jean Baptist. there are even beaches! pick up a newspaper from the metro and you can find something for sure
And the past 14 months all that has vanished. There is no city I've ever visited that where people are so determined to just get out and enjoy themselves.
@Iron Arm I have lived in several big cities. Montreal may not be unique but there is more to do there than in most places I've been.
@Iron Arm I can't speak for Vancouver, but I Iive part-time in each of Montreal and Toronto and, yes, I do think Montreal has more festivals and the like. Both are great cities, but Montreal is more devoted to having fun, and they're great at organizing it.
Living in Montreal you always get invited to a picnic, relaxing,eating, listening to music, watching people dancing, lots of fier works in the summer too, it’s just joying living plan and simple, not complicated!!
this is what excites me the most knowing that I can perform while having fun at the park..I'm judy from Philippines and singing is one of the things I love the most..😊
Alright to be fair, some of these were "Surprising" more than "Shocking"... but the UA-cam algorithm seems to like videos about people being shocked, and so... here we are! 😂Anyway, to those who have been to Montreal, what was it that surprised/shocked you?
I'm so shocked...
Oi ❤
It’s nice how almost every shop greets with “bonjour, hi!”
Cute 🥰
Hi Dan, just discovered your channel. What made you decide to move to Montreal?
What i like about Montréal . It is the diversity of it's architecture . Old Montréal so European ( a small town in Brittany), Westmount along Maisonneuve boulevard so British with it's lawn, North American downtown with the skyscrapers and Le Plateau ,Hochelaga etc are the quintessantial of Montreal uniqueness .
And the little Chinatown ( quartier chinois)
You haven't been in Europe I suppose:)
Montréal is not a town in Bretagne, it is in the Languedoc, near Carcassonne.
@@notfromamerica1617 . Did i say there is a Montreal in Brittany???? Nope!
@@ndlkdan6213 France, Spain , U.k, Italy etc
I moved here recently (1 month) from Italy and wow it's really a total new world for me.
The 5 things that shocked me:
1. Open spaces and green areas: Here there is SPACE, much more space than I am used to, here there is green literally EVERYWHERE with lots of trees even in normal streets and with lot of parks. And this make a difference. I feel finally really good when walking around, much more relaxed.
2. You can pass literally from CITY life to MOUNTAIN life within minutes. As you walk into Mont-Royal park that is basically made of 3 different hills and it is in the center of Montréal, you are into woods and mountain paths and you feel immersed in nature. As you go to the top there are many view points that are awesome.
3. Every PARK is ALIVE and so enjoyable. All the parks are really well maintained and there are many people around as well as infrastructure for sports: basketball and soccer courts everywhere and sometimes tennis courts. And there are bunch of parks all over the island.
4. Multiculturalism: The city, as said in the video, is a well-integrated mix of different cultures and languages and you can feel it. Basically almost all the city is bilingual and I can speak rather in English or French and it doesn't matter. Everyone accepts other cultures really easily.
5. And for the last the style of buildings that is never boring and depressing as the Italian suburbs and residential areas full of ugly grey and old working-class buildings. Here every house has nice colors and style, which change in the various part of the city
So you're yet to live through all of winter... hmm.
@@raycrou8837 yeah ahah I will have to experience for the first time temperatures lower than -10 ahah
The first time I came to Montréal, i was shocked who empty was the city . But i quite realised it was like this in most Canadian cities , if we compare of London or Beijing.
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Montrealer here: People have cabin fever at the end of winter. Add the curfew because of covid 19 and we are HUNGRY for fresh air and socialising!
I am a native Montrealer, but have had the good fortune and luxury of living all over the world and in different provinces too. What shocked me, or at least brought home to me, is that things I took for granted or thought was perfectly normal, just aren't for anywhere else. We are very sophisticated and generally open minded, unlike some other places. Just in my neighbouring province, I was often looked at as snobby (not the case, at all). We are unique. It's a good thing.
Open minded my a**. The most racist city I’ve been to in Canada. My partner is a POC and I have never seen such narrow minded disgusting human beings. Bill 21 is enough evidence of Quebec’s close mindedness. Go back to school
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THIS is what I've been looking for in a travel video. Someone who knows and appreciates the neighborhoods, not just the notable touristy sights.
