Rouen City

Rouen is a culturally rich city. It is known for its medieval buildings, half-timbered houses and the cathedral Notre Dame. There are a lot of differences between Thisted and Rouen. Rouen is much bigger than Thisted, and has a lot more attractions and activities. Compared with Thisted, Rouen is a lot older, which among other things is showed in the medieval buildings. We visited Le Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen where we found works of quite a few artists. We visited La Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen which is a Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral. The cathedral has recently been renovated. It is created in a Gothic style, and has many decorated windows – which were very typical for this century. The cathedral is very different from the Danish churches compared to the French churches; the Danish churches are typically made of whitewash. In addition it is also the seat of the Archbishop of Rouen and Normandy.  

We were also at Le Musée Jeanne D’arc which is a collection of Jeanne D’arc’s life.  

Rouen has a big clock which is called Le Gros-Horloge. Le Gros-Horloge is a symbol of freedom for the people of Rouen. Besides we were also in Caen, where we were at Le Mémorial de Caen which is a historical museum, which describes World War I and World War II.

There are a lot of differences in the landscape. In Rouen there are numerous of hills, compared to Thisted, but at the Danish oceans there are a lot of dunes. There’s the ‘Seine’, which passes through Rouen, where we in Thy have several streams, inlets and lakes.