If you’ve ever been to the little kiddies play ground at the Grand Blottereau you’ll know there was a sequoia tree trunk with a carved out door frame? in it. The kids loved it. Sadly it’s no more as I found out when we tried visiting the Glass houses...
If you’ve ever walked along the the Quai de la Fosse you may have noticed that .. well .. it’s just not that pretty. That could all be about to change with 4 new re-development projects announced. Gardens on the Quai de la Fosse, A park at la...
You probably have heard of the covered Market at Talensac? You’ll no doubt also have heard of the market at La Petite Hollande as well on Saturday mornings with 200 – 300 sellers? Did you know though that there are currently 18 general food markets in...
It’s domain renewal time today and it’s kinda funny (at least to me). I registered this page 4 years ago with the intention of doing what I’m doing now. Side Note:: When you register a website name like nantes.today it’s yours BUT you have to...
Fancy a free guided visit to the to the Tropical Glasshouses at the Grand Blottereau? You’re in luck 🙂 Wednedays at 15:00 and Saturdays / Sundays and Bank Holidays at 15:00 and 16:30 Spices / Rare Woods and plants more than a century old. I’ll try getting...
Every year I find myself posting up this advert as it always makes me laugh. While I’m not a huge sports fan I do love watching Ireland play in the rugby. If you’re around town the matches will be shown at most of the Irish pubs (and there are quite a few...
Les Machines de L’Ă®le have opened a kickstarter for their new project The Herons’ Tree. With the goal of raising €100,000 they hit that in I believe 2 days which is impressive. They are currently on €138,000 having started the kickstarter on the 6th of...
The exhibition La Guerre du Jazz is only on for another few days (it ends on Sunday) I had a quick visit at lunch (it opens at 13:30 during the week and at 14:00 at the weekend) It’s FREE! It’s on display at the Cosmopolis (It’s at the back of the...
Have you passed by the The Lieu Unique recently? You’ll have hopefully noticed that there’s a small flag on top of the tower. What is it though? It doesn’t always blow in the wind and the text is quite small. HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US We all know the...
The what now? I knows these words Printemps – Spring … Voisins – Neighbours … Well have you ever felt that we’re not as friendly as we once were with our neighbours? You’ve moved here and you probably say Bonjour … Bonjour...
Nearly two years ago I posted up a link to an article from Numerama on Knowing Nantes about a new system Bloctel from the French government to help consumers stop getting harassed by cold callers / marketeers. I was reminded a few weeks ago about the service. The...
Also getting to the airport from Nantes! Assuming you don’t have friends who’ll give you a lift here are your options for getting to and from the airport. Take a Taxi We’ve probably all been there … you’ve got a headache …...
Have you had a bike stolen? While it’s probably not a very nice experience there may be some hope. You can find the list of bikes that have been recovered by the police here...
Where can I get ID photos in Nantes? It’s a question that comes up on Knowing Nantes quite often. Normally it’s people looking for ID photos for kids / Babies. Though you’ll need one for the Student Card …Â Museum Pass … your TAN travel...
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that the Carnival (Carnaval) workshop is open this weekend. So yesterday we went along to see what it’s all about. We’d actually been to the Carnival Workshop in 2016 already but missed out last year. Guarding the...
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