Strasbourg and Alsace...

Key figures...

• With the TGV, Strasbourg is now only about 2 hours from Paris, 5 from Nantes and even less from London
• With some 50,000 students in the city,  1 out of every 5 inhabitants is a student.
• Strasbourg has 130,000 bicycles for a population of 450,000 (in Paris: 14,000 bicycles for two million inhabitants)
• Greater Strasbourg it is a cycle-friendly city, with over 470 km of cycle tracks, a network which is expanding every year
• Alsace has the second highest GDP per inhabitant in France and is ranked first for exports per inhabitant
• Alsace is one of the leading regions of France in terms of foreign investment.
• Alsace is a region on a human scale, with close to 1.8 million inhabitants divided between two départements.
• Alsace has two regional natural parks and numerous forests. Its highest point is the Grand Ballon (1424 m)
  

Also read the student life section of the Région Alsace website

... and useful links

Sightseeing

Tourist office of Strasbourg

Comité régional du tourisme d'Alsace

Transport

International Airport of Strasbourg-Entzheim
Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (bus company)
SNCF - the national rail network
Vélocation - bike hire

Culture

Festivals

Musica
Ososphère
Festival International de musique

Rock and Jazz

Pôle Sud
Artefact (la Laiterie, Ososphère, festival des artefacts)
Molodoï
Jazz d'Or

Theaters

Théatre national de Strasbourg (TNS)

Le Kafteur

Les Taps, Scènes strasbourgeoises

Au Camionneur

La Choucrouterie

Cinemas

L'Odyssée

Star, Star Saint-Exupéry

Pathé Vox

UGC Ciné Cité

Other cultural centres

L'espace culturel du Cheval Blanc à Schiltigheim

L'Illiade

Museums, interactive museums and leisure parks

Le Vaisseau

Musées de Strasbourg

L'Ecomusée d'Alsace

Bioscop

Europa-Park, 50 km from Strasbourg, in Germany

Libraries

Strasbourg multimedia library

National and Universitary library of  Strasbourg (BNUS)