{"id":890,"date":"2026-03-29T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/?p=890"},"modified":"2026-03-29T12:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:35:29","slug":"13-things-to-know-about-reims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/13-things-to-know-about-reims\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Things to Know About Reims Before You Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"890\" class=\"elementor elementor-890\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ae03b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22ae03b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3025e8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3025e8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- hreflang -->\n<link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"fr\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/13-choses-a-savoir-sur-reims\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/13-things-to-know-about-reims\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"alternate\" hreflang=\"x-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/13-choses-a-savoir-sur-reims\/\" \/>\n\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;0,700;1,400;1,600&family=Jost:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<style>\n  :root {\n    --cream:   #F4EDE0;\n    --cream2:  #EDE3D2;\n    --gold:    #B8893A;\n    --gold-lt: #D4A84E;\n    --green:   #7A9A78;\n    --pink:    #C48890;\n    --blue:    #5E7499;\n    --navy:    #2A3854;\n    --ink:     #1E2535;\n    --muted:   #6B6458;\n  }\n\n  * { margin: 0; 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}\n    .section-body p { font-size: 0.97rem; }\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n  <!-- HEADER -->\n  <header class=\"article-header\">\n    <div class=\"deco-line\">\n      <span><\/span><div class=\"deco-diamond\"><\/div><span><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <h1>13 things to know<br>about <em>Reims<\/em><\/h1>\n    <p class=\"subtitle\">France's 13th city \u2014 and one of its most rewarding to visit.<\/p>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <!-- ART DECO DIVIDER -->\n  <div class=\"adeco-divider\">\n    <svg viewBox=\"0 0 420 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n      <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"175\" y2=\"10\" stroke=\"#B8893A\" stroke-width=\"0.8\" opacity=\"0.4\"\/>\n      <line x1=\"0\" y1=\"7\" x2=\"155\" y2=\"7\" stroke=\"#B8893A\" stroke-width=\"0.4\" opacity=\"0.25\"\/>\n      <rect x=\"188\" y=\"6\" width=\"8\" height=\"8\" transform=\"rotate(45 192 10)\" fill=\"#B8893A\" opacity=\"0.7\"\/>\n      <rect x=\"202\" y=\"7\" width=\"6\" height=\"6\" transform=\"rotate(45 205 10)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#B8893A\" stroke-width=\"0.8\" opacity=\"0.5\"\/>\n      <rect x=\"212\" y=\"8\" width=\"4\" height=\"4\" transform=\"rotate(45 214 10)\" fill=\"#B8893A\" opacity=\"0.4\"\/>\n      <line x1=\"245\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"420\" y2=\"10\" stroke=\"#B8893A\" stroke-width=\"0.8\" opacity=\"0.4\"\/>\n      <line x1=\"265\" y1=\"7\" x2=\"420\" y2=\"7\" stroke=\"#B8893A\" stroke-width=\"0.4\" opacity=\"0.25\"\/>\n    <\/svg>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">1<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>France's 13th city, 45 minutes from Paris<\/h2>\n      <p>Reims has <strong>177,000 inhabitants<\/strong>, making it officially the 13th most populous commune in France according to the latest INSEE census. And yet it remains remarkably accessible and refreshingly human in scale: from Paris-Est station, a TGV deposits you here in just <strong>45 minutes<\/strong>. Wide boulevards, lively terraces, serious gastronomy and a rich cultural life \u2014 it has everything, without the crowds or the prices of the capital. Some call it the little Paris of the East. Not entirely wrong.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 2 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">2<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>34 kings of France were crowned here<\/h2>\n      <p>Not 2, not 5 \u2014 <strong>34 kings<\/strong>. From Clovis, baptised in Reims at the end of the 5th century, to Charles X in 1825, the city was for over a millennium the stage on which French sovereigns were crowned. It was here, according to legend, that a dove brought Saint Remigius the holy oil to anoint Clovis, making Reims the city chosen by God to crown its kings. A mystical origin that has echoed through the centuries, giving the city a historical gravity that few places on earth can match.