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Namur in May 2025
🎭 Namur in May 2025: When the city becomes an open-air theater!
Every year, Namur transforms into a fabulous playground for artists, dreamers, and the curious. From May 29 to 31, 2025 , the heart of the Walloon capital will beat to the rhythm of the Festival of Fairground Arts : Namur in May . A colorful experience where the street becomes a stage, and the public, an accomplice.
🎪 A festival like no other
Laughter, Storytelling, Theater, Cabaret, Circus… Namur in May is a clever mix of artistic genres, an explosion of creativity that invades the cobbled streets, squares, and most unexpected corners of the city. For three days, artists from all over the world will thrill young and old alike with surprising, poetic, funny, and completely off-the-wall shows.
🌟 A magical and family atmosphere
What makes Namur in May so unique is the warm and friendly atmosphere that envelops the city. We stroll there with family, friends, or alone, noses in the air, on the lookout for a street performance, a mysterious storyteller, or a lunar clown. Everything becomes a pretext for wonder.
🎉 A city in celebration
Namur doesn't just host the festival; it becomes a festival. Shopkeepers join in the fun, terraces fill with laughter, and music can be heard resonating late into the evening. A true moment of celebration, escape, and sharing.
📅 Mark your calendars
🗓️ When? May 29, 30, and 31, 2025
📍 Where? Everywhere in the streets of Namur
🎟️ For whom? For all ages and all children's hearts
💡 Tip: Come early to enjoy the best shows and wander around without moderation!
✨ An appointment not to be missed
Namur in May, it's the perfect opportunity to (re)discover the city in a different way, to let yourself be carried away by the magic of live entertainment and to nourish your imagination. So, are you ready to enter the wonderful world of fairground arts?
Discover the full program at https://namurenmai.org
The Citadel of Namur - Incredible underground passages
Napoleon nicknamed it the ""termite mound of Europe"" for its imposing network of underground passages. The Citadel of Namur opens to visitors a network of 500 meters of restored galleries. An immersive visit, with sounds and lights, into the bowels of the Citadel.
The Citadel of Namur opens onto 80 hectares of green spaces. Located near the city center, it offers magnificent views of the Walloon capital and the Meuse valley.
A vast underground network
The guided tour highlights the historical aspect and allows you to perceive the importance of the work carried out for the creation of such a network. The guide's explanations are enhanced by 3D animations , projections and sound effects .
Terra Nova Visitor Center
In the former Terra Nova barracks, the Visitor Center retraces 2,000 years of European urban and military history through the history of Namur and its citadel, offering a reflection on the societies of yesterday and today today and tomorrow. It can be visited freely or accompanied by a guide.
The cable car
Since Saturday May 8, 2021, you can take the Namur cable car from the heart of the city or from the Esplanade de la Citadelle.
The cable car crosses the Sambre and overlooks the ramparts of the Citadel to land 650 meters further, at a highest point of 103 m .
A journey of approximately 3-4 minutes which will transport you, suspended between heaven and earth.
Open this 10/24/2023
Route Merveilleuse 64, 5000 Namur