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| Dijon | ||
| region | Burgundy Franche Comté | |
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| Residents | 156.854 (2018) | |
| height | 220 m, 410 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.destinationdijon.com | |
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Dijon is the central city Burgundy and capital of the department Côte-d'Or. Gourmets all over the world associate (Yeet) them with excellent mustard and currant liqueur (or the Kir Royal mixed from them). But it is also a worth seeing and historical city with the ducal palace from the 17th century, a city center with patrician houses from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well as one of the most important art museums in France.
background
Dijon is the capital of the Côte-d'Or department. When Burgundy was still independent, it was the capital of the region.
It is an important trading center for Burgundy wines and an important production site for mustard.
getting there
By plane
The Dijon-Longvic Airport
6 km southeast of the city center, is mainly used for military purposes. There are no scheduled flights.
The next major airports are in Paris-Orly (approx. 300 km northwest) and Lyon (215 km south). It takes just over two hours by car from Lyon Airport; or you can take the Rhônexpress tram to the city center train station Part Dieu, from where it takes 1:35 hours with the TGV and a good two hours with the TER to Dijon. It takes just under three hours by car from Paris-Orly; by train (change and change of station from Gare d'Austerlitz to Gare de Lyon in Paris) approx. 2½ hours.
By train
The city has two long-distance train stations.
- 1 Dijon Ville
with TGV traffic from Besançon or Bern, Lausanne, Basel, Zurich and Geneva to Paris and other connections to Bourg-en-Bresse and Dôle. - 2 Dijon Porte Neuve for the trains to Langres.
The TGV Lyria runs several times a day from Switzerland directly to Dijon (from Zurich in 2½ hours, from Basel in just under 1½ hours). This is also the fastest connection from Munich by taking the IC bus to Zurich and from there the TGV Lyria (a total of 6:40 hours to Dijon).
From Germany you can either change to the TGV Lyria in Basel or from Frankfurt / Mannheim / Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden with the TGV to Besançon and change there. For example, it takes five hours from Frankfurt to Dijon and six hours from Cologne. There are also various connections via Paris. From there, TGVs go to Dijon at least every hour, they take an average of 1:35 hours. However, the train station in Paris must be changed (trains from Germany arrive at Gare du Nord or Gare de l'Est, TGVs to Dijon leave at Gare de Lyon, regional trains in Bercy from).
From Austria the fastest connection is with the RailJet to Zurich and from there with the TGV Lyria directly to Dijon. For example, it takes eight hours from Salzburg and 10½ hours from Vienna.
By bus
There are direct long-distance bus connections from several large cities in Germany to Dijon. Eurolines drive, among other things, directly from Frankfurt am Main in 7:45 hours, the standard price is 53 € (promo prices can be much cheaper), from Cologne / Bonn in 9:45 hours (68 €), from Hanover in 15 hours . (79 €). There are other connections with one change in Strasbourg: from Stuttgart you need about seven hours and pay 51 €, from Munich 10:45 hours (63 €). With My long-distance bus the journey from Frankfurt am Main takes 14:45 hours and costs € 40; from Berlin 18½ hours and 54 €.
In the street
At Dijon the 
from Metz / Nancy to Lyon, which here on the 
from the direction of Paris and the 
from Besançon / Mulhouse / Geneva.
From north and north-west Germany you drive over the 
past Trier, through Luxembourg and on the French side on the past Metz and Nancy to Dijon. From the middle of Germany you drive on the 
Pass Saarbrücken and then switch to Metz at the same time which leads via Nancy to Dijon. From southern Germany and most of Austria you travel south of Freiburg i. Br. At the triangle Neuchâtel / Rhine to France, where the French 
from the German 
branches off. It then leads past Mulhouse and Besançon to Dijon. The journey from northern and central Switzerland is very similar: here you drive into France near Basel and then from Mulhouse also on the to Dijon. They are used from western Switzerland and the Espace Mittelland 
Direction Besançon to the French border. Beyond this, continue on national and departmental roads until you get to the at Saint-Lothain 
which comes into the which in turn leads straight to Dijon.
By bicycle
Dijon is on "Charles the Bold" cycle pathwhich runs from Bruges in Belgium via Luxembourg (and Perl in Saarland) as well as Metz and Nancy to Charolles in southern Burgundy. It is about 430 kilometers from Perl to Dijon. Website
By boat
Dijon is on Canal de Bourgognethat can be used with pleasure boats and houseboats.
mobility
tram
One has been operating since September 2012 tram with two lines in Dijon, it connects the east, north and south with each other. A tram runs every five minutes during rush hour and every seven minutes during off-peak hours. At the Dijon-Gare stop, where you can also change to long-distance transport (TGV), only line 1 stops, but a few meters further there is the Foch-Gare stop, where line 2 also stops.
