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It's dark and gray, a little cold and windy, and you don't know what to do with the kids? Are you going around in circles? Here are five suggestions for original and fun activities in Montreal and its surroundings.
AeroSim Experience/Fly Fighters
At AéroSim Experience, you are seated in a "real" 737 cockpit and an instructor has just given you a twenty-minute training session. You now have the controls of the device and you decide your maneuvers according to your desires.
For an even stronger dose of adrenaline, opt for the Fly Fighters formula, whose simulators put you in control of an exact replica of the famous F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter plane.
1177 highway 440, local 201, Laval, 450-490-1316
Excerpt from the guide Where are we going today? 160 outings in Montreal and its surroundings from Ulysse by Alain Demers and Annie Leclerc.
The Atrium of 1000 De La Gauchetière
With an area of nearly 930 m2, the Atrium ice rink is large enough to accommodate regulars and visitors alike.newcomers.
Skating lessons are suitable for young people from 4 to 12 years old as well as adults.
The entertainment on Saturday and Sunday is often intended for little ones. However, on Friday and Saturday nights, it often happens that a DJ gets the crowd spinning on disco tunes.
1000 rue De La Gauchetière O., Montreal, 514-395-0555
Excerpt from the guide Where are we going today? 160 outings in Montreal and its surroundings from Ulysse by Alain Demers and Annie Leclerc.
The Biodome
The Biodôme includes five ecosystems where more than 4,500 animals of 250 different species and some 500 plant species live.
Here you are in the warm tropical rainforest of the Americas, embellished with waterfalls and populated by monkeys and colorful birds.
You then enter the maple grove with yellow birches, the last deciduous forest before the mixed forest and the boreal forest, where you can see the beaver pond.
After the Laurentian forest, you discover the Gulf of St. Lawrence. You then arrive in the polar world.
4777 av. Pierre-De Coubertin, Montreal, 514-868-3000
Excerpt from the guide Where are we going today? 160 outings in Montreal and its surroundings from Ulysse by Alain Demers and Annie Leclerc.
Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
At the Planetarium, the EXO exhibition tells and explains the appearance of life in the universe andon Earth, using numerous touch and interactive screens that allow visitors of all ages to appropriate this knowledge in a fun way.
Two immersive theaters have been set up. The first, which welcomes a hundred visitors lying on the ground to enjoy the "show", offers an artistic and poetic vision of the Universe, which is refreshing for a place of this kind. The second, more classic with its planetary and its 196 reclining seats, offers a more scientific approach by taking the spectator on a virtual journey through the universe.
4801 BC Pierre-De Coubertin, Montreal, 514-868-3000
Excerpt from the guide Where are we going today? 160 outings in Montreal and its surroundings from Ulysse by Alain Demers and Annie Leclerc.
The Insectarium
Throughout your visit to the new permanent exhibition We, the insects…, you will discover the fascinating world of more than 3,000 stuffed insect specimens and some sixty living species at theInsectarium. Watch for the various activities organized throughout the year!
Some insects decompose dead vegetation to recycle it. Others serve as food for birds. Many are also useful to humans. This is what we learn, among other things, by visiting the places. We come out of it seeing the insects with a completely different eye!
4581 Sherbrooke Street E., Montreal, 514-872-1400
Excerpt from the guide Where are we going today? 160outings in Montreal and its surroundings of Ulysse by Alain Demers and Annie Leclerc, available in paper version and numeric. To browse an excerpt, here.
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