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When:
24 Jan - 8 Feb 2009; Weekends only (annual)
Where:
Parc Jean-Drapeau
Cost:
Free; some activities are charged for
Opening Hours:
Various
The famous joie de vivre of Montreal is never expressed better than during Canada's premier Winter Festival, the Fête des Neiges de Montreal. Held in the Parc Jean-Drapeau, it runs over three consecutive weekends, with selected events during the intervening weeks. If you want to get a feel for Montreal in winter and the warm openness of the local people, there's no better time to visit.
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In winter, the city is under a perpetual blanket of snow, so much so that an entire network of shopping malls, linked to metro stations, hotels and offices, has developed underground. If you don't want to, you never need go outdoors. However, in celebration of the snow, the Winter Festival is the perfect opportunity to poke your head above ground.
A snow castle dominates the centre of the fairytale realm of Boule de Neige, the kingdom of la Fête. The size of a football pitch, its labyrinthine ways are populated by various medieval characters and are open to exploration. The fun includes a competition for the world record for speed in ice sculpting, dogsledding circuits for children and professionally-certified ice climbers, who teach the public how to scale a 12-metre-high ice tower - a useful skill in these parts.
A snow castle dominates the centre of the fairytale realm of Boule de Neige, the kingdom of la Fête. The size of a football pitch, its labyrinthine ways are populated by various medieval characters and are open to exploration. The fun includes a competition for the world record for speed in ice sculpting, dogsledding circuits for children and professionally-certified ice climbers, who teach the public how to scale a 12-metre-high ice tower - a useful skill in these parts.
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