Beauvais

Beauvais is a city in France. It is in the region of Picardy (Picardie) and in the department of the Oise. The approximate population of Beauvais is 60,000 residents. In 2006 The Tour de France passed through Beauvais, and in 2006, Beauvais was also nominated 'the most Athletic city in France.' Beauvais group actually 18 members of CS.

History of Beauvais
More informations about the History of Beauvais on the Beauvais !

What to visit ?
More informations about the places to visit in Beauvais on the Beauvais !



Meetings
There are regular meetings thanks to the ambassador Marianne. Some famous meetings in Beauvais have included 'American Food Tasting', 'Monopoly Night' (where there didn't turn out to be any Monopoly), and often times simple dinners and drinks! Anyone and everyone is welcome to create a meeting or gathering in Beauvais. The next meeting in Beauvais is scheduled for Monday, April 7th, 2008. It is a small meeting to discuss security and also to host two English bikers passing by Beauvais.

Mailing List
You can be informed by some events taking place in Beauvais by joining the CS Group of Beauvais.

Tips
Beauvais is an excellent town to get to know French culutre. Not as big and scary as Paris, but not too small either. It is fairly easily accesable by public transportation, and people here, if encouraged, can be very friendly (and of course CSers here ALWAYS try to be friendly!). Beauvais is great for sight seeing (Cathedral), relaxing (huge beautiful 'Canada' Lake-There is a bus to go directly to this nice parc a public bus ligne runs there especially, but only in the summer with 'pedalo' or pedal boats, sand, and Crêpes in the summer as well), shopping (mini Gallerie Laffayette, lots of nice shops, and a market on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the town center), eating (some pretty good French food in all price ranges, or just plain discovering French life.

For security purposes, CS members in Beauvais will only host members who contact them using CS couchsurfing requests, have a profile photo, have a completed profile, and several good references.

In order to obtain references and discover couchsurfing without actually having to surf a couch, get together for coffee or a drink with local members in your area, or attend a local meeting.



CouchSurfers
For any help in Beauvais, request to surf, or help getting in contact with other members in Beauvais, feel free to contact Marianne. She can also help you translate English to French when contacting non English speaking members.

Other great and active members in Beauvais are:

Sébastien- French, English

Déborah and Cyril- French

Arian -French, English, German

Sophie and Nourredine- French, German, Arabic, English

Hernan - French, English, Spanish

David- French, English, Spanish

Also check out our favorite members from Compiegne Julien Sandee



Upcoming Concerts and Events
Check out these venues for more information- Elispace Ouvre Boite

At the Elispace bus line 4

April 3, 2008- Celtic Legands, Irish Dance April 10, 2008- Choir and Dance from the Russian Red Army, 70th Annivers. April 23, 2008- Jennifer April 24, 2008- Isabelle Boulay April 25, 2008- Frank Michael October 3, 2008-M. Pokora October 12, 2008- Lorie November 13, 2008- La Légande de Broadway November 14, 2008- Georges Moustaki November 16, 2008 - Liane Folly November 20, 2008- Francois Xavier Demaison

At the Ouvre Boite bus line 1

April 2008- 4th- Sefyu and Gaza Team 5th- Déportivo and Dominic Sonic 10th- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 22nd- Enki Bilal/Goran Vejvoda 23rd- Herve Demon and Sylvie Chavanet 24th- ASA and Ben Ricour 25th- Keny Arkana and RPZ 26th- Luke and Ours 30th- Melingo May 2008- 1st- Daphne 3rd- Elusive Fest 8th- Israel Vibration and Cherry Boop 20th- The Fleshtones the Hard Left June 2008- 7th- The Magnolias

Transport
HOW TO GET TO BEAUVAIS

BY PLANE

Beauvais features a great airport with lots of lowcost flights to many destinations in Europe and even the Islands! For more info on the airport go to the Airport's Website or go directly to the airline websites. Airlines that fly into Paris/Beauvais airport include RyanAir, WizzAir, BlueAir, and BlueIslands.

BY TRAIN

You can reach Beauvais by train from Paris at the train station PARIS NORD (linked by many metros and RERs including one from CDG airport.) Trains leave Paris approx. every hour to Beauvais during the week and on Saturdays, the last train leaving around 9:45 pm. The ride takes about an hour and ten minutes. The trains usually leave from 'quai' or platform 20 or 21. A full price roundtrip ticket from Paris to Beauvais is about 24 euros, although you can usually get a 25% discount if you're under 25, travelling with a child, or a senior citizen. Don't forget to 'compost' your ticket BEFORE boarding the train! To look up train times or get more info, check out the SNCF website.

BY CAR

Beauvais is at the centre of 1 major highway: From Paris, take the A1, direction Lille, then you change to the A16 direction Amiens, take the exit Beauvais Centre. You have 4 Exit for the city. The A16 from Beauvais takes you in one direction to Paris, and one direction to Amiens (another great city to visit!)

The RN 31 which goes east and west links Valmy and Rouen.

Other departmental roads include: RD 901, which links to Marseille-en-Beauvaisis and Grandvilliers to the North-West RD 149, which links to Crèvecoeur-le-Grand towards the North RD 1001, which links to Breteuil to the North East and Chambly to the south, on the route Paris - Calais RD 938, which links to Saint-Just-en-Chaussée and Ressons-sur-Matz to the East RD 927, which links to Méru to the south, on the route de Pontoise RD 981, which links to Gisors to the West

CAR RENTAL Beauvais airport car hire

HOW TO GET TO THE AIRPORT

By BUS to and from BEAUVAIS

The airport Shuttle stops at various locations around the city including behind city hall and at the train station and brings passegners to the airport for 4 euros. Public Bus Line number 12 direction Tilé does as well, for .90 euro cents. For Airport Navette times, go to the Beauvais Airport page and click on the left on TimeTable, and then Shuttle Airport-Downtown. To find times for local buses, click here.

By BUS to and from PARIS

A paying shuttle service (13 € per trip and per person), is organized to and from Paris-Beauvais Airport and Paris-Porte Maillot. To make a reservation, look up shuttle times, or get more info click here.

In case of Emergency



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Media Mentions




Helpful Websites


Tourism Office

Beauvais's Official Website

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