300,000 people expected at Nuit Blanche
Some 300,000 participants are expected at the Nuit Blanche Saturday into Sunday: it’s a fairly mild evening for the time of year and, although light snow is mentioned in the forecast, it isn’t snowing yet as I post.
steph 01:25 on 2019-03-03 Permalink
Do tourists come into town for this event?
Kate 08:42 on 2019-03-03 Permalink
I have no facts but I’d be willing to bet the answer is: not many. It’s not an attractive time to come here otherwise.
Ephraim 09:32 on 2019-03-03 Permalink
Not really…. American tourists, except those in the north don’t really travel further north in winter. Some Europeans, but they don’t come for something like Nuit Blanche.
Steve Q 11:39 on 2019-03-03 Permalink
While walking downtown yesterday night, beetwen 7pm and midnight, I was surprised to see, or rather hear, a lot of people coming from elsewhere. 3 frenchmen posing in front of orange cones but asking the photograph to hurry up because it is cold in this country ! Also heard several Americans in their 20’s amazed at hosw many people we’re outside despite the cold weather. And heard some Russian at PDA for Swan Lake as well as spanish speaking people browsing around on Ste-Cath. Also, it is worth finding out about the Hotel’s vacancy to know if there was a lot of tourist or not !