Bus network
In addition, Dijon has a branched bus network that is relatively busy during the day. There are a total of 28 bus routes, five of which are so-called Lianes, which run at frequent intervals during the day and connect the most important residential and work areas.
Tourist Attractions
The circular route Parcours de la Chouette (German: Way of the owl) through the old town, leads past all interesting points. It is marked with metal arrows in the ground on which an owl is engraved.
A tour of the old town is particularly worthwhile at night, as most of the buildings worth seeing are spectacularly illuminated in bright colors.
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples
- 2 Église Notre-Dame
- 3 Église Saint-Etienne de Dijon (église Saint-Etienne de Dijon), rue Chabot-Charny.
- 4 Église du Sacré-Coeur de Dijon (église du Sacré-Coeur de Dijon)
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- 5 Palais des ducs de Bourgogne.The former ducal palace of Dijon on Place de la Liberation.
Buildings
- 6 Ruins of the Chartreuse de Champmol.The only thing that remained of the Champmol Charterhouse after the French Revolution is the portal of a chapel and the monumental Fountain of Moses, built around 1400. The tombs of the dukes Philip the Bold and Johann Ohnefurcht, which used to be in the chapel, are in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon set up. More works of art from the Charterhouse are there, in Musée archéologique de Dijon and preserved in other museums.
- 7 Porte Guillaume.Arch of Triumph on the Place Darcy.
- 1 Palais de Justice. The Supreme Court of Burgundy met in the 16th century Palace of Justice. Today the building houses the Dijon Court of Appeal. The entrance hall behind the Renaissance facade is open to the public.
Museums
- 8 Musée des beaux arts (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon).
The Dijon Art History Museum is one of the most important French museums.
- 9 Archéologique Museum.The collections of the Archaeological Museum are exhibited in the main wing of the former Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Bénigne.
- 10 Musee de la Vie Bourguignonne.The Folklore Museum about life in Burgundy shows a Burgundian, rural and ethnographic cultural heritage, collected at the end of the 19th century by the folklorist Perrin de Puycousin. Furniture, household items and costumes are exhibited. Everyday life in Dijon at the end of the 19th century can be discovered on the first floor of the museum. On the second floor, arts and crafts made of stone, earth and wood are shown.
- 11 Musée d’art sacré (musée d'art sacré de Dijon).The Museum of Sacred Art is located in the church of the St. Bernard Convent.
- 12 Magnin Museum.The National Museum is located in one of the most beautiful city palaces in Dijon.
- 13 Rude Museum.This museum shows the works of the Dijon-born sculptor François Rude.
- 14 Natural history museum, avenue Albert-Ier.Natural history museum in the botanical garden Jardin de l'Arquebuse.
- 15 Jardin des sciences and planetarium. This extraordinary garden is located on the edge of the historic city center. It shows the fauna and flora of Burgundy in a playful and interactive way.
Streets and squares
- 16 Place Darcy.Square on the edge of the historic city center with the triumphal arch Porte Guillaume.
- 17 Place de la Liberation.Central square in the historic city center with the former ducal palace Palais des ducs de Bourgogne.
Parks
- 18 Jardin de l'Arquebuse (jardin botanique de l'arquebuse de Dijon).Botanical garden with natural history museum Natural history museum.
- 19 Jardin Darcy.The park is located near the historic city center.
activities
shop
- 1 Les Halles de Dijon - In the market halls of Dijon you will find an excellent range of culinary specialties from French cuisine.
kitchen
Dijon received a monopoly on mustard production in the 13th century. The well known and famous Dijon mustard must be made from brown mustard seeds according to the European Codex. The mustard seeds are scraped with fine holes by means of a sieve centrifuge, the pods remain inside and only the mustard seed is processed further. Traditionally, the mustard seeds in Dijon mustard are not de-oiled, which gives it a particularly full aroma. The classic Dijon mustard is hot and finely ground. Tarragon mustard is also a popular variant.
Crème de cassis is a well-known currant liqueur from the Dijon area. It is mainly used to prepare cocktails such as Kir (with white wine) or Kir Royal (with champagne).
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nightlife
Around the Place Emile Zola and in the Rue Berbisey there are many cafes, pubs and restaurants.
accommodation
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security
health
Practical advice
- 2 Office de Tourisme, 11, Rue des Forges, BP 82296, 21022 Dijon Cedex. Tel.: 33(0)8 92 70 05 58, Fax: 33(0)3 80 30 90 02.
trips
literature
Web links
- Official site in German
- http://www.dijon.fr - Dijon official website
- Office de Tourisme - partly in German
