Pensions Protests in Lyon, France: Reports from La Grève Nationale
“They’ve trapped us in Bellecour and have gotten their watergun out.”
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Student contributor from Université Catholique. American in name only. Principally from Washington County, Alabama. Learned to write on Music, Arts, & Culture in Hong Kong after the Umbrella Revolution. Prefer radical politics and despondent history. Enjoys Son House, Nathaniel West, and Slavoj Žižek. Here to help assimilate expatriates into Lyon.
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Insane video of urban free ride in Lyon
A proper biking tour of The Croix-Rousse, Fourvière and Presqu’île.
5 Unmissable Locations for Lyon’s Festival of Lights 2019
One of the most famous festivals in all of France has nearly come. Here are our five picks on where to go during the Fête des Lumières.
Later Trains for Lyon’s Metro For The Weekends
Latenight fiends rejoice, the TCL is open later on the weekend starting this Friday the 15th.
Le Tour de France is Coming Back to Lyon
For the first time in nearly seven years, a symbol of French sporting might will come back through Lyon.
Expat Survival Guide to Lyon’s Nightclub Scene.
How to properly navigate Lyonnais nightlife.
Lyon Experiments with Walking City Concept
Lyon is closing the Presqu’île to vehicle traffic this weekend in a continued push for a more eco and pedestrian-friendly city center.