I’m from Puerto Rico and I did a summer language immersion program in French in 2006 at UQAM and ever since I fell wildly in love with the city. I spent about a month there and it was a wonderful energy. I live in Colorado now, but I’m researching the immigration process because I want to live in Montreal again. It suits me perfectly and after living in Denver, the winters no longer scare me 😆
If you have a degree and speak French it’s quite easy
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@@danielasterling6936 de que estás hablando?
Clarification: legally, you can have a beer in a park in Montreal as long as you're also eating. Cops can give you a ticket if you only have a beer.
Wow. Didn’t know that! Cool. But what happens if you finish your sandwich first lol
@@janasali821 I guess it's up to the policeman to decide...
Cops CAN give you a ticket but I've never seen it happen or heard of it happening to anyone I know. I think it's mostly used to force people to go home once they get unruly from being drunk. I've personally often gone to a park with friends for a beer .
From Winnipeg lived in Vancouver. Back in Winnipeg. I agree about the Winnipeg thing. What shocked me the most about Montreal was its nightlife. Very vibrant
If only it still existed.
@@egansegal3476 meh, it will come back at some point
@@bobbiusshadow6985 Yes it will come back. Count on the Québécois for this one.
Which is why Québecois in general thinks Ontario is boooooring.
@@sophiamarchildon3998 8D SOOO right ! I live 30 minutes from downtown Toronto and I tell most people that I reside in Scarborough/North York. Don't wanna tell anyone I live in Toronto. DX I used to live in Montreal and I miss it TERRIBLY 8'^(
I'm an exe-Montrealer who watches these videos with a feeling of great nostalgia. One thing you may not know that might be shocking is that when they built the Metro in preparation for Expo '67, they used the excavated rock and soil to build an island (Ile Notre Dame). Love the videos. I recommend you check out the Lachine canal and the old but working-class architecture of St. Henri; there are still town-house style homes that have tunnel-like entrances to the backyard which is where the working class would keep the working horses they used to do their jobs (before cars, obviously). I hope you keep enjoying Montreal: I know I enjoyed growing up there.
Cool I didn’t know that about St. Henry area
Oh yeah! I leaned about these carriage entrance when I moved in Pointe saint-charles, I have one of those in my building side and I learned that it was for horses and carriages, super interesting stuff indeed!
My great uncle was actually the architect that created all the plans for the metro! I’m proud to say it’s one of the most people friendly in the world (super easy to navigate when you compare it to European underground systems) !
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When you've lived in a city all your life, you take a lot for granted. Thank you for helping me appreciate Montreal through your fresh eyes.
Honestly Montreal is the coolest place I know
before the pandemic my mom would just drive me and my brother to Montreal, we’d walk around and that was it that was the trip, and it was absolutely awesome! Literally just walking there is fun
I find the city really beautiful, I don’t know if it’s like that in every big city but I’ve always also loved the street artists everywhere, I also really like that the st-Lawrence river is there
I've been in Montréal for 6 months now and everything you said is so accurate ! I feel like everyone is calling sick or is taking a day off to go to the park when it's sunny 🌞
Montréal doesn't have the nice weather. Super cold winters (even if they get shorter) humid or dry and fu&&*&gly hot and humid summers. So in-between, you go outside to glimpse a ray of sun without being burned or frozen.
I called in sick about 7 years ago, it’s been a long picnic lol
I landed in Montreal straight from India last year during the pandemic and since then all I have been doing is exploring different neighborhoods every weekend using the weekend unlimited pass in STM (world's best public transport) in the world's best city. I totally agree that every neighborhood is unique in its own way and I am so fortunate to call Montreal home.
The province of Québec is beautiful!! 😍⚜️🍟🧀
It is a completely different world outside the city. Quebec is magnificent.
But don't speak English. They have language police. The ugly side of PQ.
@@francoistombe I know!, but I still don't learn French well, besides I only speak as a tourist, if I lived there I would speak French with pleasure.
French spoken well is a very nice language. The Quebec accent is rough. Like a Brooklyn accent. You can be fined for doing business in any non French language but the emphasis is on suppressing English.
