FOIRE EUROPEENNE DE STRASBOURG

Audience

The Strasbourg European Fair targets a broad public, including residents, casual visitors, and professionals. It caters to families, friends, and colleagues looking for a festive and engaging experience, good deals, and discoveries across various sectors like home, garden, gastronomy, crafts, and innovation.

Detailed Description

The Strasbourg European Fair, held annually at the Parc des Expositions de Strasbourg, is a major event showcasing a constantly updated array of products for the home, garden, decoration, well-being, and gift ideas. It's a popular, festive, and colorful gathering, known for great deals and a diverse program including cultural immersion, evening concerts, and themed exhibitions. With hundreds of exhibitors and over 130,000 visitors annually, it's a key event for the autumn season in Alsace.

Program Overview

The fair features over 500 exhibitors showcasing products across various sectors, including home, garden, decoration, well-being, gift ideas, furniture, kitchens, gastronomy, agriculture, crafts from Alsace and around the world, and innovation. The 2025 edition will highlight Ireland and Italy with dedicated themed exhibitions. The program includes hundreds of animations, live performances, evening concerts (including free ones), workshops, parades, children's zones, and themed exhibitions. In 2025, there will be a focus on Irish culture with Celtic animations and tastings, and an Italian artisanat section. New spaces and immersive experiences are also planned. While specific speakers are not highlighted, the event features professionals from various sectors, including regional furniture and kitchen manufacturers, agricultural experts, gastronomic brands, artisans, startups, public services, and NGOs, who offer advice and present novelties. The fair includes various demonstrations, particularly in the agricultural sections with farmers' and demonstration stands. There are also culinary animations with workshops, demonstrations, and competitions. Exhibitors from sectors like home appliances and innovation also provide product demonstrations.

Event History

Founded in 1932 as Strasbourg's "Autumn Fair," the European Fair has evolved significantly. It gained momentum in the 1950s amidst Franco-German reconciliation and infrastructure expansion. The fair moved to a new exhibition site in 2019 and has seen a dedicated management since 2022. Attendance has shown consistent growth, with 133,898 visitors in 2024, a 9% increase since 2022. The fair continues to innovate its offerings, focusing on animations, concerts, and diverse thematic exhibitions, such as the 2024 edition honoring the Franco-German entente and featuring Lisbon.

Accessibility

The Strasbourg European Fair is held at the Parc des Expositions de Strasbourg. From Strasbourg Airport (SXB), you can reach the venue by public transport. Take the train from Entzheim Airport to Strasbourg Central Station. From there, you can use the tram network: take Tram B or E to the Wacken, Lycée Kléber, or Rives de l'Aar stops, which are all near the exhibition center. Bus lines H (Palais de la Musique et des Congrès stop) and 2 (Lycée Kléber stop) also serve the area.

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