Grand Est, France · Europe
Mulhouse works well as a base: 5 minutes from Lutterbach, 24km from Grand Ballon.
Mulhouse is in Grand Est, France, with about 110,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lutterbach, about 4 km away.
Mulhouse is a French city of the European Collectivity of Alsace (Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region of France). It is near the border with Switzerland and Germany. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace after Strasbourg.
Mulhouse is known for its museums, especially the Cité deRead more
l'Automobile (also known as the Musée national de l'automobile, 'National Museum of the Automobile') and the Cité du Train (also known as Musée Français du Chemin de Fer, 'French Museum of the Railway'), respectively the largest automobile and railway museums in Europe. An industrial town nicknamed "the French Manchester", Mulhouse is also the main seat of the Upper Alsace University, where the secretariat of the European Physical Society is found.
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Within an hour or so of Mulhouse: Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf) (1 km), Hartmannswillerkopf (17 km), Grand Ballon (24 km), Basel (29 km).
The nearest famous roads are Route des Crêtes (Vosges), Route des Vins d'Alsace and Alsace Wine Route.
Mulhouse is in Grand Est, France, about 4 km from Lutterbach.
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museum
The former Schlumpf brothers' secret collection in Mulhouse, the largest car museum in the world, with over 100 Bugattis including two Royales, hidden from the public until a factory occupation revealed it in 1977.
1 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
A WWI mountain battlefield of trenches and a vast crypt overlooking the Alsace plain.
17 km · about 20 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
24 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A concentric wine village of cobbled lanes spiralling around its castle, voted favourite village of France.
32 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Striking rotunda in Muttenz where a spiral ramp climbs past decades of classic cars and motorcycles: part museum, part working forum for Basel's vintage-car scene.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A fairy-tale Alsatian town with brilliantly colored half-timbered houses along the canals of its 'Little Venice' quarter.
36 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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