There seems to be about a million and one skating rinks in Montreal, yet somehow, so many locals end up flocking to the same ones time and time again. So in hopes of switching things up, Alanna Moore from MTL Blog went on a mission to explore some of the lesser-known rinks around the city, all of which are within a 15-minute walk from a metro station.
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00:00 [SKATEBOARD SCRAPING]
00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:06 [SKATEBOARD SCRAPING]
00:08 Hey, guys.
00:09 What's up, guys?
00:10 It's Alana from MTLBlog.
00:11 I'm on my way to go around the city discovering
00:13 local skating rinks that are within a 15-minute walk
00:16 from a metro station.
00:17 So let's see how I do.
00:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:21 I'm on my way to the first skating rink.
00:22 It's at Park Martin Luther King in Cote d'Aziz.
00:26 It is at Plum on Dome Metro.
00:28 Little note to make sure you get out at the Barclay exit.
00:32 If not, it will be 18-minute walk, like I accidentally did.
00:36 But if not, it's a 15-minute walk.
00:37 And on this list, it's the farthest one from a metro.
00:40 So let's see if it's worth it.
00:42 The park is right on that street on Appleton.
00:44 And it is super close to Plaza Coconut.
00:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:50 The ice is cleared off.
00:57 It looks super nice, very private.
01:00 It's in a very residential area.
01:02 There's two rinks.
01:03 That one over there looks like it's for hockey.
01:06 This one, beautiful size.
01:09 And there's no one here right now.
01:10 It's still Thursday morning, so makes sense.
01:13 So I would say this park is amazing to come skating.
01:17 It is right off Cote d'Aziz Road.
01:19 So there's some places to go eat around also.
01:23 If you have kids or your little cousins,
01:25 there's a little park right here too.
01:27 And there's two rinks, so tons of space, very clean.
01:31 I approve.
01:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:35 We are now on our way to Mackenzie King.
01:38 I'm getting off at Cote d'Aziz Metro.
01:42 It is supposed to be like two minutes away,
01:44 so very easy to get to.
01:46 Google Maps was not lying.
01:47 The park is just minutes away from Cote d'Aziz Metro.
01:52 But the skating rink at Mackenzie King Park
01:55 is currently being cleaned.
01:57 So I can't exactly rate the ice.
02:00 And obviously, no one is on it.
02:02 But we know it's being cleaned, being taken care of.
02:06 I found a major bonus.
02:08 Look at the views that you get of St. Joseph's Oratory.
02:15 Absolutely worth it.
02:16 There's also a cute little forest behind.
02:18 It's very calm, very serene.
02:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:24 So Jean Brion is just four minutes from Cote d'Aziz Metro.
02:27 But there's tons of stuff around it, too.
02:30 So we can get some ramen, coffee, hit the SAQ.
02:34 You can see the skating rink right in front of me.
02:37 It's close to a road, but the other way is pedestrian.
02:41 So it's pretty quiet.
02:43 And like I said before, tons of stuff around.
02:46 So definitely worth it.
02:47 There's some cool little structure next to it,
02:50 a little artsy vibe.
02:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:54 There's two different rinks.
02:58 The one to the right is for hockey.
03:01 This one is just a circular skating rink.
03:04 Looks well done, quite clean.
03:09 There's tons of pedestrian way around, super easy to get to.
03:14 So clearly, Cote d'Aziz and NDG have got it going on.
03:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:23 Got off at Cadillac Station, and I'm making my way
03:27 to Parc de Jean Haimot.
03:31 I believe that's how you pronounce it.
03:33 On your walk over, you get a little glimpse
03:35 of the Olympic Stadium.
03:36 [MUSIC PLAYING]
03:40 Making our way.
03:43 Very residential area, but very, very cute.
03:46 Yet again, we got two rinks, one for hockey.
03:50 That looks like it's upkept.
03:53 Skating on, not so much.
03:57 Tons of snow.
03:59 Maybe they just haven't gotten around to it yet.
04:02 There's a little Maison des Jeunes here, snowed up.
04:07 Skate park, definitely a cool place in the summer.
04:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:13 So beautiful walk up Sherbrooke with a great view
04:16 of the Olympic Stadium.
04:18 And well, you can't see it, but ChĆ¢telet Montanique
04:22 to your left.
04:23 So here we are at Parc Maisonneuve.
04:27 There's a whole round loop to skate.
04:31 This is a huge space compared to all the others.
04:36 People are cross-country skiing.
04:39 People are skating.
04:40 There's people over there playing hockey.
04:42 There's a big round about, sort of like a trail in Parc
04:46 Maisonneuve that you can skate.
04:49 So tons and tons of space.
04:51 Also, if you are into snowboarding or skiing,
04:55 just on the other side of the park,
04:57 right in front of the Olympic Stadium, is a snow park.
05:01 Where as you can see, people are hitting slopes.
05:05 We have now made it to the sixth and final skating rink
05:10 at Parc Walter Stewart in Ville-Marie/Haute-Chelaga-ish.
05:17 It's right near Rue Ontario.
05:18 There's a cute view of a church right in front.
05:21 And currently, I'm about to have the ice all to myself.
05:23 [SKATEBOARD CRUNCHING]
05:29 So I have to say, out of the six,
05:32 definitely Parc Maisonneuve.
05:34 Maybe it is one that people do know about.
05:37 But beautiful skating rink, beautiful views
05:40 of the Olympic Stadium.
05:41 And I would also have to say, even though it was
05:44 a whole mission to get to, I really
05:46 did like the rink at Parc Martin Luther King.
05:50 It's in a super good location in Cote d'Aziz.
05:52 Honestly, I would go to all six of them again.
05:54 Go out, discover Montreal, do everything.
05:57 It's so worth it.
05:58 During the winter, we love to stay in our beds.
06:00 It's so easy.
06:00 But I'm telling you, all the exercise today
06:03 made me feel amazing.
06:04 And it would do the same for you.
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