{"id":4880,"date":"2011-11-05T09:17:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T09:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/?p=4880"},"modified":"2025-08-17T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:44:04","slug":"metz-moselle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/metz-moselle\/","title":{"rendered":"Metz, Moselle"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Metz<\/strong> (57 Moselle, <em>Grand Est<\/em>) is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle d\u00e9partement and is situated close to the borders of France, Germany, and Luxembourg. Also known as the<em> Green City.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fetesdelamirabelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" class=\"wp-image-40580\" style=\"width: 369px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mirabelle_fetes.png\" alt=\"poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mirabelle_fetes.png 526w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mirabelle_fetes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mirabelle_fetes-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summer the town holds<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Mirabelle Plum Festival<\/strong> (<em>F\u00eates de la Mirabelle<\/em>)<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">22 &#8211; 24 August 2025<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><em>Les Constellations de Metz<\/em> Digital Arts Festival <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><s>23 June\u00a0 &#8211; 3 September 2022<\/s><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"h-mirabelle-plum-festival\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Mirabelle Plum Festival<\/em><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Mirabelle Plum Festival has attracted thousands of visitors to the capital of the Lorraine region every year since 1947, and rounds off Metz en F\u00eate&#8217;s programme of summer events. These celebrations usually take place after August 15 and come in the form of street entertainment, concerts, balls, a mirabelle plum market, crafts market, pyrotechnic display, parade and the election of Miss Mirabelle &#8211;<\/em> see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fetesdelamirabelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/tout-metz.com<\/a><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"h-les-constellations-de-metz\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Les <strong>Constellations de Metz<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-40588\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/metz_constellations22.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An arts Festival full of music and visual arts with 3 themes &#8211; digital. street art and art &amp; gardens &#8211; see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.constellations-metz.fr\/pages\/edition-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.constellations-metz.fr<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 id=\"h-metz-christmas-markets\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Metz Christmas Markets<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/noel_metz_2013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8114\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/noel_metz_2013.jpg\" alt=\"metz christmas poster\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Metz\u00a0<\/strong> Christmas Markets<strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-central-palette-2-color\" style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"> 22 November &#8211; 30 December 2024<\/mark><\/strong> are well worth a visit, with some German influences being close to the border. There are also spectacular Christmas illuminations and a Big Wheel! see <a href=\"https:\/\/noelametz.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.noelmetz.fr<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <strong>Metz<\/strong> there is also the new <a title=\"The Pompidou Centre \u2013 at Metz!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centrepompidou-metz.fr\/en\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pompidou Centre<\/a> gallery &#8211; an outpost of the Paris version<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">less than 90 minutes from Paris by\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tgvsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"20\" \/> TGV with <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=OBTjc9GsRvU&amp;mid=42638&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.raileurope.com%2Fen%2Fdestinations%2Ftrains-to-metz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rail Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more info see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourisme-lorraine.fr\/fr\/agenda\/F838158265_les-marches-de-noel-de-metz-metz#.VhKUQmuoXYg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.tourisme-lorraine.fr<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/searchresults.en.html?city=-1451260&amp;aid=372824&amp;no_rooms=1&amp;group_adults=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">somewhere to stay in\/around Metz<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centrepompidou-metz.fr\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-29591\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pompidou_metz-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pompidou Centre Metz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pompidou_metz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pompidou_metz-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pompidou_metz.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pompidou Centre Metz<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The garden city of Metz is a hub of culture and heritage, from its own Centre Pompidou-Metz and Chagall\u2019s modern stained-glass windows at the 13th Century St Etienne Cathedral, to the history of its Imperial Quarter and its quiche! The city\u2019s gardens and the banks of the River Moselle make it an ideal city to explore by bike, stopping to enjoy specialities made with the emblematic Mirabelle plums, from sweet treats to liqueurs. (France,fr)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">The garden city of Metz is a hub of culture and heritage, from its own Centre Pompidou-Metz and Chagall\u2019s modern stained-glass windows at the 13th Century St Etienne Cathedral, to the history of its Imperial Quarter and its quiche! 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