Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse
Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse
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Light shows and ambient music have been created to make the journey special and worth doing. 1 700 metres long, about 20 minutes walk or 10 minutes riding the bike..
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Gina P
Milton Keynes, UK125 contributions
Jun 2015 • Friends
This was quite a pleasant, clean tunnel, but no lightshows or projections or sounds or anything... we didn't see anything beforehand saying it was only 'active' at certain times of the day, but a local helping us with directions did say she thought it was only evenings. Given that we were there in the morning and it was perfectly uneventful, I'd say she was right! Kept us exercising and out of the rain, though, I guess...!
Written 24 June 2015
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Guilherme G
Beaune, France10 contributions
Jan 2019
It's a nice place to go if you are staying more days in Lyon. It's interesting if it's something different for you. The images are ok.
Written 17 January 2019
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hockey-player64
Belfast, UK14 contributions
Jun 2016 • Family
We went through this tunnel at 1pm and there were no lights or music but when we came back at 6pm everything was fully functioning. It was a great short cut ...outside a sign said 25 ,mins to cycle through but we did it in 8 mins at a reasonable pace. The lights & music were nice to see but perhaps it's more impressive some times than others, note it closes quite early. There is one tunnel for vehicles & the other is for cyclists & pedestrians only
Written 22 June 2016
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Dynorocket
Eugene, OR137 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
Lyon keeps many wonderful secrets, but surely this one is the best kept.
I only learned about it recently, after living here a month, when a friend casually mentioned the light show in the tunnel dug straight throughout the Croix Rousse hill. Since Lyon is famous for it's December Festival of Lights, there are many brilliant local light artists who contribute to the tunnels experience of light shows-- so many that every time one enters they have a different light show! It might be a forest created with light, a tunnel filled with Lumiere Brothers movies, a laser show or psychedelic spinning wheels of light…it's all wonderful and unique and set to soothing music.
The light show tunnel is for pedestrians, cyclists, or 'trottinettes' (foot powered scooters). There are no cars in this tunnel, although it runs parallel to the auto tunnel. It's a terrific experience and will take you quickly from the Soane River to the Rhone in the most magical of ways. It reminded me of falling through Alice's tunnel with all of the visuals whizzing by….
Get yourself a VeloV (free bike for 30 mins) and enjoy this fantastic ride. Or take the bike then through the Parc Tete O'Dor or on the path along the Rhone to the confluence for a wonderful ride along the beautiful banks of the river for a throughly modern look at the creativity of this ancient city.
I only learned about it recently, after living here a month, when a friend casually mentioned the light show in the tunnel dug straight throughout the Croix Rousse hill. Since Lyon is famous for it's December Festival of Lights, there are many brilliant local light artists who contribute to the tunnels experience of light shows-- so many that every time one enters they have a different light show! It might be a forest created with light, a tunnel filled with Lumiere Brothers movies, a laser show or psychedelic spinning wheels of light…it's all wonderful and unique and set to soothing music.
The light show tunnel is for pedestrians, cyclists, or 'trottinettes' (foot powered scooters). There are no cars in this tunnel, although it runs parallel to the auto tunnel. It's a terrific experience and will take you quickly from the Soane River to the Rhone in the most magical of ways. It reminded me of falling through Alice's tunnel with all of the visuals whizzing by….
Get yourself a VeloV (free bike for 30 mins) and enjoy this fantastic ride. Or take the bike then through the Parc Tete O'Dor or on the path along the Rhone to the confluence for a wonderful ride along the beautiful banks of the river for a throughly modern look at the creativity of this ancient city.
Written 3 October 2014
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Dynorocket
Eugene, OR137 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
Lyon keeps many wonderful secrets, but surely this one is the best kept.
