Montreal’s underground city was built in the 60s to help its citizens and visitors cope with the harsh winter climate. It is connected to the metro system and to 73 buildings in the downtown area. We can enjoy our city and not have to worry about walking on icy, snow covered sidewalks during the winter months. We can go about our day and take advantage of everything this amazing city has to offer.
You can get to your gym, shopping malls, restaurants, bars, hotels and even your dentist or doctor’s appointment with great ease and convenience! Our new EC Montreal students are thrilled to learn this on their first day and are excited to discover the underground passageways of Montreal. We also let them know that if they ever got lost in the city, they should look for the blue and white metro symbol on a building. Once you are in the metro, it is impossible to get lost. Our metro system is so easy to use with only 4 coloured metro lines; orange, green, yellow and blue.
There you have it – you have 32 kilometers of an underground city to discover! Enjoy! In addition, there are also many benefits to having an opus metro card. It gives you discounts and special deals all over the city!
We hope you will study English at EC Montreal!