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 3 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">3<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>The cathedral: 2,303 sculptures and Chagall stained glass<\/h2>\n      <p><strong>Notre-Dame Cathedral of Reims<\/strong> is one of the most accomplished Gothic works in Europe. Begun in 1211, its fa\u00e7ade is a book in stone, with a staggering <strong>2,303 sculptures<\/strong>. Inside, light filtered through the stained-glass windows creates an atmosphere outside of time. Among them, one extraordinary surprise: the <strong>windows by Marc Chagall<\/strong>, installed in 1974, weaving cerulean blue and biblical narratives into the medieval architecture in a breathtaking dialogue across the centuries. The whole ensemble is <strong>UNESCO listed<\/strong> \u2014 and every bit deserves it. To explore Reims's architectural heritage beyond the cathedral, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/art-deco-trail-reims\/\" class=\"internal-link\">Art Deco trail guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 4 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">4<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>The Museum of the Coronations<\/h2>\n      <p>The former <strong>Palais du Tau<\/strong>, the royal residence during coronation ceremonies, is undergoing a complete transformation. It will reopen in <strong>winter 2026\/2027<\/strong> under a new name: the <strong>Museum of the Coronations<\/strong>. Entirely redesigned and reimagined, it will offer an unprecedented immersive experience \u2014 room by room, visitors will progress as though through a coronation ceremony itself. The centrepiece? A procession display case stretching several dozen metres, housing the royal treasures including the spectacular <strong>coronation mantle of Charles X<\/strong>, unseen for years. The scenography has been entrusted to <strong>Thomas Jolly<\/strong>, the stage director who created the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 5 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">5<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>Art Deco, everywhere \u2014 and nowhere else quite like this<\/h2>\n      <p>Reims is one of the most representative Art Deco cities in France \u2014 and by far the most coherent in terms of its urban ensemble. Almost <strong>two-thirds of its buildings<\/strong> had been destroyed during the First World War, forcing the city to reinvent itself from scratch. Reims was thus entirely rebuilt in the 1920s and 1930s: pure geometry, elegant ironwork, ornamental fa\u00e7ades. The <strong>Carnegie Library<\/strong>, the <strong>Boulingrin Market Hall<\/strong>, the <strong>Opera House<\/strong> with its lavish interiors, the <strong>Cours Langlet<\/strong>\u2026 In 2025, the city celebrated the <strong>centenary of its Art Deco heritage<\/strong>: the Carnegie Library's peristyle had won the gold medal at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris in <strong>1925<\/strong> \u2014 the very exhibition that gave the movement its name. In other words, Reims was in the room the day Art Deco became Art Deco. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/art-deco-trail-reims\/\" class=\"internal-link\">Art Deco trail guide<\/a> takes you from building to building.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 6 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">6<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>250 km of cellars beneath your feet<\/h2>\n      <p>Beneath the pavements of Reims, an underground world stretches for <strong>250 km of galleries hewn from the chalk<\/strong>, some of them dating back to the Gallo-Roman era. It is here that the great Champagne houses \u2014 <strong>Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, Ruinart, Mumm, Pommery<\/strong> \u2014 age their cuv\u00e9es in monastic cool and silence. These <strong>chalk cellars have been UNESCO listed since 2015<\/strong>. To visit them is to descend into the heart of French wine history, far removed from the festive clich\u00e9s. To go further, discover <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/hautvillers-guide-birthplace-of-champagne\/\" class=\"internal-link\">Hautvillers, the birthplace of Champagne<\/a>, just 20 minutes from Reims.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 7 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">7<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>Champagne: an entire civilisation<\/h2>\n      <p>Just three grape varieties \u2014 <strong>Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier<\/strong> \u2014 and a vocabulary entirely its own: <strong>riddling, disgorgement, dosage, blending<\/strong>. Champagne has its rituals, its family dynasties, its cellar masters who hold the status of great artists. But beyond the craft, Champagne is above all an <strong>art of living<\/strong>: taking the time, celebrating the everyday as much as the grand occasion. The great Reims houses \u2014 some founded in the 18th century \u2014 embody this philosophy better than anyone, with their archives, their art collections, their traditions passed down unchanged from generation to generation. To visit a Champagne house in Reims is not simply to taste: it is to understand why an entire region chose to make excellence and shared pleasure its reason for being.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 8 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">8<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>A future Museum of Fine Arts on an extraordinary scale<\/h2>\n      <p>The <strong>Museum of Fine Arts<\/strong> has been closed since 2019 for a monumental renovation: <strong>\u20ac54 million<\/strong>, entrusted to Portuguese architects <strong>Aires Mateus<\/strong>, to triple the exhibition spaces (from 1,200 to 3,800 m\u00b2) within the former Abbey of Saint-Denis. Reopening is expected in <strong>2027<\/strong>. On the programme: an entire room dedicated to <strong>Foujita<\/strong>, an Impressionist collection (Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro), Art Deco decorative arts, and an unobstructed view of the cathedral. Within a few months, Reims will have one of the most modern fine arts museums in France.