Exhibitions, visits, concerts… Weekly activities in Chartres before the start of the school year
The last week of August still has its share of discoveries in store, in Chartres and its surroundings, find the main activities grouped by day. Monday August 28 Start this week all in exhibits. Until Saturday, find the work of the illustrator and graphic designer Iom representing Chartres and its agglomeration in around thirty works, […]
The first drive-in in Eure-et-Loir will take place on Sunday
Sunday August 27 will be a drive-in evening. It’s a cinema session, in the open air that you watch from the comfort of your car. This evening is organized by the Karting de Chartres as well as the cinema Les Enfants du Paradis. This is a first in Eure-et-Loir. In this context it is the […]
An innovative evening at the Chartres guinguette with Radio Nova
Tuesday, August 22, La Petite Venise was the host of Radio Nova’s Grande Tournée d’été. A French Radio defining their style as a great electronic and curious mix. Chartres: Radio Nova stops at the guinguette of Little Venice, this Tuesday Live broadcast For 15 years, this Great Tour animates, for one evening, the four corners […]
In Chartres, postcards are still popular
One might think they are disappearing, or at least dwindling, but postcards continue to seduce people to send their travel memories to their loved ones. Illustrations of stained glass windows, photos of the cathedral, aerial view of the city, artists’ drawings, everyone can find a shoe that suits them to bring back or send a […]
49th Chartres Cathedral Festival: last concert this Sunday
This Sunday, August 20, at 4:30 p.m., the seventh and last concert of the 49th Cathedral Festival will be held, organized by the association of the great organs of Chartres. Some 1,500 people followed the procession of the Assumption in honor of the Virgin in Chartres During this free concert, with free entry, the group […]
The art of the glass slab is currently exhibited at the Galerie du vitrail in Chartres
The material, raw, bursts to the eye of the visitor. The glass slab in all its splendor radiates. Until Saturday October 14, 2023, the Stained Glass Gallery, located in the Notre-Dame cloister in Chartres, is offering an exhibition on its premises, in order to discover this technique. The Ateliers Loire, in Chartres, have made two […]
Before the Coverplay concert in Chartres this Saturday, revise your Coldplay classics!
Over two decades, Coldplay have become one of the most popular bands on the contemporary music scene, filling stadiums around the world with every tour. This Saturday, in Chartres, Coverplay will perform the greatest titles of the British group. Here are seven to rediscover in this playlist. premium But what is this hit of the […]
Why are cyanobacteria developing this summer in Eure-et-Loir?
A few days ago, the municipalities of Luisant and Lèves issued decrees in order to set a certain number of prohibitions and recommendations concerning their bodies of water, in the face of the suspicion of proliferation of cyanobacteria. Fishing is prohibited, as well as bathing for humans and animals, as well as watering. These restrictions […]
A Swiss family on vacation in Chartres: “We came last year, it was splendid”
For Johanna, Maël and their two daughters, Iris and Zara, it was obvious. “As every year, we come from Switzerland and leave for Brittany. We came last year, it was splendid”. So this year, they did not hesitate to repeat the experience. Seasonal workers at the Chartres Tourist Office, they “rediscovered the territory” “Chartres is […]
In Eure-et-Loir, the rise of Little Venice, a tavern on the banks of the Eure, in Chartres
Located on the banks of the Eure, in the lower town of Chartres, the guinguette has been full for many years. Its manager, Maximilien Lheureux, was inspired by the guinguette in Tours, a pioneer of this concept in the Centre-Val-de-Loire region. What first seduced him was the “popular and friendly” side of these places. “What […]