Strasbourg's Glass Railway Station

Gare de Strasbourg. (Alsace, France.) Photo by Simon Raven

Discover Strasbourg's impressive Gare de Strasbourg, the main railway station in this historic french city that is the official seat of the European Parliament. The origianl façade of the railway station was covered by a beautiful glass roof in 2007 by architect Jean-Marie Duthilleul.

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France - Alsace & Lorraine (PDF Chapter)

Alsace & Lorraine are the land of living fairy tales, where vineyards fade into watercolour distance, hilltop castles send spirits soaring higher than the region’s emblematic storks and half-­timbered villages garlanded with geraniums look fresh-minted for a Disney film set.

saunter around canal-laced Petite Venise as Colmar starts to twinkle

get a gargoyle’s-eye view of Strasbourg from the platform of Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame

survey the cross-studded lawn in the early-morning silence at the Verdun Battlefields

Coverage includes: Best Places to Sleep, Alsace, Strasbourg, Route des Vins d’Alsace, Colmar, Massif des Vosges, Mulhouse, Lorraine, Nancy, Baccarat, Metz, Verdun, Verdun Battlefields, American Memorials, When to Go.

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