25 reasons to love spring in Montreal
Which one is your favourite?
Spring is in the air, and that means a whole new universe of possibilities is available to Montrealers.
There are so many great facets of spring to choose from, but here are our 25 favourites:
- No more snow! (Hopefully. We wouldn’t want to jinx it.)
- Ice cream shops are reopening, and their delights won’t melt all over you until summer.
- The coloured ball canopy returns to the Gay Village on Ste-Catherine St.
Artist Claude Cormier’s “18 Shades of Gay” installation - Two words for you: Terrasse. Season.
The Nelligan is a great destination for drinks and major cinq-à-sept action, as Torontonian Ryan Pearce and Marcus and Elisabeth Sturm from Austria discovered. - Bixi, Montreal’s bike-sharing service, is back, and not a moment too soon.
- Discovering all the things that were hidden under the snow. (They don’t all smell like rotting corpses.)
- Cabane à sucre season is still going, and that means more maple goodness for the rest of us.
Canadian maple syrup taffy poured on the snow at Cabane a Sucre, Erabliere Au Sous-Bois in Mont St-Gregoire. - Cherry blossoms (briefly) bloom across the city.
- Squirrels!
- Those funky musical swings return to the Quartier des Spectacles.
- You can go outside without being swamped by mosquitoes.
- You can finally spend the day relaxing in one of the city’s many, many, many parks.
- Taking in a show — and maybe a drink — at the Jardins Gamelin.
Playoff hockey- Everything starts to bloom at the Botanical Garden.
- The Montreal Impact will (eventually) play home games at Saputo Stadium.
- Plants and produce are on fully display at Montreal’s markets.
Maria Nguyen prepares flowers for customers looking for Mother’s Day gifts at Atwater market on Friday May 11, 2018. - The city’s full network of bike paths — even on bridges — opens.
- Watch the butterflies go free.
- Piknic Elektronic brings electronic music back to Parc Jean-Drapeau.
- Did you know it is possible to wear shoes that aren’t winter boots?
- The bears are out of hibernation at the Ecomuseum, which means you can go visit them. They’re quite cute.
- It no longer gets dark at 5 p.m.
- Yes, the lookout on Mount Royal is incredibly basic, but the best time to visit it is before the summer rush.
- Spring’s a good time to work on your golf game — especially if you play hockey for a living
via 25 reasons to love spring in Montreal — Montreal Gazette
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