Saturday, February 16, 2013

Underground City, Montreal, Canada



Underground City



At first glance, Montreal did not appear overcrowded, but maybe this is because everyone in the ground. More than four and a half square miles made ​​the second city is the world's largest underground complex, with 4,350 hotel rooms, 2,727 apartments, 930 retailers, 68 subway stations, 9 Fitness Centre, 3 skating ice rink, two libraries , and a small church.

Know the cruel winter in Montreal, so broke ground in 1962, while the city's first subway, underground shopping malls, the idea was born.

"If you live in one of the apartments on the ground floor, you can take the subway to work, come back, do your shopping ",said by the manager of the Montreal Tourism Bureau.
"You can spend a week down there to put your nose out of."

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