Strasbourg is home to about fifteen major museums. It’s a great thing to do—and not just when it rains… Not sure which one to visit first during a weekend in Strasbourg? Here’s our take on the various museums in Strasbourg. Choose based on your interests or whether you’re traveling with or without children. The essentials […]
When you’re in Strasbourg, 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 when its facade is decked out […]
Are there Roman ruins in Alsace? Yes, and not where you’d expect them! In the far north of Alsace, in the village of Dehlingen in Alsace Bossue, an occupied Gallo-Roman farm between the 1st century BC. and the 5th century AD. has been unearthed. A visit to the La Villa archaeological museum and the Gurtelbach […]
Ebersmunster Abbey is a Baroque abbey church whose bulbous towers with green glazed tiles can be spotted from afar in the Alsatian plain. It is located in the village of Ebersmunster, in the heart of the Alsatian Ried, not far from Sélestat, and its interior is as bright as it is richly decorated. Here I […]
Would you like to visit a distillery in Alsace? There’s plenty to choose from, as eaux de vie are a tradition in Alsace. Here’s a selection of distillery tours we’ve tested and approved 🙂 Meyer Distillery Museum – Distiller’s House in Châtenois The Distiller’s House is a small private museum dedicated to Alsatian fruit brandies […]
This year, for Halloween, instead of digging out the fake spiderwebs or carving pumpkins, we wanted to do something different… An evening tour of the Vodou Museum, immersed in the dim light, with a flashlight as our only source of illumination. For those who aren’t familiar with this museum, housed in a former water tower […]
Do you know Neuf-Brisach? Of course you do, with its Vauban fortifications listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site! But did you know they’re now home to the MAUSA Vauban, an urban and street art museum set up in the casemates of the ramparts? Internationally renowned artists have taken over the stone walls, creating a […]
The Three Robbers, The Giant of Zéralda, Jean de la Lune, The Mellops… You’re bound to be familiar with at least one of these children’s books written by Tomi Ungerer.The Strasbourg-based artist, who passed away in February 2019, had a profound impact on the world of illustration in Alsace and France. But also in the […]
Along with the Tomi Ungerer Museum, Strasbourg’s Alsatian Museum is one of my favorite cultural visits and museums in Strasbourg. 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. […]