From Brittany

The French region of Brittany is known as a crepe, a castle in the sea and a battleship guarding the Mediterranean. Historically and geographically, Brittany does not look like France as we know it. The life of Breton people still retains the imprint of Celtic, less warm, more calm and elegant. Although it is located in a small corner, it was once the starting point of mankind's voyage to the world. In a wall once made of wood and sea, Breton people step to their own rhythm, in the drizzly morning, in the cobbled streets, greet you with a smile.

Nice Market in the morning

For 400 years, people have been used to satisfying their cravings for life and taste buds at Le marche des Lices.

For four centuries, every Saturday morning, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the people of Rennes have met here, carrying baskets to and from the 250 vendors of producers, artisans and merchants.
The second largest farmers' market in France
As dawn breaks, traders are already laying out their wares, fish, seafood and crustaceans, meat and cold meat, fruit and vegetables, cheese and butter, cheese and butter, flowers, jam, jam, honey, bread, cream bottles... And, of course, crepes covered in sausage.

At the Halles Martenot Hall, no fewer than 10,000 patrons come on weekends. It is fortunate to have such a large market in the centre of Rennes, and the variety of Brittany's specialties continues to give a wide range of products. The whole city is buzzing with women in tiaras, middle-class families, grandmas with wheelbarrows, Michelin chefs, and food lovers.
In order to find a thriving and peaceful atmosphere in the city, to catch the real pulse of the city, to enjoy a cup of coffee on the terrace, to watch the bustle of people coming and going, to grasp the incredible intimacy of Brittany, these are the meaning of the Lisse Market.

The Lisse Market is a must-visit place for everyone who lives in Rennes at the weekend. Firstly because, every Saturday morning, we can find the freshest and best quality local ingredients here, and secondly because it is the embodiment of people's life to art, everything begins at dawn, when those nights and student parties have just finished their parties and others have just started their day. Each of us finds ourselves in the "keen and intelligent" nature gives us more love for our present life, in the warm sunshine, beside a cup of coffee, the crepe roll in our hand is our hot life ah.

A balance between classical and contemporary

Like most art galleries in France, the Musee de Rennes, a product of the French Revolution, has a large collection of classical and modern art, and the two artistic styles are perfectly balanced here. The small architecture of the museum, contemporary art and classical paintings and sculptures are tightly arranged in each exhibition hall, like the architectural style of the city of Rennes, where classic wooden tendons houses, ancient streets and modern buildings coexist harmoniously, and still maintain the classical rhythm in the modern pace.

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
Address: 20 Quai Emile Zola, 35000 Rennes
Recommended duration: 2.5 hours

Recommended reasons: Free, rich and high quality exhibition. The permanent exhibition is devoted to paintings from the pre-Renaissance to the 20th century, focusing on the native artists of Brittany. He also housed many Gauguin paintings. If you don't want to go to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, here's a high replica that can be viewed very close up. Just in time for the special exhibition

Noel Coypel - peinture du roi, the court painter of the Sun King Louis XIV, whose paintings and cloth art are colorful and delicate.
Ancient Egyptian artifacts exhibition, there are mummies, pottery, sculpture and so on to see.

In addition to the collections and displays, the color palette in the Rennes Museum is equally impressive. Unlike the color tone of the city of Rennes, the designer boldly uses many eye-catching color collisions in the various exhibition halls of the museum, the museum no longer emphasizes the center of the exhibit, because it is itself a huge exhibit. The Musee Rennes has a dazzling collection of works by Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Rubens, Picasso and others. Here, visitors can engage in a silent dialogue through time with some of Europe's greatest artists.

Leaving Rennes early in the morning, the mist shone pink in the east, and the pigeons flew by, disappearing into the sky with the cathedral bells. At the moment of departure, I finally saw the Brittany sunshine in Rennes, and finally had the leisure to enjoy the surprise of this small town. If Brittany is lost in a corner of the world, then Rennes is perhaps the most vocal corner of this corner. The history of Rennes is written in the corners of the streets, on the guardrails of the Windows, on the banisters of the stairs.