Strasbourg boasts some fifteen major museums. A good idea for an activity to do, and not just when it’s raining… Not sure what to visit first on a weekend in Strasbourg? Here’s our review of Strasbourg’s museums. Make your choice according to your interests or whether you’re traveling with or without children. Museums belonging to […]
When you’re in Strasbourg, whether on foot or by bike, it’s part of the scenery, but you don’t really take the time to look at it or enter it. Probably wrongly so, with the exception of the first Sunday of the month when museums are free, during Heritage Days, or during a summer evening session […]
We sometimes ignore it, but we find Gallo-Roman vestiges in Alsace! This is the case in the village of Dehlingen in Alsace Bossue (in the north of Alsace), where there is a notable archaeological site: an ancient residence occupied in the Gallo-Roman period! The visit of the museum La Villa and the archaeological site of […]
Do you know Vitra? It is a Swiss company manufacturing design furniture. A real reference for design lovers! Good news, Vitra is located in Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, right on the border with France and Switzerland. It is thus very easy during a stay in Alsace to go there. The factory itself cannot be visited (it’s a […]
Did you know that there is probably one of the most beautiful churches in eastern France in the middle of the Alsace plain in the Bas-Rhin? I advise you to go to theabbey of Ebersmunster, an incredible baroque church which is simply superb! In my opinion, it is one of the places not to be […]
This year, for Halloween, instead of taking out the fake spider webs or digging pumpkins, we wanted to go on an original outing… A visit to the Vodou museum, in the evening, plunged in the dark, with a flashlight as the only light. For those who do not know this museum, installed in an old […]
Do you know Neuf-Brisach ? Yes, the Vauban fortifications are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! Did you know that here, in the heart ofAlsace, in an extraordinary historical place, the second MAUSA (Museum of Urban Art and Street-Art) in France was born? Shall I take you? Street art is an artistic field that […]
The 3 Brigands, The Giant of Zeralda, John of the Moon, The Mellops… You must know one of these children’s books written by Tomi Ungerer. The artist from Strasbourg, who passed away in February 2019, left a huge mark on the world of illustration in Alsace and in France. But also in the United States, […]
With the Tomi Ungerer museum, the Alsatian museum in Strasbourg is one of my favorite cultural visits. It retraces the daily life in the Alsatian countryside in the 18th and 19th centuries, through numerous objects. The museum, created in 1907, was installed on the Quai Saint-Nicolas, in a typical 17th century building. With its creaky […]