Bourg-en-Bresse is not on any French republic beginning-timer'south radar. It's non close to Paris, or on the Riviera. Information technology'southward not domicile to anything or anyone especially well-known on the international scene. Nevertheless it's a place worth planning a visit effectually — particularly this summertime.

From July 8 to September iv, Bourg-en-Bresse is hosting the coolest calorie-free prove in the country: Couleurs d'Flirtation (Colors of Beloved).

The mesmerizing issue is now in its fifth year and has been a growing success with every iteration. In 2019, the town of 40,000 inhabitants received 80,000 visitors for the consequence. Swell for a place that'due south overshadowed by two tourism hubs merely 90 minutes abroad: Lyon (France'south tertiary-largest city known as the "tummy of France") and Geneva, Switzerland.

The themes for this year'due south Couleurs d'Flirtation are liberty, vitality, and optimism — a selection that's meant to lift spirits after the strict COVID-xix lockdown restrictions that France implemented in 2020 and 2021.

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Couleurs d'Amour 2020 (Photo: Marine Bontemps)

The light show volition have identify on the facades of three of the main landmarks of Bourg-en-Bresse: City Hall, the local theater, and the sumptuous Majestic Monastery of Brou. Each is walking distance from the other, making it piece of cake to see all of them in one night. City Hall is a infinitesimal away on foot from the theater in the city center, and the monastery is about a 15-infinitesimal walk (0.6 miles).

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Renderings of Couleurs d'Amour 2021 (Photo: B.Digital Évents – Abeille Brissaud)

The outcome is free and takes place every Thursday, Fri, and Sat. The light prove starts at the Royal Monastery at ten:00 PM and lasts 12 minutes. The projections on City Hall and the theater start at 10:15 PM and last x minutes. Each spectacle is repeated six times throughout the night.

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