@@francoistombe if you are an english tourist visiting outside of mtl and you cant speak french, its not really a problem.
People will make an effort to help you as much as they can.(unless you have a shit attitude and feel upset if 1 person doesnt speak english)
I am an ex-Montrealer who now lives on the South shore. I lived on the Island for most of my adult life in a dozen of different buroughs. I enjoy your Montréal videos. I find them interesting and telling of perceptions of the city and of québécois culture. If you need any input or guidance, I would be glad to help.
i wouldn't call it Quebecois culture so much as Greater Montreal culture. I am a born French Quebecois and still everyday I feel more and more detached from the rest of the province.
@@dingdongducktard1155 To me kiddo needs much guidance. Helping him would be a nice gesture.
Great video! I am living in Montreal (and other parts of Quebec) as I wait to resume my global quest for 100 Countries visited. You nailed what I love about Montreal, my favorite city in Canada! I have lived in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and many other places in Canada and around the world - but there is no city that touches my heart like Montreal! Born in Ottawa and raised in Kingston, my very first memory is going to Expo67 in Montreal. Later, my Dad used to take me to the old Montreal Forum on my birthdays to watch my favorite hockey team (and forever the best team in the world), Les Has, The Montreal Canadiens. He would take me to see Expos games in the summer. Later, as a university student in Ottawa, I would often head to Montreal for wild weekends! Oh la la! What a naughty city! Later still, as a Yuppie, I would take my take my wife to this city and within a few hours, she too, was saying this was her favorite city in Canada. It's got the food! It's got the bars and restaurants - second only to New York City in North America (sorry Toronto). It's got the NIGHTLIFE!! It's got the people (everyone is good looking and interesting).It's got the scenic beauty. It's got the architecture. It's got that, em, er, JE NE SAIS QUOI!! It's got the Joie de Vivre!. It's got the ARTISTS! It's got the festivals!! It's got everything I love. Vive la Montreal!!
I just moved her 2 years ago to from the USA. Such a neat city
welcome to Montreal!!!
@@MSusanna1959 thank you!!
I'm also from Southern Manitoba and moved here when I was about your age. that was way back in the 80s and I remember how much I loved living here right from the first day. What a change it was for me :-) I like to visit back home from time to time but I won't lie.. I'll never move away from Montreal!
Im 30 years in Montreal, and travelled all over - Home is my fav place.
What shocks me is how good the food is here ;)
The main thing that shocked me was not being able to find a street without construction.
I swear, I'm pretty sure some constructions work that were already started when I moved in 5 years ago are still going on now.
It's at the point were it would feel weird if they ended...would be like having a monument you're used to walk by suddenly disappear.
I've lived on the Island of Montreal my entire life and as a French man it sucks to hear all the hate from English people, especially when I took the effort to become fluent in English and love the language. But seeing all these positive comments about my city feels really good! Everyone is welcome in Montreal, love y'all! :)
That's sad. I love Montreal and french. I want to move there and learn French
The French are just as Racist as the English .
@@colinlobo474 "just as" is false. Indeed there's a lot of racism, but I can guarantee that anyone with an unbias opinion on this would argue that the English are a lot more hateful towards the French than vice versa.
@@dekatz_v9935 BS ! Stop listening to the French media . Every race are Racist .
@@colinlobo474 All my social medias are in English, my devices are all in English and I watch movies/shows in English unless they are originally in French. I'm French and I'm mostly surrounded by English. Anywhere outside of MONTREAL is definitely "WE SPEAK FRENCH HERE!" but in Montreal you can speak either or and be 100% fine and can get service in both language. I've lived in Montreal for 24 years and never have I ever been told to speak French or English unless they asked due to language barrier. I know too many English people born and raised in Montreal and hardly speak French, but I know A LOT of French people that speak and understand English. Also I never said one was racist and the other wasn't, I just pointed out a specific observation. Montreal and the rest of Quebec are two different things, and you would know that if you lived there.
I appreciate this video because it looks at a place through a lens that requires a deeper level of interaction than one can get as a tourist. Visiting new places is wonderful, but it often requires a bit more time to really begin understanding a place’s culture. Seems like you’re going deeper with Montreal and that’s really cool.
