Metz: a weekend trip from Paris by train

Train: 1 h 23 by train
Arrival station: Metz-Ville

See it on the map, with this weekend’s prices and weather

The 'Good Lord's lantern', Centre Pompidou-Metz and a garden city.

6,500 m² of stained glass in Saint-Étienne cathedral — Chagall included —, the Centre Pompidou-Metz under its woven roof, the German imperial quarter and the medieval place Saint-Louis. All on the Moselle, in one of France's greenest cities. TGV Est ~1h25 from Paris.

Who is it for

Couples : Romantique : ville-jardin, Moselle et architecture.
Solo : Solo art et flânerie : Centre Pompidou-Metz et cathédrale aux vitraux.

Things to do

Saint-Étienne cathedral
One of France's tallest Gothic naves, stained glass from Chagall to Cocteau.
Moselle banks & the lake
Walk or cycle from the Temple Neuf to the lake, gardens along the water.
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Major modern-art shows under Shigeru Ban's timber lattice roof.
Imperial quarter & place Saint-Louis
Wilhelmine architecture around the (listed) station, then the medieval arcades.

Coming up

1 April → 31 October · Exposition Dimanche sans fin · Metz
1 November → 25 January · Dimanche sans fin, Maurizio Cattelan · Centre Pompidou-Metz
1 November → 12 April · Séraphine Louis, de Senlis et sans rivale · Centre Pompidou-Metz
20 November → 30 December · Marché de Noël de Metz · Places du centre-ville
5 December → 30 August · Shigeru Ban, bâtir un monde meilleur · Centre Pompidou-Metz