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ReimsGuide was updated: 2022-06-02

Reims is one of France's most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities. It offers visitors a great choice of fine restaurants, brasseries, shops, lively nightlife, concerts, festivals, and cultural events, and of course, world-famous Champagne houses to visit and sample the local nectar. With tree-lined avenues, elegant squares, and a magnificent Gothic-style cathedral that played host to the coronation of several kings of France.

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Facts

Population:	Approximately 197,000
Currency:	Euro (EUR) €1 = 100 cents
Emergency Numbers:	Police: 17 Ambulance: 15/112 Fire Brigade: 18
Newspapers:	Le Figaro Aujourd’hui en France Le Journal du Dimanche Les Echos
Opening Hours:	Shop opening hours are generally from 9am-7pm. Small shops might stay closed for an hour over lunch. Shops are closed Sundays or open at their own discretion.
Tourist Information:	Tourist Information Centre (Cathedral) 2 rue Guillaume de Machault, Reims Open: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm. Sundays and holidays 10am-4pm (winter). Mon-Sat 9am-7pm. Sundays and holidays 10am-6pm (summer). Tourist Information Centre (Railway station) Parvis de la Gare, Reims Open: Mon-Thu and Saturday 8.30am-6pm. Fri 8.30am-7pm. Sundays and holidays 11am-5pm.

Do & See

Reims has no less than four monuments listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The city is also known for its famous Champagne houses that are open to the public; many of them provide tours of their cellars, wine tastings and gala dinners. Reims is also a city of plants and flowers – it has been awarded four flowers as part of the prestigious Villes et Villages Fleuris flower competition, the highest of any French city. This city will truly leave a lasting impression.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

Notre-Dame de Reims is a Roman Catholic cathedral where the kings of France once were crowned. The most famous one was Charles VII, who had Joan of Arc at his side, in 17 July 1429. In the year 2011 this impressive structure celebrated its 800th anniversary.

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Musée des Beaux-Arts

The Fine Arts Museum is housed in the former living quarters of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. The museum has extensive collections from the Renaissance to the present day.

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Musée Saint Rémi

The famous benedictine abbey of Saint-Remi contains the shrine of the Holy Ampulla, which was used for French kings’ coronations. This magnificent building in classical style will satisfy anyone looking for typical examples of early/Gothic architecture.

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Le Planétarium

Le Planétarium is the ideal place to become familiar with the constellations, discover the planets of the solar system and the whole universe. This place features multimedia technology.

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Musee de la Reddition

Museum of the Surrender, Le Musée de la Reddition in French, contains old artefacts from the surrender of German forces during World War II. This is the perfect museum for anyone interested in history.

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The Foujita Chapel

Inspired by the primitive Christian architecture, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Peace, inaugurated in 1966, was thought up by Léonard Foujita. This chapel is open during the summer months from May to October.

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