Posted on 10/14/2022
The 2022 season of A Summer in Le Havre ended on September 17 with a bang with a big folk festival. Cultural events are more than ever a driving force in Le Havre’s tourism attraction policy.
1.3 million visitors on the Hôtel de Ville – rue de Paris axis
2022 saw a resumption of tourist activity in Le Havre and a return of foreign visitors. This observation was verified on attendance during the period of One summer in Le Havre, when the number of visitors present on the Hôtel de Ville – rue de Paris axis is estimated at 1.3 million.
Foreigners are 21%, mainly from Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and the United States (compared to 17% in 2021). Domestic visitors come mainly from the north-western district (600,000 regional visitors, 50,000 from Paris and the Paris region and 30,000 from northern France and the rest from all regions combined). The closing night on September 17 brought together more than 20,000 people.
3 particularly acclaimed works
Among the 20 works visible this year, the 3 that have been acclaimed (mediation data published) are:
- Narrow house d’Erwin Wurm, Place Claude Erignac (29 935)
- Without title d’Izumi Kato, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul square (6 213)
- sea witch by Klara Kristalova, doctor Paul Denis bridge (5,965)
The permanent collection expands with 6 works
One of the objectives of the A Summer in Le Havre public interest group is to build a permanent open-air collection of contemporary works of art over the years.
This year, 6 works become part of the permanent collection:
- sea witch by Klara Kristalova (bridge of doctor Paul Denis)
- Without title d’Izumi Kato (place Saint-Vincent-de-Paul)
- Seaweed and shells by Emma Biggs (Father Arson Square)
- Fickle for Aimé d’Evor (allée Aimé Césaire) – project led by Logeo Seine
- Narrow house d’Erwin Wurm (square Claude Erignac)
- Until the end of the world by Fabien Mérelle (Augustin Normand dam)
