00:00What's up guys? It's Alana from MTLblog. I'm on my way to go around the city discovering
00:13local skating rinks that are within a 15-minute walk from a metro station. So let's see how it
00:18do. I'm on my way to the first skating rink. It's at Park Martin Luther King in Côté-Neiges. It is
00:26at Plamondon Metro. Little note to make sure you get out at the Barclay exit. If not, it
00:32will be an 18-minute walk like I accidentally did. But if not, it's a 15-minute walk. And
00:38on this list, it's the farthest one from a metro. So let's see if it's worth it. So the park
00:42is right on that street on Appleton. And it is super close to Plaza Côté-Neiges.
00:47The ice is cleared off. It looks super nice. Very private. It's in a very residential area.
01:02There's two rinks. That one over there looks like it's for hockey. This one, beautiful size.
01:09And there's no one here right now. It's still Thursday morning. So makes sense. So I would say
01:14this park is amazing to come skating. It is right off Côté-Neiges Road. So there's
01:20tons of places to go eat around also. If you have kids or your little cousins, there's a little
01:25park right here too. And there's two rinks. So tons of space. Very clean. I approve.
01:35We are now on our way to Mackenzie King. I'm getting off at Côté-Catherine Metro.
01:41It is supposed to be like two minutes away. So very easy to get to. Google Maps was not lying.
01:47The park is just minutes away from Côté-Catherine Metro. But the skating rink at Mackenzie King
01:55Park is currently being clean. So I can't exactly rate the ice. And obviously no one is on it. But
02:02we know it's being cleaned, being taken care of. I found a major bonus.
02:11Look at the views that you get of St. Joseph's Oratory. Absolutely worth it. There's also a
02:16cute little forest behind. It's very, very calm, very serene.
02:20So Jean Briand is just four minutes from Côté-Catherine Metro. But there's tons of stuff around it too.
02:30So we can get some ramen and coffee at the SAQ. You can see the skating rink right in front of me.
02:36It's close to a road. But the other way is pedestrian. So it's pretty quiet. And like I said before,
02:44tons of stuff around. So definitely worth it. There's some cool little structure next to it.
02:50A little artsy vibe.
02:54There's two different rinks. The one to the right is for hockey. This one is just a circular
03:03skating rink. Looks well done. Quite clean. There's tons of pedestrian way around. Super easy to get to.
03:14So clearly Côté-Den-Ais and NDG have got it going on.
03:23Got off at Cadillac station and I'm making my way to Pau-Cajon-Aimont.
03:30I believe that's how you pronounce it. On your walk over you get a little glimpse of the Olympic stadium.
03:36I'm making our way. Very residential area but very very cute.
03:46Yet again we got two rings. One from hockey that looks like it's up kept. Skating one,
03:54not so much. Tons of snow. Maybe they just haven't gone around to it yet. This little
04:03Maison des Jeunes here. Snowed up skate park. Definitely a cool place in the summer.
04:13It's a beautiful walk up Starbrook with a great view of the Olympic stadium.
04:18So here we are at Parc Maisonneuve. There's a whole round loop to skate.
04:31This is a huge space compared to all the others. People are cross-country skiing. People are skating.
04:40There's people over there playing hockey. There's a big round about sort of like a trail in Parc Maisonneuve
04:48that you can skate. So tons and tons of space. Also if you are into snowboarding or skiing just on the
04:55other side of the park right in front of the Olympic stadium is a snow park where as you can see people
05:02are hitting, hitting slopes. We have now made it to the sixth and final skating rink
05:08at Parc Walter Stewart in Ville Marie slash Hochelaga ish. It's right near Rue Ontario. There's a cute view
05:19of a church right in front and currently I'm about to have the ice all to myself.
05:23So I have to say out of the six definitely Parc Maisonneuve. Maybe it is one that people do know
05:37about but beautiful skating rink, beautiful views of the Olympic stadium and I would also have to say
05:43even though it was a whole mission to get to I really did like the rink at Parc Martin Luther King.
05:50It's in a super good location in Cote d'Aige. Honestly I would go to all six of them again.
05:54Go out, discover Montreal, do everything. It's so worth it. During the winter we love to stay in our beds
06:00it's so easy but I'm telling you all the exercise today made me feel amazing and it would do the same
06:05for you.
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