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Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace

The Local

Another very docile area for tourists that poses very few particular threats outside the remit of one’s standard precautions. Pickpockets can operate around the cathedral, but little else of note in one of the safest cities in Europe.

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Au Crocodile

Habibi Strasbourg

Skaechele

Restaurant Gavroche

Le Jasmin

Maison Kammerzell

Near the Place de la Cathédrale is another of Strasbourg’s most important sites, the Maison Kammerzell. This building (now a hotel with a renowned restaurant, located opposite the Tourist Office) is the finest old burgher’s house in the city. Considered a gem of Alsatian architecture, the Kammerzell House features a stone-built ground floor, half-timbered upper floors, traditional leaded windows, and rich carved ornamentation. The building’s ground floor with its carved stone arches served as a space where merchants sold their wares during the 15th century. Another interesting half-timbered house located in the area (at the Place de la Cathédrale and Rue Mercière) is the Pharmacie du Cerf. This building was constructed in 1567 on a site that has been a pharmacy since 1268. Nearby on the Rue des Juifs are the ruins of the ancient Roman fort, giving visitors a sense of the city’s cultural heritage that dates back two millennia.

Eglise de Saint-Thomas

The Church of Saint-Thomas is located on the site of an ancient church built in the early 6th century, dedicated to the Apostle Saint Thomas. After being destroyed by fire, the Church of Saint-Thomas was rebuilt in the 12th century. Strasbourg residents fondly call this church the “petite fille de la cathédrale” (“daughter of the cathedral”). The building exemplifies the Alsatian Gothic style of architecture with five naves of equal height. The choir houses a magnificent Baroque mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe, who was famous for his distinguished career in the military. During its 800-year-history, the Church of Saint-Thomas has been most renowned for the role it played during the Protestant Reformation of Alsace. The church was a centre of the Lutheran movement in the region. The church has a clock, which for 400 years has struck the hours four minutes too soon-to make itself heard before the Cathedral clock strikes. The church is still used as a Protestant house of worship and offers religious services every Sunday morning as well as daily at noon.

Eglise Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune

Petite France

Located on the aforementioned La Grande Île (main island), this area of the city is home to the most charming throwback to the Middle Ages with timbered houses, cascading canals, cobbled streets, and essentially everything that springs to mind when one pictures France in centuries past. Home to many cafés and restaurants, the picturesque quarter is ideal for a summer’s afternoon.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg

Undoubtedly the essential item on any itinerary of Strasbourg is the cathedral; standing at 142m, it is the world’s sixth tallest church, and was the world’s tallest structure until 1874. A truly magnificent piece of Gothic architecture; one cannot help but stand in awe of the sheer scale of it, and especially given the very antiquated and small buildings in the rest of the city, it is visible from any point in the city, or, indeed, from even farther afield. Consequently, the church has received glowing praise from many luminaries of French and German culture, and one must make a point to see it if anywhere near the region, let alone just being in Strasbourg. Be sure to also see the astronomical clock inside, and marvel at a 300 year old timepiece still function.