Montreal Olympic Park, Montreal

There's plenty to do during the day, plenty of fun in the dark, But the best things always happen, in Montreal's Olympic Park! Well alright, I'll keep away from writing poems from now on. Bad idea. Montreal, on the East side of Canada, was awarded the Olympics 31 years ago, and decided, as countries often do, to make them the most impressive yet. A recurring theme at Olympics is to have something which breaks a world record - biggest stadium, largest firework display, Britain is already lined up to have the most rainy Olympics in history, things like that - and Montreal weren't prepared to be ... more

The olympic stadium was high on our list of priorities when we went to Montreal as it seems to be my boyfriend's ambition to visit every olympic stadium ever built - much to my dismay! But it turned out to be well worth a look. HISTORY: Montreal was awarded the the olympics by the IOC in 1970. Representatives travelled to Munich in 1972 to see how they managed the games. The construction of the site began in 1973 and the games were held 3 years later in 1976. Not all of the complex was finished for the games. The tower was not completely finished until 1987. After the Olympics the stadium ... more