Culture and sport

CYCLING

• Iconic routes through protected natural environments
• 1,350 km of cycle trails
• “Grande Traversée du Massif Central” (1,400km mountain biking route) from Avallon to Cap d’Agde

MOTOR SPORTS

• The Nevers Magny-Cours and Villars-sous-Ecot race tracks with their international meetings
• Dijon-Prenois, Bresse, Auxois-Sud race tracks

SKIING

• Every year Bourgogne-Franche-Comté hosts the Nordic Combined World Cup
• 1 national Nordic skiing centre
• 2 ideal family resorts: Les Rousses and Métabief

GOLF

In the heart of the Jura nature park, around prestigious châteaux, at the foot of the ballon des Vosges, among meadows, vineyards and woodlands, 31 golf courses offer varied difficulties whatever your handicap.

FOOTBALL

• AJ Auxerre
• DFCO (Dijon)
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

BASKETBALL

• Elan Chalon
• JDA Dijon Basket

RUGBY

• USON Nevers Rugby

HANDBALL

• Belfort Aire Urbaine Handball
• Entente Sportive Bisontine féminine et masculine
• Grand Besançon Doubs Handball
• JDA Dijon Hand

STRUCTURES AND CONVIVIAL SPACES

Zénith and Auditorium in Dijon, Commanderie in Dole, Besançon Franche-Comté national dramatic centre, Franche-Comté national choreography centre at Belfort, Chalon-sur-Saône national centre for street arts, Dijon Bourgogne Theatre, etc.

CONTEMPORARY ART

Consortium and Regional Contemporary Art Fund
(FRAC) in Dijon, Besançon Cité des Arts

MUSEUMS

• Besançon and Dijon museums of fine arts
• Courbet Museum at Ornans
• Niépce Museum at Chalon-sur-Saône
• “Aventure Peugeot” Museum at Montbéliard
• Muséoparc Alésia at Alise-Sainte-Reine

CULTURAL EVENTS TO DISCOVER

• Beaune International Thriller Film Festival
• Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival
• Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
• Eurockéennes at Belfort, Chalon street festival, Haut-Jura music festival, international festival of baroque opera at Beaune, musical encounters of Vezelay, The Christmas lights of Montbéliard, Besançon international classical music festival, D’jazz in Nevers, etc.