I have living in Montréal almost 20 years now.
I remember one of the very first things that shock me was how everyone dress over here!
Wow...
I'm from Brasil and had the opportunity to live there in the 90s. Montréal uniqueness hooked my heart since then. I simply love it and it's people.
Montreal various immigration periods, espacially the Irish (industrialization), afro american (jazz era), Italians, you'd be impressed by all the little things you dont know about our city😁 you could possibly see how these events and cultures had an impact on mtl today. Theres so much history here!
Amazing i have been in montreal for 2 months, and its beautiful
Welcome
It's not a surprise because the base culture is the latin culture. That's why it's really different compared to the rest of Canada which is Anglo/English. Those who are about a balanced life (not just saying it), working to live, and especially those of latin culture and background, are meant for Montréal.
I totally confirm the « it’s ok to be weird! ». I have been a communication officer working in a borough hall for nearly 20 years in the island. From time to time I need to show my weird side, especially during the summer. I will show up to work with a zombie or a skull dress or something like that and everybody will just be totally cool with it, even the mayor! I was soooo judged in the small city where I’ve spend my teenage years! I’ve been to most major cities in Europe and America but Montreal will always be my favorite, my home! It’s not the most beautiful, and so parts could use an upgrade but the vibe will always be perfect for part time weirdos like me!
Hi Dan, Montreal is a place that I have always wanted to visit and I would love more content from there. It might not be travel for you, but it's still travel for us. I'm an artist and it's so great to hear about a place where you can be weird!
I moved here about 10years ago. I never verbalized it this way, but it was very well put. Montreal is definitely a place where it is ok to ne weird. Nobody will care about it haha. Probably why I never left.
We appreciate art and artists, come on over.
I travelled Italy for four months and visited 1000 churches. When I came back to Montreal, I went inside la Basilique Notre-Dame, and my jaw dropped. It is even more splendid than churches in Italy and now I understand why tourists live it so much.
I'm moving back to Montreal from Australia in 2 weeks and can't wait to get back to that weird place. Best city in the world to live imo. Even in winter
Welcome home!
@@drunkvegangal8089 Thank you, 4 days to go before I leave! Excited to get back.
Been living in Montréal for close to 20 years. It is one of the safest and nicest places to live and compared to other places in Canada you can still (until recently) afford to live here and still have a social life.
At last, the most insightful and thoughtful review of Montreal by an outsider or tourist. Bravo. Miss you Montreal... (Chomedey native)
As another who moved to Montreal, I don't know if this is so much a shock but a pleasant surprise is all the "graffiti". The art on the sides of buildings is amazing - I absolutely love it! I was used to the scribble crap on the sides of buildings (there is still that in Montreal) but there is so many beautiful murals.
My Taiwanese friend was really surprised by the fact that, in Montréal, you can go grocery shopping in your pyjama and no one's gonna judge you. That was interesting to me 😂
Well... It would depend on the pyjama.
I will judge
@@andremoreau7057 Like the Dude buying milk? I'd be like: "ok, so what?", and pick more cheese from the shelf
People judge trust me it's just that we don't genuinely give a fuck about one another. So you can dress in toilet paper if it makes you happy. Look at the homelessness growing yearly...people just don't care, but the politically correct call it open mindedness -_- .
pretty sure people judge silently lol like not every thought deserves to be expressed
Totally agree on this 5 things... 8 months already in MTL and I am so happy that I choose this city
merci belle publicité sur notre magnifique ville!!
If you go in the west part of the Island, there is a park called 'Cap Saint Jaques' that you will like. It's an hour bus ride from the metro tho. There is also the old 'Saint Anne de Bellevue' that is a small village that is nice to walk by the canals. It's far from down town but people are bilingual there.
I took the night bus to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue once, and got stuck there... xD I was always a night owl and as a broke student, sometimes I just liked to hop on a random bus and discover a new area, but I always assumed I could take a bus back... not that time. lol Was stuck there in jeans and a tshirt from 2 to 6am in late october weather (aka cold), didn't have the money to take a cab back all the way to the nearest metro, just had to wait curled in a ball inside my tshirt in a bus cabin thing. 😂
Saint Anne also has the Morgan Arboretum which is a forest you can visit year round. You can walk (dog trails too) and even cross country skii in the winter. Its great bc there usually isnt very many ppl!
