About the districts’ names, In the south – 3/4
Adresses About the districts’ names, in the South – 3/4 20th may 2019, by Leo Now that we have covered the districts’ names in the city center (About the districts’ names – City center), let me take you for a guided ride to the southern...
About the district’s names – City center – 2/4
Adresses About the district’s name – city center – 2/4 10th may 2019, by Leo In a previous article (The diverse origins of districts’ names), we quickly focused on the origins of the districts’ names. After that first overview, I suggest...
The diverse origins of districts’ names – 1/4
Adresses The diverse origins of districts’ names – 1/4 30 avril 2019, par Leo Strasbourg is made up of many districts whose names raise questions for many people. Mostly, it happens when you live there and the district is not the obvious Great...
The tanners’ ditch
History The tanners’ ditch 10th April, by Leo Strasbourg has always been a city of canals. Built in the origin between two arms of the Ill river, on an island called nowadays the Great Island, it had many more canals. The successive phases of urban planning...
Pure product of the alsacian fields and forests, still speaking the local dialect as mother tongue, Leo arrived to Strasbourg for his studies.
There he discovered the wide world he was always reading about in his sofa. There he indulged into theater and other arts, tried several jobs and adventures, went out sometimes until the morning, fully living the Strasbourg life for years !
So when he heard about the possibility to introduce the Strasbourg city life and history to people from everywhere, he joined enthusiastically the Happy Strasbourg Team.
Passionate, interested in everything, Leo loves to tell stories and to listen to them, eager to share this amazing world that is ours.