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The Region
Welcome to Lausanne,
Olympic Capital, city of culture and tourism!
Lausanne, in a splendid setting between the lake and the
mountains, is renowned for its qualities as a big village and a small
metropolis, where you will find a truly welcoming environment and a
Human way of thinking.
Visit the Old Town with the "Place de la Palud", its cobble stones,
its town hall and its famous clock which attracts quite a crowd. On
the hour, come to watch and listen to the story of the liberation of
the Canton from the Bernese yoke. Discover the superb 13th century
cathedral which dominates the city and do not forget to go window-
shopping the boutiques of the Rue de Bourg.
Enjoy a stroll on the piers of Ouchy alongside Lake Geneva shore
and check out the Olympic
Museum situated in
a superb, very natural kept park. Yet other museums are also worth
visiting: the Uneducated Arts
Collection, unique in the world; the Museum of Design
and Contemporary Applied Arts (mu.dac) and its exceptional
glassworks collection; the Hermitage
Foundation
in a 19th century manor house, dedicated to fine arts exhibitions;
the Elysée Museum
for photography
lovers and the Historical Museum for different temporary thematic
exhibitions.
From a cultural point of view, the Béjart Ballet is of
course one of the
most outstanding happenings in Lausanne.
Admire one of the creations of Maurice Béjart in the amazing
Métropole music hall. In a quite different field, enjoy a film at the
film-library Cinémathèque
suisse, which offers one of the greatest film collections of the
Old Continent.
If you like smaller performances and concerts, the capital of the
Vaud canton offers you plenty of opportunities for all tastes:
theatre
performances at the Arsenic,
the Kléber-Méleau,
the Boulimie, the Théâtre
de Vidy
and at the Grange
de Dorigny;
classic music at the Paderewski, dance at the Séveli
n
36, jazz at the Chorus and the
Pianissimo as well as alternative rock music at the Bleu
Lézard cellar, the preferred students' meeting point.
In Lausanne, you will also find a vibrant nightlife with well-known
clubs dedicated to electronic music, like the Loft, the
MAD and the D! Club; but you can
also get into the
latin groove at the very hot Atelier
Volant.
Well, it is impossible to talk about Lausanne without evoking
the LHC, the local ice hockey club. An
absolute society phenomenon, the cherished club of an entire city,
adored by the youngsters from 7 to 77, the Lausanne Hockey Club
represents what the OM is for Marseille! You will not want to miss
the emotions and the atmosphere of a match at the Malley ice rink.
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