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Invisible Bordeaux
http://www.invisiblebordeaux.net/
The online guide to some of the sights, stories, curios and lesser-known landmarks to be enjoyed in and around Bordeaux, France.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 321 )
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French-language Podcast #19 - Handisport Go TV Presenter Tanguy Coureau
For this new episode of the Invisible Bordeaux podcast, we meet Tanguy Coureau, presenter of the HandiSport Go TV programme on France 3 NoA, for... Read more
Posted on 07 February 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Welcome to the Bordeaux Rock 1988-1998 Listening Party!
You may remember that a few months ago I sat down and listened to a number of 1970s and 1980s Bordeaux bands as featured on a desirable double-CD compilation... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
French-language Podcast #18 - Yan Le Cor & Enfant Bordeaux
The Invisible Bordeaux podcast is back after being away for some time! (Hurray!) In this comeback episode, we catch up with Yann Le Cor, better known as Papa... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Ultimate Invisible Bordeaux Concert! Don’t Miss Slowrush Alongside Luces 364...
There will be plenty of Invisible Bordeaux themes on the agenda when we perform an unplugged set alongside Luces 3641 at the Pierre-Veilletet library in Caudéra... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
All About the Day King Charles III Visited Bordeaux and the One-off Great...
Friday September 22 2023 was an unusual day in Bordeaux. From the off there was a sense of occasion and with good reason: Bordeaux was hosting King Charles III... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Wartime Bordeaux Meets the City in 2023
Not long ago at the remarkable Emmaüs charity outlet in Parempuyre, I picked up a couple of out-of-print books by the historian Pierre Décamps (1912-2004):... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Inside La Maison Saint Louis Beaulieu
We are in the Saint-Genès district of Bordeaux, not far from the boulevards, visiting the unusual complex that is la Maison Saint Louis Beaulieu, the diocesan... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Étang De Cousseau Nature Reserve: Towers, Telescopes and One of La Gironde's...
Imagine my surprise when I was out on my bike somewhere between Lacanau and Carcans-Maubuisson, on a stretch of cycle path which is among the prettiest there... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Join Slowrush on Their Mission to the Centre of the Northern Hemisphere (i.e....
The small village of Puynormand - and its unusual claim to being the centre of the northern hemisphere - has twice featured on the Invisible Bordeaux blog. Read more
Posted on 12 May 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Hanging Gardens for All: Introducing the Green Walls of Bordeaux
Every so often the hustle and bustle of central Bordeaux can get just a little bit overpowering, wouldn’t you say? When that happens there can surely be... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Introducing the (very Unusual) Public Bookcases of Eysines
I’m no longer sure how this occurred, but I somehow came across a 2019 social media post announcing the installation of some new and highly unusual public... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Ten Unusual Sights to See in Bordeaux… at Least, According to ChatGPT!
OK, everyone else is doing it, so why shouldn’t Invisible Bordeaux? As I’m a bit short on time these days (but the blog will hopefully be back sometime soon wit... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2023 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Late Gilles Bertin, the Reformed Punk Rocker/bank Robber Who Spent 30 Years...
During the recent Musical Écran festival organised by the Bordeaux Rock association (coincidentally also part of the most recent Invisible Bordeaux blog item),... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Operation Frankton 80th Anniversary Events and Conferences in Bordeaux
Throughout November and December 2022, a host of commemorations and events will be held to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Frankton, which ranks as one o... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Welcome to the Bordeaux Rock 1977-1987 Listening Party!
Back in the late 1970s/1980s, the rock music scene in Bordeaux was renowned throughout France as being particularly active and dynamic. Read more
Posted on 09 October 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
On the Trail of 'Les Fugitifs' in Bordeaux
Among France’s box office hits of the 1980s, Les Fugitifs is one of the most fondly-remembered by cinema-goers, and still gets regular screenings on... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Recommended Reading: Mathias Cisnal’s Guide to the Mériadeck Quarter
Architect and friend of the blog Mathias Cisnal has penned a book, published by Éditions Le Festin, about his specialist subject: the district of Bordeaux... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Day a West German Military Aircraft Crash-landed in the Fields of Eysines
It is 11:30 on Saturday July 2nd 1988, deep in the farmlands of Eysines, and the relative silence is broken by the sound of a Transall C-160D military... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Sean Bouchard Tells All About Record Label Talitres Ahead of the 'Talitres In...
In order to know everything there is to know about the 'Talitres In Waves' event being held on September 17 in Bordeaux, and more widely about the independent... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Back to Puynormand and the Place Where the Greenwich Meridian and the 45th...
(Very) long-time readers of the blog will no doubt fondly remember the time, back in 2014, when I hooked up with fellow blogger Vincent and my son Dorian to... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2022 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL