we arrived in nancy quite early, the streets directly lead us to the ‘place stanislav’. which is supposed to be the most beautiful square in europe. we found it quite impressive with all the marble and gold plating. the last duke of lorraine, stanislaw leszczynski, built the square to link the old town of nancy to the new.
since we needed to head on, we only stayed one day in nancy. but we explored the city by bike and found a lot of nice places. the cycling infrastructure was not very good, but we found our way. we liked the ‘parc de la pépinière’, it is the park next to the main square.
we didn’t get to know the daily business, but we enjoyed daily life in a bar outside the touristic center. the city seems to be bigger than it is, it strives for more of what it is. but we felt quite lost because it didn’t feel very vivid. for the population, the places of happening are too far apart. the nice thing about it is, that it’s very quiet.
like every major city in france, nancy has also a very large cathedral.