Place Saint-Lambert – Palace of the Prince-Bishops - In Simenon's footsteps
Simenon bought his first pipe at the Grand Bazar at the age of 13 years. Before she married, his mother was a saleswoman in the haberdashery department...Read more
Place du Marché – City hall - In Simenon's footsteps
Simenon married Régine Renchon on 24th March 1923 at La Violette, the traditional name of the city hall. Almost 30 years later, in May 1952, the famous...Read more
Place du Commissaire-Maigret and rue Léopold 24
The Espace Maigret, installed behind the city hall, is located near to the house where Simenon was born on Rue Léopold. The ground floor was occupied by...Read more
In Simenon's Footsteps
It was a chemists located near to this bridge to which the young Simenon drew the name Au Pont des Arches, the title of his first novel published...Read more
In Simenon's Footsteps - Church of Saint-Pholien
Joseph Kleine, a 24-year old painter who belonged to the La Caque group which Simenon attended, was found hanged from the handle of the door to the...Read more
In Simenon's footsteps - Boulevard de la Constitution
The border between the two parishes. After having passed the bookshop "at the Sign of the Commissioner Maigret", we cross a border of states ... folkloric!...Read more
In Simenons' footsteps - Place de l'Yser
Simenon experienced the square’s foundation when it was called Place de Bavière and used as a battlefield by gangs of youths from two rival Parishes. It...Read more
In Simenon's footsteps - Church of Saint-Nicolas – Georges-Simenon Youth Hostel
Inaugurated in 1996, the Georges Simenon youth hostel stands here. On seven of the eight suitcase-shaped benches that bedeck the forecourt, a rough adaptation...Read more
In Simenon's footsteps
The birthplace of André-Modeste Grétry, a composer who was chapel-master at the court of King Louis XV, is today the Grétry Museum. "Its windows...Read more