Also, the unique Ecomuseum in Ste. Anne de Bellevue
I'm moving to Montreal soon so I really appreciate your videos showing us around and talking about it! Super helpful, and makes me more excited about the move too :)
I have never traveled to another country, I feel that through your videos I can do it
Hey Dan, I’ll be moving back to Montreal in a couple of weeks after almost ten years of living in western Canada, I’m so exited and I hope to run into you one day, thanks for your videos.
Any questions about Montreal?
Welcome home!
Having moved here in January from the UK I must admit, the Montreal is an island had me too!! 🤯😆
I love Montréal so much, I have family there. I've been going every summer since the early 80s (except in 2020) and I CAN'T wait to go back !!!
Hey man, my advice to you is make your way to both Western and Eastern extremities of the island, try to absorb that. There's a lot of biking involved, but the extremities tend to be forgotten in regard to the center, which everyone covers. Go from coast to coast, within the island of Montreal
Definitely true that in Montreal people are not afraid to be weird. For us Quebecers who lived outside of it, it was always this big city full of weirdos and dubious people that always worried us a little when we had to go there.
My wife is a Filipina and one of the first things we did after she arrived was wait for my brother to pick us up near Berri UQAM, on Saturday late at night. Coming from such a chaste culture as hers, she was quite shocked and scared by all the ruckus around her, haha.
@@Sovereignty2929 True so True.
On #2, you also could have mention Communauto. Lots of people have cars for those times they want to go outside of Montreal (yes yes, it happens). By offering hundreds of shared cars, Communauto bridge that final gap and make it totally possible to have a car for that last-minute-unplanned-nature-trip. I personnally found it a big piece in the puzzle of a car-less life.
I can't wait to see your next videos about Montreal diversified neighborhoods! Thanks for sharing Dan.
I love how walkable Montreal is, every restaurant is good, and the eye contact. Plus, it's incredible easy to avoid downtown. (Big fan of St. Henri, NDG, Verdun, and Mile End.) The things I don't like are that a lot of people never leave their neighbourhoods, never seem to want to *do* anything other than hang out, and have a big chip on their shoulder about the ROC. Not everyone, but it's there.
Born and raised in Mtl and I really enjoyed this video. Well done. I can say your points are valid! haha
3:47 People are not 'weird' in Montreal, they're just themselves; which is totally different :)
When I was a driving instructor, I used to bring my students to the Mont-Royal cemetery to practice their turns and I developed a real love for that place. It was my favorite place to have a picnic, sitting among the dead. It's such a beautiful and peaceful place, at the top of the mountain. Some people might think it's creepy to picnic in a cemetery but I don't really care as it's ok to be weird in Montreal.😉 I remember a cyclist smiling and waving at us as he passed in front of us. It's really true that Montrealers are super friendly, it's not just a myth.
If I could hope to speak for the departed.... I would suggest that your company is appreciated by the residents. Try leaving a small pebble on a gravestone, or a simple wildflower...
@@goatamongsheep4296 😊
I moved here around the same time as you from Kelowna BC, one thing that surprised me was that the church bells actually ring at certain times of day. Made me feel très européan
I'm curious, how would you compare winters in Montréal vs Kelowna?
@@666mathew Kelowna winters are about 5-10° warmer on average, you don't get as much snow at low elevation, on the mountains though sometimes you can't drive on the roads with how much snow you get up there.
But the worst part of Kelowna winters is that it's overcast 95% of the winter. You don't see direct sunlight for m o n t h s
@@christianjarvis167 I asked the same question concerning Montreal vs Vancouver winters, and I get mixed reponse. Every winter, I see that Victoria, Vancouver, and Kelowna, have the mildest winters. But what people that lived in Vancouver tell me is that winters are very wet, so it feels colder, and it hits you to the bone. Also, in terms of cost of living, is Kelowna more expensive than Montréal? Can you get around without a car in Kelowna? I walk everywhere in Montréal.
