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Leisure & discovery

A choice of diverse leisure activities with sporting equipment, discoveries and many cultural places.

A very rich cultural life

  • 37 theaters and cultural centers, including
    - the MC2, Maison de la Culture of Grenoble
    - the Summum audotorium with 5,000 seats
  • 129 cinemas with 24,300 seats including 4 multiplex cinemas (one in Grenoble, one in Echirolles, one in Vienne and one in La Tour du Pin)
  • 84 music schools including the National Music Academy
  • 17 danse companies
  • 10 orchestras
  • 70 drama groups
  • 270 rock groups
  • 219 public libraries
  • 100 museums, archeological sites and castles open to the public, including the Grenoble Museum, first art museum after Paris for the quality and the size of its collections

Among the renowed cultural events:

Berlioz festival, Cabaret Frappé, Jazz Festival in Vienne, Festival of European Theater in Grenoble, ...

Among the most famous citizens:

Hector Berlioz, Champollion, Condillac, Jean-Claude Gallotta, Olivier Messiaen, Emmanuel Mounier, Stendhal, ...

 

A wide range of sports facilities

  • 1,580 sports clubs
  • 161 high level athletes
  • 14 golf courses
  • 31 ski resorts at less than one hour drive from Grenoble
  • An indoor skating ring of 7,500 m² with 3,500 seats
  • City stadium of 20,000 seats under construction

Renowed sports competitions:

World Hang-Gliding Championship, International Horse Jumping, Dauphiné Bicyle race, "La Marmotte" bicycle competition, la Foulée Blanche and la Traversée du Vercors (cross-country skiing),...

Among the famous sportsmen:

Brahim Asloum, Isabelle Blanc, Sylvain Calzati, Xavier Dorfmann, Anne Floriet, Carole Montillet, Laure Péquegnot, Bernard Thèvenet, ...


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