Merchant Strasbourg: from the Old Customs House to the Mirror guildhall
Strasbourg’s merchant history makes an engaging short walk when you follow three different kinds of building. Begin beside the Ill at the Old Customs House,
Strasbourg’s merchant history makes an engaging short walk when you follow three different kinds of building. Begin beside the Ill at the Old Customs House,
Look for Strasbourg's Art Nouveau in small details: a balcony railing's curve, a plant-like form beside a window or a coloured
Strasbourg's timber-framed houses are easy to remember as dark lines, pale walls and tall roofs. Behind that pattern lie construction, work, owners'
The River Ill offers a way to see Strasbourg without constantly choosing between narrow streets. Stay beside the river, change your viewpoint at bridges and leave
Visit Koenigshoffen when you want to experience Strasbourg at a more everyday scale. Individual landmarks matter, but so do the transitions between them: a parish square,
Walk from Krutenau to the old docks for a change of scale. Smaller streets give way to open water, long warehouse buildings and preserved cranes. Strasbourg
Pourtalès is a good reason to see Strasbourg beyond its dense historic centre. In this Robertsau park, a country house stands among lawns and mature trees,
In the Orangerie, walk from story to story. A former orangery explains the park's name, a small toll pavilion recalls city trade, a bronze
The European Quarter reveals Strasbourg through glass, metal, water and substantial public spaces. Compare the architecture of different institutions, then finish in the Orangerie park. The
Discover university Strasbourg through three different settings: a ceremonial palace, a living plant collection and a historic observatory. This walk considers how the city made room
Go to Krutenau for another rhythm of Strasbourg. A medieval wall, a former tobacco factory, an art school and a quay overlooking the old town sit
Begin Neustadt at Place de la République and follow Avenue de la Liberté towards the Palais Universitaire. This walk reveals a different scale of Strasbourg: broad