Grand Est

Most people who pass through southern Alsace aim for Colmar’s canals or Basel’s border polish. Mulhouse sits between them with a different job description: a working city that made its money in cloth, machines, and rail, and still wears that history without staging it too hard. I like it best when I stop treating it … Read more

I start in Colmar where the Lauch narrows between half-timbered houses and flower boxes lean over the water. Petite Venise is the name on every map, but the stretch itself is quieter if you arrive before the boat queues form: a working canal that once fed tanners and fishmongers, still lined with shutters and laundry … Read more