@@666mathew Kelowna is pretty expensive. At one point I was paying 775/month for a room in a house with 4 rooms all filled with other housemates! So Montreal is blessedly cheap by comparison.
Kelowna and the Okanagan in general has a very car-based culture and the city has a massive urban sprawl problem.
On foot it would take you probably a full day of walking to get from east Kelowna to west Kelowna. Grocery stores are all insanely far away from everything and don't forget the only part of town that's flat is downtown and some parts in the east, the rest is VERY hilly.
If you don't drive you'll end up taking the bus, guaranteed, but the schedules and consistency have cost me and many others their job.
I’m moving to Kelowna from Montréal what should I expect
To anyone who just moved or moved in not too long ago...welcome to Quebec! 😘🤗
There's also another island in Montréal: people who never learn French or barely and have literally NO idea of the culture that's around them, the 'jeux de mots' or word plays that are in the names of restaurants, business, everywhere (full of cultural references and wit), and couldn't name or recognize the most famous TV personalities of Québec if they saw them on the street. The two solitudes!
West Island?
I watched sporadically your videos and I feel that Montreal changed you, you seem to be more laid back, not as arrogant as in your first videos. I feel you found your deep self here. We are not fighting for our freedom as the Americans would say we are living it. To be free, the first thing is to respect everybody else’s freedom. So I thing you got it now, this is called home
Your 5 points are spot on. I've missed not getting to Montreal this past year.
It’s a really great city
You did not mention there’s a lot of orange cones and signs on the roads
We have two seasons in Montreal; winter and construction
More from Montreal please.
Love living in Montreal, Saint-Léonard specifically
Loved your video Dan! I've lived here for 20 years as a transplant and I agree 100% with your observations. Thanks!
I've been living in Montreal for 5 years (I'm from Quebec), and I still feel like I'm as much as a stranger as I'm a Montrealer.
2:40 sooo true!!! I always think that, and I'm the one not working on a tuseday afternoon walking in a park :P When the sun is out, work can wait.
Sooo proud to live in Mtl. Greatest city I've ever experienced.
You need to go to Europe
A la prochaine
I grew up here and this just made me fall back in love with my city
Heyyyooo from a fellow Winnipegger-turned-Montréalaise ;)
These are spot on!
I love my city, its soo unique, different and imperfect :)
Moving to Montreal in July this made me so excited
Get a bicycle and ride with no specific destination in mind. You'll really appreciate Montreal more that way.
Thanks for your vlogs. Great job 👍 keep up the good work. Very educational and exciting.
Hello young man! This is what I think as a European-Canadian guy.. I love and always loved Québec and Montreal, Québec City because the people are very nice, helpful, cheerful and smiling and laughing a lot which makes English Canada look sour, puritan and it is like a cemetery. Sorry for saying this straight out but I have lived long enough in Vancouver and in Toronto and also in Miami, FL with the Latinos.. The whole feeling, the vibs are much more relaxed and happier in Québec than in English Canada.
I've lived in Montreal my whole life and I love it. Multi cultural where everyone gets along, no matter what religion or culture you are.. The only negative thing about Montreal is the cold winters.
My story is similar. I grew up in Edmonton lived in Montreal from 1999 - 2007 I had to move back due to work and family. I agree with 90 percent of what you said. The Montreal you showed here is just like the one Iuntil
I would add how bi-lingual every one is was a huge shock for me. Even the homeless people speak 2 or 3 languages.
I was also say I was also shocked by how unchanging the city was. I'd see a picture of a Montreal street from the 1950s or even the 1940s I could recognize every buildings. Only cars looked different.
There were additional things that were shocking to a prairie boy in the 1990s that would not shook anyone today. Moving to Montreal was the first time I saw gay men openly being gay in public or saw a bar openly advertise as a gay bar. Such things were were still a bit underground on the parries back then.
I was also surprised how everyone seemed to smoke pot and it was completely accepted. Again in the world changed a lot in in 22 years. I think it is fair to say Montreal is ahead of the rest of Canada on these things.
Finally I'd say the picnic culture you noticed was probably in part due to the pandemic. I did notice more people used public parks in Montreal, but I didn't notice a lot of people eating. I should note that even in Edmonton, parks that were completely empty in 2019 are completely full of people in 2020 and 2021. Montreal used to have a vibrant restaurant culture. I am guessing that is gone now. so people eat in parks more.
