Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Mulhouse (France). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Cité de l'Automobile, Temple Saint-Étienne, and Cité du Train. Also, be sure to include Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Mulhouse (Grand Est).
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Cité de l'Automobile
Also known as: Cité de l'automobile
Vast car museum with exhibition track. Musée National de l’Automobile, Collection Schlumpf is an automobile museum located in Mulhouse, France, and built around the Schlumpf Collection of classic automobiles. It has the largest displayed collection of automobiles and contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world.[1]
Address: 15 Rue de l'Épée, 68100 Mulhouse (Wolf Wagner)
Temple Saint-Étienne
Protestant church in Mulhouse, France. The Temple Saint-Étienne is a Calvinist church located in the city of Mulhouse, Alsace, France. Its congregation forms part of the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine. Because of its central location on the main square of Mulhouse, the Place de la Réunion, and its 97 metre high bell tower, it is sometimes referred to as the "Cathedral of Mulhouse". The church was designed by the city architect Jean-Baptiste Schacre, who also designed the large Catholic St. Stephen's Church.[2]
Address: 12 Place de la Réunion, 68100 Mulhouse (Centre Historique)
Cité du Train
Also known as: Cité du train
Interactive museum of trains and railways. The Cité du Train, situated in Mulhouse, France, is one of the ten largest railway museums in the world. It is the successor to the musée français du chemin de fer, the organisation responsible for the conservation of major historical SNCF railway equipment.[3]
Address: 2 Rue Alfred de Glehn, 68200 Mulhouse (Dornach)
Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park
Also known as: Parc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse
Family flora and fauna learning attraction. The Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park is a French zoological park located in the Grand Est region in the departement of Haut-Rhin, in the southeast of the city of Mulhouse, district of Rebberg. Created in 1868 by philanthropists industrialists, led by Charles Thierry-Mieg son, he was successively the property of the Cercle mulhousien, of the Industrial Society of Mulhouse, and then of the City from 1893. It is now managed by the agglomeration community of Mulhouse region, Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Its director is, since 2010, the veterinary Brice Lefaux.
Located on the edge of the Tannenwald forest, it covers 25 hectares and present more than 900 animals of 170 species, as well as 3,500 plant varieties. Among the major park facilities are the Grand Nord area dedicated to Arctic wildlife (polar bears, muskoxen, arctic foxes...) and an Asian multispecies pen. The park holds the national label "remarkable garden" of the ministry of Culture for its botanical collections: remarkable trees, irises, peonies and rhododendrons gardens.
The zoo, which is a permanent member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), is engaged in ex situ conservation by participating in European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP), which it coordinates nine of them (for five species of monkeys, three species of lemurs and one species of wallaby). It also supports in situ conservation associations working in the field and have already reintroduced animals in their natural environment, in France and in Africa. It is also a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).
In 2014, it was the eleventh zoological park of France in terms of frequentation, with 400,000 visitors.[4]
Address: 51 rue du Jardin Zoologique, 68100 Mulhouse (Rebberg)
Belvédère tower
Also known as: Tour du Belvédère
Tower in Mulhouse, France. The Tour du Belvédère is a 20 metre tall observation tower located on Belvédère mountain near Mulhouse in Alsace, France. Tour du Belvédère was designed by Ph. Ant. Fauler, built in 1898 and is reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower.[5]
Address: Rue du Belvedere, 68100 Mulhouse (Rebberg)
Brunstatt
Commune in France. Brunstatt is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Brunstatt-Didenheim.
It is one of the southern suburbs of the city of Mulhouse, and forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[6]
Illzach
Commune in France. Illzach is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
It is located in the north side of the Mulhouse metropolitan area, and forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for that area.[7]
Pfastatt
Commune in France. Pfastatt is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[8]
Rebberg
Mountain in France. Rebberg is a mountain and suburb of Mulhouse in Alsace, France.[9]
Bourtzwiller
Bourtzwiller is the most populated quarter of Mulhouse, France.[10]
Address: 4 Rue de Gunsbach, Mulhouse (Bourtzwiller)
La Kunsthalle - Centre d'art contemporain
Museum, Art museum
Address: 16, rue de la Fonderie, 68093 Mulhouse (Fonderie)