Intercultural program
As a EURAXESS services centre, our organisation offers foreign researchers and their family a programme of events: cultural outings and social opportunities all year long. Come and meet other foreign researchers living in Nantes !
Heads-up on this Fall semester’s program (see full program below for details and fees):
- Thursday, January 22nd, 2026, Kings’ Cake Party : Taking place at the Maison des Chercheurs, this event will be the first of this biannual agenda, to celebrate together (recently arrived and well settled international researchers in Nantes) this new year 2026, gathered around the traditional January dessert in France, the galette des rois (King’s Cake)! Come and join us at the Maison des Chercheurs Étrangers from 6.30pm. The event is free of charge, but you must register by email.
- Wednesday February 11th, 2026 Local Products Tasting Party at the Maison des Chercheurs Étrangers. Join Nathalie and Soline to discover and taste a wide range of savory dishes from the local culinary traditions and productions of Brittany, Nantes and the Pays de la Loire. A whole buffet awaits you!
- Tuesday, March 10th 2026, Classic music concert at the Cité des Congrès. Soprano Annika Biennes will join the symphonic orchestra to perform Gustave Mahler’s symphony #4 in Nantes’ most prestigious concert hall, the Cité des Congrès.
- Saturday April 25th, 2026, Guided tour of the Nantes Museum of Art.
Guided visit in English (1h30) to discover the masterpieces on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, from Italian primitives to contemporary art. - Saturday May 30th 2026: Daytrip to Guérande and the Atlantic coast. Come and discover a unique region combining medieval history, salt culture and a seaside resort. You’ll use both your neurones and your legs thanks to two guided tours (medieval town of Guérande, salt marshes ecosystem and traditional harvesting) followed in the afternoon by a hike along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Le Croisic!
- Saturday, June 27th, 2026: Daytrip to Mont Saint Michel: discover one of the most visited sites in France: Mont St Michel, its medieval abbey, its village clinging to a tiny rocky island, and its bay. Enjoy a guided tour of the village to learn about Mont St Michel’s history dating back to the 8th century, followed by a tour barefeet in the bay to understand its ecosystem and experience the thrill of quicksand!
Daytrip “Nature and Culture” : Guérande, Le Croisic, marais salants
Saturday May 30th, 2026 from 9.15am to 8.15pm
Come spend a day enjoying land and ocean, histoy and nature, Bretagne and Pays de la Loire. The association organises a daytrip starting with an 1.5hr private bus drive to Guérande where you'll enjoy a one hour guided tour (in English) of the medieval city center, followed by some free time in the city to lunch or shop and explore. Then we'll enjoy a discovery visit of the salt marshes with a professional guide explaining in English the eco-system and the hand harvested salt craft of this region. We'll finish the afternoon in the little sea resort and harbor of Le Croisic where you'll be able to stroll, shop, go to the beach or take a little hike by the coast line, according to your preferences. The bus will bring us back to Nantes around 8pm.
Registration (mandatory) opens on Monday May 4th at 6pm on Hello Asso (details and link sent by email)
Fee is 24.50€ per person (it includes the guided visits and private bus transportation, does not include lunch)
No reimbursment unless presenting a doctor's note.
1 guest maximum per registered researcher, unless you came to Nantes with your spouse and a child/children, possibility of getting a third or fourth ticket only in that context. Children need to be 6 years old at minimum.
Little streets of Guérande
Salt marshes
Salt marsh guided tour
Le Croisic harbor
Guided visit at the Art Museum of Nantes
April 25th, 2026 from 11am to 12.45 pm
Presentation in English by a professionnal art history guide of all the major artworks in the Museum. Visit with a small group 9 centuries of masterpieces in an hour and half tour : from italian primitive painters to contemporary art, from Perugin to Chagall via De la Tour or Monnet...
Then free time to wander in the museum
If the weather is on our side, feel free to plan a pique-nique that we'll have all together at the botanical garden near the museum, after the visit...
Ticket fee: 8.50€ per person
Registration mandatory, information sent by email.
Only 24 seats, registration open only to reseachers registered with the association + one guest (spouse, friend, colleague...).
Classical music night at Cité des Congrès
Tuesday March 10th, 2026 from 8pm to 9.40pm
ONPL concert « Mahler» : symphonic orchestra will open the night with a Messiaen piece, followed by several pieces from Alma Mahler, and finaly Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony, accompanied by soprano singer Annika Synnove Beinnes.
Ticket fee is 10€ per person
1 guest per researcher max, unless you need a third ticket for your kid.
Info on registration process sent via mailing list.
Registration opens Monday February 23rd at 6pm
Don't hesitate to email us if you have any question.