I only learned about it recently, after living here a month, when a friend casually mentioned the light show in the tunnel dug straight throughout the Croix Rousse hill. Since Lyon is famous for it's December Festival of Lights, there are many brilliant local light artists who contribute to the tunnels experience of light shows-- so many that every time one enters they have a different light show! It might be a forest created with light, a tunnel filled with Lumiere Brothers movies, a laser show or psychedelic spinning wheels of light…it's all wonderful and unique and set to soothing music.
The light show tunnel is for pedestrians, cyclists, or 'trottinettes' (foot powered scooters). There are no cars in this tunnel, although it runs parallel to the auto tunnel. It's a terrific experience and will take you quickly from the Soane River to the Rhone in the most magical of ways. It reminded me of falling through Alice's tunnel with all of the visuals whizzing by….
Get yourself a VeloV (free bike for 30 mins) and enjoy this fantastic ride. Or take the bike then through the Parc Tete O'Dor or on the path along the Rhone to the confluence for a wonderful ride along the beautiful banks of the river for a throughly modern look at the creativity of this ancient city.
I only learned about it recently, after living here a month, when a friend casually mentioned the light show in the tunnel dug straight throughout the Croix Rousse hill. Since Lyon is famous for it's December Festival of Lights, there are many brilliant local light artists who contribute to the tunnels experience of light shows-- so many that every time one enters they have a different light show! It might be a forest created with light, a tunnel filled with Lumiere Brothers movies, a laser show or psychedelic spinning wheels of light…it's all wonderful and unique and set to soothing music.
The light show tunnel is for pedestrians, cyclists, or 'trottinettes' (foot powered scooters). There are no cars in this tunnel, although it runs parallel to the auto tunnel. It's a terrific experience and will take you quickly from the Soane River to the Rhone in the most magical of ways. It reminded me of falling through Alice's tunnel with all of the visuals whizzing by….
Get yourself a VeloV (free bike for 30 mins) and enjoy this fantastic ride. Or take the bike then through the Parc Tete O'Dor or on the path along the Rhone to the confluence for a wonderful ride along the beautiful banks of the river for a throughly modern look at the creativity of this ancient city.
Written 3 October 2014
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Diane F
Akron, Ohio, United States6 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
This was my favorite activity in Lyon. All the museums, the food, the evening river cruise we great, but this was AWESOME! I have never seen anything like it and we made a point of visiting it twice. Don't miss this! On foot if necessary, but by bicycle was so fun!
Written 22 September 2014
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Bo S
Nantes, France82 contributions
Nov 2015 • Family
What should basically be just a very long tunnel, actually turns out pretty interesting with all the light exibitions and the music. But it's better to do it by bike, cause its pretty long and become monotonous at some point!
Written 23 February 2016
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Paul K
Canberra, Australia89 contributions
May 2015
Such fun and what a novelty! Riding through a tunnel while being entertained by light and sound shows. We enjoyed it so much we went back the next day to catch a different show.
Written 13 August 2015
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Irkamu
63 contributions
Oct 2014 • Couples
I haven't found it when first time in Lyon. When second time, we've found it on our way back from the park with Zoo (cool as well). And it's incredible! We did cycling three times to enjoy! I love cycling but not my friend. And even he was fascinated. Installations, sounds, videos, lights, even smells - wow! I highly recomend not to walk through but cycling and the best emotions are guaranteed.
Written 22 July 2015
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Barbara S
Vancouver, Canada66 contributions
Jun 2015
Great to visit such a bike-friendly city! TheTube is a cool way to travel a couple of km. on your bike or on foot without worrying about vehicular traffic and the daily (?) changing scenes on the walls make it a novelty. Would be great to have even more sound and visual effects, but overall, a wonderful addition to Lyon's bike paths.
Written 12 June 2015
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Bonjour,
quand ces illuminations fonctionnent elles? nous y sommes allés le 20 août dernier vers 15h - 15h30 il n'y avait rien...
Written 30 August 2015
il me semble que les illuminations ne démarrent qu'à 16h...
Written 28 April 2017
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