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CS meetings are not scheduled. Their organisation depends more of the mood, occasions and availability of the members. To know if a meeting is planed, check out the CS Bourges' group and look for a subject title like "meeting", "apéro", "soirée"... well, we're not that organised but our group is quite young and we're working on it! :)

However, there's a group that meet every each week on Friday evening (except during summer holidays). This is the English speakers group whith a small group of people (from everywhere) who want to practice English. People go there for a couple of drinks and talk about different things. A nice way to meet people with good vibes! The group takes place every friday from 7pm at O'brians pub (9 rue Barbes). For any information, contact Adrien LELIEVRE in the contact list below

A few CS members in Bourges want to create a Spanish speakers group similar to the English one. However we haven't found any people from Spain or Latin america to lead it and correct the bad French speakers we are... If you feel up to leading it, then don't hesitate to contact members who belong to the contact list below.

The hardest thing when you come to a new town is to meet people... especially in Bourges maybe.

As you'll see Bourges is not the most exciting place to be. We can admit that. There is not too many students and they don't use to get to know each other. And the city center is quickly empty when the sun goes down... Berruyers (people living in Bourges) seem like vampires sometimes.

Except during the music festival which lasts a week every each year and during the warm summer nights, we can't honestly say that the streets are even "sometimes crowded"

But don't close the page please... it's getting better we swear!

The best way to stay in touch with members is probably to join CS Bourges' group so that you will be informed of the meetings members want to organize and get their mobile phone and email adress which can be really usefull to contact them.

For sure you'll get to love this city if you meet the good people! ;)

At the moment, there are only a few permanent members in Bourges but we all talk about the community to our friends, especially during parties which is the best way to convince people. Actually, the group of Bourges includes about 50 people but some of the members are no longer in Bourges and it seems that some others don't exist anymore. Send an e-mail to the maling list above if you don't run a couchsearch, you'll be surer to get an answer this way.

Everybody can be a meeting organiser, the rule is that there's no rules! Subscribe to CS Bourges' group, propose a meeting with a place, an hour and see the responses you got! It's sometimes necessary to send a personal message to members to waken them. If it seems necessary then don't hesitate!

For all the following places, Bourges' tourism office organizes visits and is able to tell you the opening hours. Here are the directions :

Office de Tourisme de Bourges 21 rue Victor Hugo BP 126 18000 BOURGES Tél. : 02 48 23 02 60

Marais : Only 10 minutes from the city center, take a walk in this natural monument made of private gardens where lots of birds, joggers and other animals live in the most quiet neighbourhood in town!

Cathedral : No need to introduce this huge 13rd century building, you must have already seen it and if you didn't, that would probably be the first thing you'll see when you get there! This cathedral belongs to is an Unesco World Heritage site, and you can't come to Bourges without seing it!

Palais Jacques Coeur : Right in the city center, next to Place Cujas where the art school is, stands one of the greatest examples of 15th century architecture.

Museums : To know everything you need about Bourges' museums, take a look at this page

To see the list of the concert places in Bourges, click here
Then, to get a list of the concerts programs, click on the link below the coordinates of the concert halls.

The biggest event happening in the city is "Le printemps de Bourges" which takes place every year in April. For more than 30years it's the first festival occuring in Europe. Don't miss this event during when the city turns crazy and totally changes!

Cap'scène

Good three-day French music festival just after Le Printemps de Bourges in May, which has been held in Vierzon since 2002. Trains and a highway link Bourges to Vierzon, easy to hitch hicke.

Un été à Bourges

During the summer, lots of little concerts happen in different places of the city. Most of them are free and take place in the old historic parts of Bourges which is a nice way to discover the city.

Blue lights in Bourges

Every night during the summer, from June to September (from 9pm to midnight), the old medieval town takes on a blue atmosphere. In fact, the streetlights are turned into blue lamps which will guide you through the city for a nice educative educational and historic visit of the city.

Jazz festival

In Sancerre, a little village about 50km from Bourges particularly known for his good wines, has a Jazz festival every year in mid-July, where lots of great international musicians come to play music

Cuvée de Parassy

Countryside break for this festival happening in a field next to a little village called Parrasy. A 4 years old music and art festival occuring in October.