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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 ( 340 )
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We Give You the Bordeaux Rock Festival, the Rock En Ville 20th-anniversary...
With winter more or less coming to an end, one of Bordeaux's unmissable musical highlights of the year is just around the corner: the 2026 Bordeaux Rock... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2026 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Les Pieds Au Sec: Le Taillan-Médoc’s Giant Local History Hopscotch Artwork
At Invisible Bordeaux, we’ve become accustomed to looking upwards at walls, plaques and windows, but on a lane stretching through the forest of Le Taillan-Médoc... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2026 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Sights from Invisible Bordeaux and Beyond Are Now Available to Be Explored on...
Several of the locations featured on the Invisible Bordeaux blog, along with a number of places further afield, are now included in Atlas Obscura, the definitiv... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2026 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Bordeaux Connections of Flora Tristan, the Celebrated 'fallen Aristocrat,...
They are easy to miss, but there are two plaques affixed to the wall where Rue des Bahutiers meets Rue du Cancéra in the centre of Bordeaux. Read more
Posted on 29 December 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast Now Has Its Dedicated Website! (Hurrah!)
After spending many months on this blog clumsily and possibly confusingly mixing music interviews with tales of unusual places and stories in Bordeaux, the... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
A Doll’s House: Your Recommended December Theatre Outing in English (and/or...
In the run-up to the festive season, why not take some time out to attend the Compagnie Clapotis production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House? Read more
Posted on 01 December 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast - Musical Écran 2025 with Manu Cier and Bruno...
For this new episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast, we headed over to the offices of the Bordeaux Rock association to discuss the... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Jeko
For this summertime episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast, we caught up with Thibault, Erwan and Léo, who, alongside Caro and Agathe,... Read more
Posted on 19 July 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
100 Years On, a Music Video Pays Homage to Max Linder, Ninette Peters, and...
This page is all about how an Invisible Bordeaux blog post about the influential silent movie star Max Linder became a song, and has just been adapted into a... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Opinion
While the Opinion live experience is a quartet, in the studio it's the solo project of Hugo Carmouze, whom Invisible Bordeaux Music met at the Parc du Prieuré d... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: ALBÅ
For this latest episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast, we meet up with an emerging artist, ALBÅ, who is forging a fine career whether... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Martial and the Total Heaven Record Store
"From punk to funk!" In this latest episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast, we meet Martial who, with alongside colleague Babouche, run... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Cosmopaark
The Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast is back! For this first episode of 2025, we welcome singer/guitarist Clément Pelofy and drummer Baptiste Sauvion, who,... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2025 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Vincent Jouffroy (Terland, I Am Stramgram...)
For this latest episode of the French-language Invisible Bordeaux Music podcast, we meet Vincent Jouffroy, a key player on the cultural scene in Bordeaux and fa... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Voyages on the Spot: Join Slowrush for Some Musical Slow Tourism!
The Invisible Bordeaux spirit is alive and well and is once again to be found on Slowrush's new EP, The Story Starts... ! Indeed, as loyal readers know, lately... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
Invisible Bordeaux Music Podcast: Musical Écran/Richard Berthou
Changes are afoot over on the French-language Invisible Bordeaux podcast which will hitherto be known as... Invisible Bordeaux Music! From now on, the podcast... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
The Life and Times of Mort Shuman Recounted in Word and Song: Don’t Miss the...
The Shuman Show, the part conference/part concert introduction to the life and times career of legendary songwriter and performer Mort Shuman, is making a... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
In the Shade of the City: Leandro Elrich’s Map-shaped Aluminium Canopy Artwork
OK, the time has come to own up, I love maps. So, as you can imagine, I got quite excited when I heard that some new public artwork had been installed on Place... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
New Invisible Bordeaux Walking Tours Available as Free Downloadable PDFs!
Are you visiting Bordeaux over the coming weeks? Or do you already live here but feel you should really be getting out and about and exploring your hometown? Read more
Posted on 19 April 2024 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL -
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
