Welcome to Strasbourg!

How much is the average spending on: (in euros)

• Housing: 428/491 
• Utilities: 15/30
• Food: 300
• Transport: 27.6
• Phone: 10/30
• Going out: 100/200
• Currency conversion click here

Official website for Strasbourg’s transportation click here to find all the details. 

Please Note: A full range of tickets and subscriptions allow you to choose the ticket that best suits your travel needs. Monthly and annual subscriptions give you the best price for an unlimited number of trips. They require the prior establishment of the Badgéo Solo card.

Characteristics:

• Nontransferable card
• A secure solution for occasional or frequent trips.
• It offers the maximum of services!
• Allows you to load tickets and subscriptions.
• Lifespan: 6 years.

Prices and subscriptions:

• Until 18. Yo: 27,60 €/ Month or 276€/ Year
• From 19-25. Yo: 27,60 €/ Month or 276€/ Year (if you are employed you can ask for a 50% discount, the other 50% will be paid by your company). Ask for the subscription “Prime Transport”
• From 26-64. Yo:  51.80 €/ Month or 518€/ Year (if you are employed you can ask for a 50% discount, the other 50% will be paid by your company). Ask for the subscription “Prime Transport”

Documents you need to get the card:

• ID/ Passport
• ID picture
• Credit Card
• If you are employed, you will need a proof

Where to get your Badgéo card: (3 options)

1. Online agency: click here (For free)
2. CTS agency: file this (5€ fees)
3. Vélhop Schiltigheim Shop: map (5€ fees)

Please Note: If you wish not to take a subscription, there are plenty of other options for individual tickets, day tickets… Check out their website for the prices and categories of tickets: click here

• Which Drivers licenses are valid? 

You can drive in France with your European license as long as it is valid. It is not necessary to exchange your European driving license for a French license to drive in France. However if you are not in the possession of a European license and you wish to pass your french driving license it will cost you around 1200/1500€. Remember that it is expensive but the main advantage is that it is valid throughout the whole word!

If you want to check out more on the official French administrative website click here

Safe and unsafe parts of town, places to avoid at all times, etc. 

Districts to avoid:

• Cronenbourg (although the “old cronenbourg”)
• Neuhof and its districts
• Hautepierre / Koenigshoffen and its cities (including “Potteries”).

Districts you must go:

• City center/Petite-France (little France)
• La Grande-île
• La Krutenau

Please note: Strasbourg is a city located at the crossroads between German and French cultures. This helps to make the “European capital” one of the most charming metropolises in France. For this reason and many more, it will be impossible for you to get bored in Strasbourg. 

Best Universities in Strasbourg: 

• Art, letters, languages ​​- Law, economics, management and political and social sciences – Human and social sciences – Sciences, technologies – Health: Université de Strasbourg
• ENGINEERING SCHOOLS: ECPM, Eost, ESBS, TPS Strasbourg
• Business Schools: Science Po Strasbourg, EM Strasbourg
• Journalism School: Cuej
• University Institutes of Technology: IUT Robert-Schuman d’Illkirch, IUT Louis-Pasteur de Schiltigheim, IUT de Haguenau

Restaurants, bars, café, and others:

• Académie de la Bière: http://www.academiedelabiere.com/ Address: 16 Rue du Bain Finkwiller, Strasbourg, Grand Est, 67000, France.
• Tapas Café: http://www.tapas-cafe.fr/ Address: 16 Rue du Bain Finkwiller, Strasbourg, Grand Est, 67000, France.
• L’épicerie: http://www.lepicerie-strasbourg.com/  Address: 6 Rue du Vieux Seigle, Strasbourg, Grand Est, 67000, France.
• Le Bar Champagne: https://www.regent-petite-france.com/restaurant-et-bar/  Address: 6 Rue du Vieux Seigle, Strasbourg, Grand Est, 67000, France.
• Jeannette et les Cycleux: http://www.lenetdejeannette.com/  Address: 30 Rue Tonneliers, Strasbourg, France.

Nightclubs:

• Agora: http://www.agora-bar.fr/  Adress: 25 rue des Tonneliers 67000  Strasbourg
• Le café des anges:  http://www.cafe-des-anges.fr/  Address: 5 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
• Le rafiot: http://www.rafiot.net/ Address: Quai des Pêcheurs, 67000 Strasbourg, France. 
• La Laiterie: https://www.artefact.org/ Address: 13 Rue du Hohwald, 67000 Strasbourg, France.

Monuments and Museums:

1.Monuments

• La Cathédrale Notre-Dame
• Le Parlement Européen
• La Maison Kammerzell
• Le lycée des Pontonniers
• Les Ponts Couverts

2.Museums:

• le Palais Rohan
• Musée Tomi Ungerer – Centre International de l’Illustration
• Palais Rohan (Musée archéologique, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée des Arts Décoratifs)
• Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS)
• Musée Historique
• Musée de sismologie et de magnétisme terrestre
• Les Secrets du Chocolat par Schaal
• Fort de Schoenenbourg

Places to go on week end:

Guys, Strasbourg is the city where in a weekend you can go to Germany and Switzerland! Enjoy a ride and don’t forget that Alsace has an incredible history that is waiting to be discovered by you. Also, if you miss Niagara Falls, there are the Rhine Falls that really deserve a closer look.

10 things you should know:

1. La Marseillaise (the national anthem) was composed in Strasbourg in 1792 and not in Marseille, as one might think.
2. France is the largest country in the European Union in terms of surface area.
3. The shortest period of a king or queen in France is 20 minutes. Louis XIX was claimed as the King of France, but he abdicated from the throne after 20 minutes. Well in the end, he never really ruled the country.
4. France has more than 40,000 castles, also including fortified castles, manors and palaces.
5. Trains run on the left except in Alsace which developed its rail network during the German occupation.
6. Cinema was invented in France. Sorry Hollywoooood
7. French people like wishing strangers a good appetite eating on the terrace
8. If you don’t speak french yet and you’re planning to visit or live in a francophone country you will quickly realise that the “you” in english is used differently in french. There is the “tu” and the “vous”.
9. Until 1964, French women were not allowed to open a bank account or obtain a passport without their husband’s permission. (imagine how complicated it was)
10. If you want one actor extremely famous in France, remember: Louis de Funès. 

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