The districts’ names (part 1/4) – Diverse origins
Addresses History The districts’ names (part 1/4)- Diverse origins April 30th 2019, by 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 Addresses The Tanners’ Ditch April 10th 2019, 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...
About the Schwörbrief and Strasbourg’s political system
History About the Schwörbrief and Strasbourg’s political system December 22nd 2018, by Leo After numerous hours spent into books, your favorite guides in the Happy Strasbourg team enjoy debating among themselves on different details of Strasbourg’s history. The...
Strasbourg, the origin of a free city
History Strasbourg, the origin of a free city December 13th 2018, by Leo We live today in a cosmopolitan, French and european city of Strasbourg. A city that faced many political, military and cultural changes. But during one of our Free tours, you may hear along the...
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.