Discovery Day 2

• WSF Men's World Teams 2013 • 09-15 June • Mulhouse, France •  

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MULHOUSE... WHAT DOES IT OFFER ?

The tallest Protestant building in France, the most prestigious car collection in the world and an extraordinary museum cluster, the only Italian restaurant awarded a Michelin star in France, protected animals in an exceptional botanical garden, incredible architectural diversity, the
biggest market in the East of France, designer boutiques

These are just a few of the assets that make Mulhouse and its region a destination that combines a typical Alsace feel with a little something extra, an unusual, dynamic and surprising place that attracts some 2.5 million visitors a year.

Mulhouse, a city tourism destination

Here you’ll find the world’s most fantastic and prestigious museums in their fields. See for yourself:

the Cité de l’Automobile – Schlumpf Collection and its 400 vintage cars, the Museum of Printed Textiles with 3 million samples gathered together in its archives, the Cité du Train and its mechanical marvels, and the Alsace Ecomusée, one of Europe’s biggest outdoor museums.

But there’s a whole lot more to Mulhouse! The city has many parks and gardens, the most famous being the Zoological and Botanical Garden, which opened in 1869 (!).

From the medieval city to the industrial era of the 19th century, this former republic’s exceptional heritage has earned it the “Town of Art and History” label.

A walk round the different neighbourhoods is a must: from the villas of the 19th-century captains of industry to one of the first workers’ housing developments, via old factories made of brick or an old Rhenish Renaissance town hall. People here are very imaginative and love shopping: local designer boutiques sit alongside the big chain stores.

As for eating out…
Whatever takes your fancy, be it regional cuisine, world food, creative cuisine… The city of Mulhouse has something to suit every taste! And to round off your stay, how about an unforgettable encounter?

But what about.... BIKES!!!
 


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Mulhouse & its region

8 rue du Général-de-Gaulle
68490 BANTZENHEIM
Tél. 33 (0) 389 26 23 36
www. lagrangeabecanes.com
 

What about the bikes ??? La Grange à Bécanes
The Rhenish motorcycle museum

Since March 2013, the Tourist Office for Mulhouse and its region has seen its territory expand, with the 6 communes of Porte France Rhin Sud (Banztenheim, Ottmarsheim, Hombourg-Wihr …) involved amongst others to help promote the area’s brand new tourist attraction, “La Grange à Bécanes”, a Rhenish motorcycle museum which opened on 2 April.

Based in a renovated barn covering 750 m2 and boasting many original displays, this motorcycle museum exhibits 90 vintage vehicles from the “Lemoine collection”, including a unique collection of RAVAT motorbikes and other French and foreign models.

It enables visitors to enjoy a unique, thrilling experience, as they “relive” the history of the motorbike.

The museum is arranged into four sections.

The “corridor” presents the adventure of vintage motorbikes to the sound of period music, in the form of a parade. The “tous motards !” (“everyone’s a biker!”) exhibit lets visitors experience the joy of straddling and riding a vintage motorbike, as well as a documentary about motorcycle history and the representation of motorbikes in the main artistic fields.

The “dans le detail” (“in detail”) exhibition is dedicated to motorcycle parts. The last stage of the tour takes visitors behind the scenes in the museum, its reserve and its workshop, where the Amis de la moto association restores the motorbikes.
 

  

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