I found my favourite spot already on the first evening: The Park St. Louis.
What a nice place to sit in the sun, drink a good café au lait and observe the squirrels having their dinner.
Of course there are many other nice and interesting places to see and do; the Mont-Royal (quasi der Üetliberg der Montrealer), the parc la fontaine, the impressive cathedral Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal in the “old town” or having a stroll along the waterfront on a sunny evening. But I always came back to the Park St. Louis. There you may encounter hippies trying to sell you a tarot séance or also great musician on the street as for example the Montreal-based folk project “Ghostly Hounds”. Or at least half of it with the impressive voice of Francesca Daoust (and her kinda out of tune sounding banjo) and the clear ringing trumpet of Suzanne Stirling.
Just 3 years old and with a great acoustic is the concert hall OSM (Maison symphonique de Montréal). Had a great evening there together with Jochen Jaegerlistening to Murray Perahia in Recital playing Haydn, Mozart, Brahms and Beethovens “Hammerklavier” Sonata. An indeed vibrant and artful pianist!
Thanks, Jochen for the great evening and all the tips what to see and do!
On the jazzy/blues side of the music spectrum is the Upstairs, which is actually not an “upstairs” any more (It used to be). Now you have to go “downstairs” to listen to the jazz and blues of Montreal. This evening Bharath and his Rhythm Four were rocking the house.
