Come to Brest

With the first airport in Brittany, Brest is accessible from more than twenty destinations by direct flights. You prefer the train, that's good, we are now 3h25 from Paris. By car via the RN12 or the RN 165 it's the same, our motorways are free! Once there, it's simple and efficient: same network and same ticket for the bus, tram and cable car.

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Accomodation

To make your stay a success, above all, choose the right accommodation! You come to Brest on a business trip, on a family reunion or on vacation, by plane, train, boat or car, you are traveling in "backpacker" mode or prefer a top-of-the-range room... there is necessarily the accommodation you want!

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Why you will love Brest

There are thousands of reasons to love a place. Its soul, its architecture, its history, its inhabitants ... Brest and its region are among those places that don’t leave anyone indifferent. Here, contemplate the city and at large the 360° view.

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Brest, Capital of the Oceans

Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer¹ (European Institute for Marine Studies), Station biologique de Roscoff (French marine biology and oceanography research and teaching centre), grandes écoles² (competitive-entrance higher education establishments), French public institutions³… With 1,770 people working in marine research here, the north-west tip of Brittany has elevated itself to the top of the European ranking and is the focus of a third of France’s training and research complement in the marine science sector.

The Brest employment zone is the primary maritime hub for economic activity in Brittany with nearly 30,000 jobs (Defence, higher education and research, fishing and boating…). Structures like the Technopôle Brest-Iroise (a hub for science and technology) and the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique (a sea innovation cluster), have quickly established themselves as key players in uniting the world of research, education and business in the domain of marine science and technology.

In 2016, in a bid to continue to strengthen their synergies in this domain, this community of economic, academic and institutional protagonists decided to come together within the Campus Mondial de la Mer: a unique and innovative project whose mission is to make Brest and Brittany one of the best venues in the world for the study and valorisation of the oceans and seas, as well as the platform for a strong and sustainable maritime economy.

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(1) The IUEM is part of the University of Western Brittany (UBO).
(2) Brest boasts nine competitive-entrance higher education establishments in its region, including the National School of Engineers of Brest (Enib), the National School of Advanced Technologies (Ensta Bretagne), the French Naval Academy as well as the Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital (Isen Brest).
(3) Several French public institutions have their headquarters in Brest, including the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM) and the Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique (IMT Atlantique).