I enjoyed your video.
Great video. Can't wait to see more neighborhoods in Montreal!
Five things that shocked me when I first moved OUT of Montreal to some other big north-american city:
1) You can't walk by yourself safely after midnight anymore.
2) Downtown is deserted after business hours.
3) You have to lock you car door, your apartment door, your house door (or so they say).
4) Culture is a lot less diverse and international.
5) Suburds never end, it seems.
Your videos are amazing!
Thx Igor! Appreciate it :)
yo nunca e viajado a otro pais, siento que atravez de tus videos puedo hacerlo
Great video! I came to Montréal specifically to feel free to be my weird old self, and it's been great so far :)
Awesome content dude! Thanks!
I visited Montreal for 2 months in late 2018 and loved everything but the weather. I’d been living in New Orleans for the previous 3 years so the cold is what shocked me about Montreal. I stayed in 2 neighborhoods not far from Mont Royal and they were very different. I wouldn’t say the people are weird there, because I fit in, so maybe that just makes me weird too! 🤣 enjoyed the video and I’m thinking about coming back to Montreal, but in the summer next time!
I live in Montréal, and would love to visit NOLA.
@@666mathew I think you’d like it based on what I’ve seen of you on your channel. New Orleans to me has two different personalities, one is during Mardi Gras and the other is most any other time. During Carnival the city just seems to lose its mind, but otherwise is very tranquil and low key. It just depends on what you want to experience. Montreal is totally different from NOLA and so is the rest of the US. If you get the chance go and see for yourself.
Born and bred a Montrealer even though I'm an anglophone. I've lived across Canada; Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver and none of them felt right. Vancouver was the only other city I didn't mind staying longer but it was too expensive with my minimum wage job at the time. Always came back home. Even lived in China for 3 years. Had to return home. You can take the Montrealer out of Montreal but most return eventually. And you can't take the Montreal out of a Montrealer no matter where we may be on this planet. The lifestyle and qualities you pointed out are very typical of Western Europe. Would like to visit the East Coast once this pandemic is over.
you describe montreal so well I love it!
My family mouve to Montréal when i was 13.We were living in a suburb town just 10 miles away.(With cows as our neighbors )The house we were living in had no insulation in the walls ,it was very cold in winter .(Our dog would climb in bed with us at night)
It costed as much to heat the house as the monthly rent .My mother would order food from a small grocery store because they deliver .We did not own a car. When my older sisters and brothers started to work ,my mother decided to mouve back to Montréal.
We then saved a ton of money on transportation and food as she could buy it at a supermarket.
The houses are still not insulated but since they are all (most) touching one another ,they are warm in the wither and cost less to heat.(Only the front wall and the back wall are cold .My bedroom was like an extension of the rear of the house ,no walls were touching another building and the old water heater was barely working ,back to the freezer.
When i was in college ,i chose to be an electronic technician .I was building stuff ,i had to go to the electronic stores .They are scattered across town .So i took the bus on a Saturday morning and came back around 3pm in the afternoon .Busses are less frequent outside rush hour and in the weekend .When i started to work ,i bought my first car ,so did my 2 other brothers and my father and a living-in cousin .Parking on the street was not easy but i could go shopping in minutes instead of hours and shopping malls have free parking .On my forth and last job ,i was working downtown near the Victoria bridge witch give you a fast access to the suburbs .I bought my first house .From my house to the bridge took 9 minutes ,there was an empty lot beside our building so i had free parking ,i car pooled witch paid for the gas .In the suburbs ,you have your own house ,your driveway a backyard and, maybe , a garage(or a shed).In Montréal ,you have to live on the main floor to have access to the backyard witch is usually occupied bye the owner .In Montréal in the winter ,there is snow removal so one side of the street is close for parking ,if you forget ,your car is removed ,it is a nightmare .Who the lives in Montréal then :poor people ,immigrants mostly ,middle class lives in the suburbs.(There are some high end housing neighborhoods and condos but for very rich people .If you want to live in Montréal: good luck.