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 9 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">9<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>Gastronomy: between bubbles and sweetness<\/h2>\n      <p>The Reims food scene has no shortage of appeal. Its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/michelin-starred-restaurants-reims-2026\/\" class=\"internal-link\"><strong>Michelin-starred tables<\/strong><\/a> sit alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/best-bistros-reims\/\" class=\"internal-link\">modern bistros very much on the rise<\/a>. On the sweet side, <strong>Reims pink biscuits<\/strong> are unmissable \u2014 those crisp little biscuits traditionally dipped in a flute of Champagne have been made in Reims since the 17th century. And for the aperitif, <strong>ratafia de Champagne<\/strong>, made from grape must and eau-de-vie, remains the region's best-kept secret. A souvenir basket of these specialities is the finest way to take Reims home with you.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 10 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">10<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>A city that carries the memory of both World Wars<\/h2>\n      <p>Few cities in France bear the scars of both world conflicts with such intensity as Reims. During the First World War, it was <strong>bombarded for over 1,000 days<\/strong>, the cathedral itself in flames, entire neighbourhoods erased from the map. Thirty years later, it was here that the <strong>act of Nazi Germany's surrender was signed on 8 May 1945<\/strong>, in the <strong>Surrender Room<\/strong>, preserved intact with its military maps still on the walls. Add to this the proximity of the <strong>Fort de la Pompelle<\/strong>, the <strong>Chemin des Dames<\/strong> and the battlefields of the Marne: Reims is a natural starting point for anyone who wishes to understand, beyond the history books, what Europe lived through in the 20th century.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 11 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">11<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>A city that lives \u2014 not just a backdrop<\/h2>\n      <p>With <strong>30,000 students<\/strong>, Reims has an energy and a youthfulness you feel the moment you walk its streets. The <strong>Place Drouet-d'Erlon<\/strong> with its terraces, the weekend producers' markets, the natural wine bars springing up in the backstreets: the city has developed a genuine culture of good living that weaves naturally into a visit. You don't simply move from one monument to the next \u2014 you settle in, eat well, drink better, and leave with the feeling of having truly inhabited somewhere, even just for a weekend.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 12 -->\n  <section class=\"section\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">12<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <h2>The ideal base for the Champagne wine route<\/h2>\n      <p>Beyond the city, the <strong>Montagne de Reims<\/strong> and the <strong>C\u00f4te des Blancs<\/strong> unfurl their vines just a few kilometres from the centre. Villages like \u00c9pernay, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bonjour-reims.fr\/en\/hautvillers-guide-birthplace-of-champagne\/\" class=\"internal-link\">Hautvillers (where Dom P\u00e9rignon is buried)<\/a> and A\u00ff are reachable by car in 20 to 30 minutes. In autumn, the colours of the hillside vineyards are simply spectacular. These <strong>wine-growing landscapes are UNESCO World Heritage listed<\/strong> \u2014 the third such site in the Reims region.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- 13 -->\n  <section class=\"section section-final\">\n    <div class=\"section-num\">13<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section-body\">\n      <span class=\"final-tag\">The headline fact<\/span>\n      <h2>Triple UNESCO: an exceptional concentration of heritage<\/h2>\n      <p>Reims belongs to the very small circle of cities in the world that can claim <strong>three UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/strong>: Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Palais du Tau, and the Champagne cellars and houses. For a city of 177,000 inhabitants, this concentration is genuinely extraordinary \u2014 most major world cities can claim just one, if any. This triple listing is not merely a marketing argument: it says something profound about what Reims truly is, a city where every layer of history \u2014 religious, royal, viticultural \u2014 has left a mark of universally recognised value. After that, it is rather hard to find a good reason not to go.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- CONCLUSION -->\n  <div class=\"conclusion\">\n    <p>A quick weekend, a longer stay, or an escape through the seasons: whatever the length of your visit, Reims will always have more to offer than you expected. Our advice? 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