Vendenheim: Culture, Rail and Cycling

If you are looking for a hotel in Vendenheim, you can plan your trip around three themes: rail connections, culture and cycling. The town offers different points of interest in each area: the railway station connects Vendenheim with larger stations, cultural offerings range from the Médiathèque to the season at Le Diapason, and when cycling, it is important to distinguish between access and starting point. Which of these aspects matters to you depends on the reason for your stay.

Arriving by train

Vendenheim railway station connects the town with larger stations such as Strasbourg and Haguenau and is served regularly by REME, the European Metropolitan Rail Network. If Strasbourg or Haguenau features in your travel plans, this connection is a specific point of reference for your arrival. Service patterns may change, so check the timetable for your travel date. When choosing a hotel, you can consider the rail connection as one factor alongside your planned itinerary. This lets you take your arrival into account without considering it separately from your other travel plans.

Culture in different forms

The Tomi Ungerer Médiathèque has more than 40,000 items, including books, comics, CDs and DVDs. It also offers literary, film-related and musical events for children and adults. This means one venue offers both an extensive collection of media and events across several subject areas. The cultural season at Le Diapason includes theatre, circus, world music, dance and comedy; the genres may vary from season to season. By comparison, the Médiathèque combines a collection with events, while the programme at Le Diapason is shaped by its changing seasonal disciplines. If you want to plan your trip around a particular discipline, take the relevant season into account.

Saint-Lambert: Architecture and history

The parish church of Saint-Lambert in Vendenheim is Neo-Gothic and has a projecting bell-tower portal. The portal is a specific architectural feature, while the term Neo-Gothic identifies the church’s style. The building history can also be viewed through two distinct milestones: the foundation stone was laid in 1893, and the church was consecrated in 1894. The laying of the foundation stone and the consecration therefore refer to different steps, not the same event. For travellers interested in architecture and building history, a design feature and a brief chronology are presented side by side here.

Cycling: access and starting point

Two different connections to Vendenheim are also important when cycling. The town can be reached via a cycling route running along the Marne-Rhine Canal; cycling route BL205 starts in Vendenheim. The first statement concerns access to the town, while the second identifies the starting point of a named route. This distinction is useful when planning your route: you can decide whether to reach Vendenheim via the route along the canal or start a ride there.

Plan your trip around your priorities

The rail connection concerns your arrival, the cultural offerings differ in their collections, events and seasonal programmes, and when cycling, access and starting point are the main reference points. This makes it possible to consider Vendenheim in light of the reason for your trip.

More destinations

Discover more destinations: Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, Blaesheim, Rosenwiller, Eckbolsheim, Oberschaeffolsheim, Westhouse, Gunstett, Ohlungen.

Go to the main travel overview: Bas-Rhin.