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A Magic Street Arts Festival on Saturday 22 June Near Lyon

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Meet Magic People on Saturday 22 in Fontaines sur Saône near Lyon

Visuel Village Fantartistique 2013 300x216 A Magic Street Arts Festival on Saturday 22 June Near Lyon

Wise elves, kindly dwarves and magicians are all the friendly people you will meet in Fontaines sur Saône a few kilometers away from Lyon on Saturday 22 June.

 

 

 

 

Set in an imaginary place the fantastic street arts festival for kids Village Fant’artistique will be a real adventure for those who love laughing, meeting surprising and fantastic characters, taking part in magic workshops and discovering art works.

The event will conclude with Afro-Cuban and festive concert by well-known Barrio Cumbo  jazz band.

The Program of the Street Arts Festival Near Lyon  will be a Kind of Magic

Photo village1 200x300 A Magic Street Arts Festival on Saturday 22 June Near LyonJust imagine a funny little bird flying in a dizzying race, giant instruments like a
bike playing the guitar or a tree made with noisy pots, a musical vegetable
garden made with carrot-shaped flutes, flying candies telling the story of a
magician, two giant air-filled puppets becoming the parents of a kid at the end
of the show, 4 foolish inspectors Gadget with stretching necks, a sound
bric-à-brac carrying the kids in a pumpkin-shaped spaceship and the rainbow man
dropping thousands of pieces of confetti onto the audience.

 

No doubt, you will be delighted by all the playful activities, shows and workshops in the
magic street arts village just before Barrio Cumbo concert capped by a fantastic fireworks display.

Detailed Program

  • 3.00- 7.00 p.m Village Fant’artistique with playful activities and workshops, and
    fantastic shows.

Fontaines-sur-Saône downtown, place dela Liberté, rues
Pierre Carbon, Pierre Bouvier et Gambetta

  • 7.00-10.00 p.m Music Concert

Place de la Liberté

  • 10.45 p.m .Fireworks display

Pont de Fontaine

Free event

Bus lines 40,70, 33 from Lyon

Bus line 77 from Caluire

The Longest Traffic Jam is not in Lyon

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PICT0071 225x300 The Longest Traffic Jam is not in LyonHave you ever heard of the longest traffic jam in the world ? Well, maybe in China
where traffic can slow to a snail’s pace.

Don’t worry, be happy, it will never happen in Lyon.

Where is the Longest Traffic Jam in France?

 

Lyon and Paris are not what we call car markets insofar as the local people only spent 46 hours in traffic jams in 2012 compared to 2011 with 54 hours.

  • Lyon has become the second busiest city after Paris. At the same time, the decrease in the hours spent in traffic jams can be explained by the economic slowdown in France.
  • In Europe, Brussels is the top city with 84 hours spent in traffic jam, London being the 16th European city.
  • In Spain the hours spent in traffic jams have been decreasing for the past few years, which means that it is the first country to suffer from the European crisis.

Good news is that France is part of the top 5 countries to have the longest traffic jams in
Europe, which means that France is still a prosperous country that suffers less through the recession.

In Lyon, there are many solutions to avoid traffic jams:

  • think ahead and plan your route to avoid backtracking or sitting in traffic jams at rush hour
  • use the public transport like the bus, the cable car, the subway or Velo’V (public
    bikes available everywhere in downtown and in the different districts of Lyon)
  • share your car with someone

Be sure that you will never play cards to curb boredom in a traffic jam in Lyon, except
if there is a public transport strike at the same time.

Well, you never know in France. We may have the longest traffic jam in Lyon in that case!