Coffee
Café Quatorze
Place du Commerce
A café serving breakfast all day, plus sandwiches and salads, a few steps from the REM station. Coffee as you step off the train makes a first date that can last a single cup or the whole afternoon.
Keep it discreet: casual hookups on Nuns' Island
By the river and around Place du Commerce, adults are looking for a fling that stays between two people.
- Free to join and browse
- Moderated profiles
- Adults only, 18+
A discreet fling between the river and the woods
Part of the borough of Verdun, Nuns' Island is a South-West island ringed by the river, with its parks and its patch of woods. On an island this green, a no-strings encounter can happen without running into everyone you know: you walk by the river, and what comes next stays between two adults who know what they want.
On the site you go by a username, your email address is never shown to other members, and photos are optional, so your island dates stay your business. Creating a profile and looking around costs nothing, and the Gold subscription is for writing.
There's no metro on the island, but there is a REM station a few steps from Place du Commerce. For green space, Parc de West-Vancouver runs along the river, Domaine Saint-Paul keeps its woods near Lac des Battures, and Pointe-Nord has its Japanese restaurant. When a profile appeals, “at the REM exit” is all the meeting point you need.
Between Place du Commerce and the riverbank
A meal
Mont-Brise
Rue Jacques-Le Ber
A Japanese restaurant at Pointe-Nord. Sharing a few dishes at the tip of the island sets an easy pace, and the conversation has time to settle in before either of you suggests what's next.
A walk
Parc de West-Vancouver
Rue Darwin
A park on the banks of the St. Lawrence. Along this side of the island you walk side by side, the talk comes on its own, and either of you can head home if the mood isn't there.
A walk
Domaine Saint-Paul
Boulevard de la Forêt
Woodland near Lac des Battures. A walk under the Domaine's trees, away from the streets, gives you time to see whether there's a spark before suggesting anything else.
Can you keep a fling discreet on Nuns' Island?
Yes, and the setting helps: coffee by the REM, a Japanese meal at Pointe-Nord or a walk along the river, without crossing town or putting yourself on show. On the site, your username is enough until you decide to say more. Create your free profile, see who wants the same thing, and once you have Gold, suggest coffee on Place du Commerce.
A few profiles to browse
A free account lets you look at profiles and photos. Writing to someone, and opening the full galleries, takes a Gold subscription.
Representative member images
Before you start: the usual questions
Does the area suit no-strings encounters?
Yes, especially if discretion matters to you. Adults on the site say up front what they want, and with its parks and woods by the river, the island lets you meet without bumping into your whole street. Open a free profile, find who's after the same thing, then switch to Gold to write.
Where can we meet the first time?
On Place du Commerce, in daylight. It's the easiest landmark to give, the REM station is close by, and there's a café to sit down in. If you hit it off, the river is never far, so you can carry on on foot and see where the conversation takes you.
No metro, so where do we meet halfway?
The island has no metro, but it has its own REM station near Place du Commerce. With someone coming from another part of town, that station makes a neutral meeting point, and the square is right beside it for deciding together where to go next.
Is there a spot locals know?
Parc Dan-Hanganu, also known as Parc Elgar, near the community centre, the library and the school. It's a neighbourhood park where a short walk is enough to tell whether you want to carry on. Handy when one of you lives close by and would rather not go far.
How far can I go without paying?
Quite far. Creating your profile, saying what you're after and browsing profiles and photos cost nothing. Payment comes in when you want to write, since messages, chat and the full galleries go through the Gold subscription. Prices show in your account before you pay anything.
After the island, Verdun and the rest of the South-West
Verdun, the borough the island belongs to, has its page in the South-West list, like each neighbouring area and the cities around it.
Downtown & Plateau
East
South-West
Laval & North Shore
South Shore
A free profile, then coffee by the REM
Three steps to sign up, none to look around, and a first date can happen on Place du Commerce or along the river at Parc de West-Vancouver.
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