Le Figaro Nantes
For this weekend of November 26-27,
Le Figaro
has selected a list of events for you to discover in Nantes and in the rest of Loire-Atlantique.
From the Christmas market to the Culture Bar-Bars festival and the first edition of Voyage en hiver, there is plenty to get away from it all.
Zoom also on an original exhibition on the impact of the railway on our lives.
Christmas market
As for the Christmas market organized in the city center of Nantes, know that the chalets are more numerous this year.
There are 130 of them, compared to 90 in 2021. An evolution made possible by the return of some of them to Place Commerce in addition to those present at Place Royale.
Here are the times to know: Saturday, from 10.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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travel in winter
The success of Voyage à Nantes and its green line prompted its instigators to make it available in a winter version.
The festival program revolves around the senses.
As for the visual, there is a reinterpretation of the Japanese lanterns by the artist Vincent Olinet which are visible between the castle of the Dukes of Brittany and the place Graslin.
For sound, the town bells now ring every day at 6:32 p.m. for 20 minutes.
You can enjoy this score at the foot of the eleven bell towers of Nantes or on the banks of the Loire where loudspeakers have been installed.
As for the traditional Christmas train at Place du Bouffay, it has been customized into a long snowman by designer Quentin Faucompré.
Culture Bar-Bars
For its 20th edition, the festival offers a vast program in Nantes.
This Saturday alone, 60 cultural events are organized.
The best way to find your way around this abundant offer is probably to get lost in the streets and push open the doors of establishments depending on the atmosphere that emanates from them.
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Exhibition "Travel by train"
Until February 5, 2023, the Nantes art museum is offering an original exhibition which
"shows how, from the middle of the 19th century, the railway changed our perception and our representations of time and space" ,
according to Le Figaro.
To design it, the Nantes cultural establishment was able to benefit from the support of the Musée d'Orsay and presents works by Tissot, Monet, van Gogh, Dali, on loan from prestigious public and private collections, including those of the National Gallery in London.
3 Continents Festival
The film festival will end this Sunday evening with a closing party at Stereolux in the presence of Japanese director Kore-Eda, whose film
Bonnes étoiles
will be screened.
Saturday, a ball will be given at the Cosmopolis space (rue Lekain) from 7 p.m.
For those who want to discover the films on display, know that they are broadcast, depending on the programming, at Katorza, Concorde and Cinématographe.
Around Nantes
Christmas village in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., place de l'Abbatiale)
A rock evening in Couëron (Saturday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., Salle de l'Estuaire)
A barter exchange in Lusanger (Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Salle des Menhirs)
Free cinema in Vertou (Saturday, from 10 a.m.)