A theme made for you
Architecture, Europe, urban change, heritage, food or shared memories: the story follows your group.
03 · 10 · 2026
A route born from a real story
On 3 October 2026, this route is created for former Sciences Po students returning to Strasbourg twenty-five years after studying here. That is the idea behind every tour: your group's story becomes a distinctive way to read the city.
2 h 30
From Le Cardo to the Rhine
A moving story of former industrial land, new neighbourhoods, culture, mobility and cross-border cooperation.
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Start · 4 Rue du Faubourg-de-Saverne
VeloRouge
Introduction to how Strasbourg turned its former industrial edges into a new urban axis towards the Rhine.
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Main entrance
Le Cardo — Sciences Po Strasbourg
In 2020 the institute left Avenue de la Forêt-Noire for this new university hub within the civil hospital campus.
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After the René-Burgundy footbridge
Parc du Heyritz
A former industrial wasteland and car park transformed into a major park anchoring a new neighbourhood.
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Start of Quai Jeanne-Helbling, overlooking Malraux island
André-Malraux peninsula
The former Seegmuller warehouses, abandoned around 2000, now house a media library, homes and cultural facilities.
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In front of the Elithis Danube tower
Danube EcoDistrict
A laboratory for sustainable urban life combining density, social housing, co-housing, energy performance and fewer cars.
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Opposite Phare Citadelle, Quai du Bas-Dusuzeau
Citadelle
In this former coal-port sector, the tram arrived before most residents to shape the district that would follow.
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André-Bord bridge
Starlette
A former coal-briquette factory is giving way to homes, a school and promenades alongside a working port.
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Kaléidos.coop and surroundings
Coop district
Coop Alsace's former production centre is being reinvented around housing, culture, crafts and the social economy.
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Cave à Vins / Point Coop
Port du Rhin
Long isolated between city and border, the district is reconnecting to the centre through the tram and new development.
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Conclusion at the centre of the bridge
Beatus-Rhenanus bridge
The cross-border tram opened in 2017, symbolically turning the Rhine from frontier into a link between Strasbourg and Kehl.
Ride back together
A direct ride of about 25 minutes to VeloRouge via Rue du Port-du-Rhin, Boulevard de la Victoire, Quai Schoepflin and the cycle ring, without another commentary stop.
Your tour, not a standard circuit
A human pace
Route, stops and duration adapt to participant numbers and cycling confidence.
One coordinated plan
Bikes, helmets, locks, briefing and guide are brought together in one quote.
Shape your guided tour
Tell us your date, group size, language and preferred theme. We reply with a route and written quote; no public price is stated before we understand your request.
Prefer to ride independently? Our regular rentals remain self-guided, with maps and Komoot routes.
Photos: Le Cardo — ManathanSF, CC0; Parc du Heyritz — Wikimedia Commons, CC0.