Galeries Lafayette

The Galeries Lafayette of Strasbourg, an exceptional department store

The imposing building of the Galeries Lafayette deserves a stop. Beyond the department store, it is its architecture that holds the attention. The Strasbourg audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this remarkable building, a witness of the commercial rise of the city, on Rue du Vingt-Deux-Novembre.

A department store with remarkable architecture

Located on Rue du Vingt-Deux-Novembre, the Galeries Lafayette of Strasbourg occupy a building with refined architecture, inherited from the golden age of department stores. Beyond their commercial function, these stores marked the town planning and the life of city centres at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Strasbourg building illustrates this history of commerce and modern architecture.

What to see

You admire the refined architecture of the building, its façade and, inside, the characteristic layout of department stores. Beyond shopping, the building testifies to a significant era of Strasbourg commerce. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, in the heart of the shopping district of the city.

Practical information

The Galeries Lafayette lie on Rue du Vingt-Deux-Novembre, in the heart of the shopping centre of Strasbourg, reachable on foot and by public transport. The façade can be freely admired from the street; the department store has its own opening hours, which may vary. You can go in freely to discover the building.

Where are the Galeries Lafayette in Strasbourg?

On Rue du Vingt-Deux-Novembre, in the heart of the shopping district of Strasbourg.

Why stop in front of the Galeries Lafayette of Strasbourg?

For its refined architecture, inherited from the golden age of department stores, which makes it a remarkable building of the city centre.