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Home to a famed mechanical menagerie, sprawling green gardens and, now, the Rugby World Cup, France's green capital Nantes has much to offer its visitors

I'm going to tell you why you need to visit Nantes! There is a reason upwards of 10,000 people relocating there each year! The city truly cares about the future of the city and the quality of life for the people in it. I'm sharing with you the best things to do when you visit Nantes.

The event and art trail known as Le Voyage á Nantes was a catalyst for the reinvention a post-industrial Nantes.

Tom Scott visited Les machines de l’île in Nantes, France, to learn about and ride an enormous mechanical elephant that can hold up to 50 people. This giant

Canada isn’t a huge market for Nantes, but we are an important one.

Straddling the Loire and looking out to the Atlantic, water has long shaped the history and identity of Nantes. The French city is now capitalising on its maritime history, as its former shipyards play host to the innovative contemporary art event "A journey to Nantes". FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear meets its founder and director Jean Blaise, who tells us about the city's strategy to bring together culture and tourism, as well as artists Myrtille Drouet and Evor Damoiseau, who are reinventing the urban landscape with their installations.

Chloe Govan reveals the remarkable adventures of world-famous novelist Jules Verne, whose literary ambitions first took shape in beguiling Nantes.

It was philosopher Walter Benjamin who, inspired by the writings of Charles Baudelaire, was the first to deeply study the idea of the “Flâneur,” th

Residing in the Upper Brittany region of Western France, upon the Loire River, is the city of Nantes. Only the sixth most populated city in the country, Nantes does not necessarily enjoy the same level of touristic activity of other French cities such as Paris, Marseille, or Nice. However, just a couple of days in Nantes will show you it has plenty to offer culturally, gastronomically, and in many other ways. From Monday, April 17th until Thursday, April 20th, I and five journalists from UK and Irish publications flew (from Dublin and Manchester, respectively) to Nantes for a press trip

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I'm sharing the best restaurants Nantes has that we ate at. Overall I found the food in this city to be quite fabulous. I don't think we ate anywhere that I did not enjoy immensely. Here are my favourite restaurants we visited:

Maïa Morgensztern @maiamorgen picks her favourite installations to see right now during the arts festival Le Voyage à Nantes in France. Follow the Green line.

After the Loire Valley, we went to Nantes, a beautiful little city on the west coast of France. The most exciting attraction was the 'Les Machines de l'île'. It would be hard to describe, but I can show you: Close to the carousel, there is a gigantic yellow crane. It was built in 1954 by…

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Straddling the Loire and looking out to the Atlantic, water has long shaped the history and identity of Nantes. The French city is now capitalising on its maritime history, as its former shipyards pl…

The illustrator’s latest creations form part of arts festival Le Voyage à Nantes, where giant artworks are dotted in and around the French city