Lyon Braderie Festival (Lyon 1st)

The Lyon Braderie Festival: the Presqu'île in street-sale mode

The Lyon Braderie Festival is a commercial and festive event that enlivens the Presqu'île of Lyon each year. During this period, neighbourhood shops bring their goods out into the street for exceptional sales and promotions, while private sellers and associations set up on pavements and squares to sell clothing, objects, books and trinkets. The atmosphere is festive and popular, in the tradition of France's great urban street sales.

Lyon 1st and the Presqu'île: the beating heart of the metropolis

Lyon's 1st arrondissement is one of the city's most vibrant and emblematic districts. The Presqu'île — this strip of land between the Rhône and the Saône — concentrates shops, restaurants, theatres, museums and iconic squares such as the place des Terreaux (with its famous Bartholdi fountain and the Town Hall façade) and the main shopping streets.