Brest cable car: feet in the void....

On the ground, there is a glass porthole. The result: not only can you enjoy an extraordinary view all around you, but you can also look at what's happening below... and it's quite impressive! Thrills guaranteed for people prone to vertigo!

 

Why this cable car?

The city of Brest is divided into two parts by a coastal river, the Penfield, crossed by two bridges.

Very schematically, we can say that the left bank has seen significant development in the city centre, with a strong economic attractiveness, while the right bank, formerly the sailors' and workers' quarter of the arsenal, has gradually become poorer. In order to revive it, it was decided to create a new district, the Capuchin district, in place of the former military workshops. A surface area of 16 ha for housing, shops, offices, a multiplex cinema, and a 9500 m² media library!

This project highlighted the difficulty of linking the two shores, and therefore had a major impact on the decision to create a cable car in December 2011.

It starts from boulevard Jean Moulin, on one side, and on the other side, as close as possible to the "château" station of the tramway. The route represents 420 metres.

 


To go further....

Brest secret et insolite : Les trésors cachés de la cité du Ponant

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Un hôpital creusé dans le rempart du port de commerce, la maison natale d'un écrivain-voyageur, un sous-marin de poche allemand, un fantôme dans un manoir, les latrines des bagnards, la plus vieille église de Brest, une porte de caserne remontée dans un square, une rue enfouie sous une autre, un centre d'art contemporain dans une halle à bananes, des menhirs du XXe siècle...
Brest l'insoumise

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Brest s'est trouvée tour à tour un éperon barré celte, un hameau gallo-romain, un fort berbère, un havre tenu par les Bretons insulaires et gallois, un château viking, une forteresse anglaise, une résidence des nobles bretons, un bastion français, une ville américaine, un super-blockhaus allemand, un port de guerre froide, un tremplin des conquêtes scientifiques et des aventures de haute mer, civiles et militaires.
Brest a gardé un peu tout cela dans ses gènes.
C'est ce formidable puzzle que Roger Faligot reconstitue de façon singulière.

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