The Astronomical Clock

Dates

Année 2026 entière
Année 2027 entière

Opening hours

Monday	12:00 → 12:35
Tuesday	12:00 → 12:35
Wednesday	12:00 → 12:35
Thursday	12:00 → 12:35
Friday	12:00 → 12:35
Saturday	12:00 → 12:35

Contact

See the website

Address

Place de la Cathédrale
67000 Strasbourg
France

Getting there

A Renaissance masterpiece, the Astronomical Clock is a result of the combined work of artists, mathematicians and technicians. Swiss clockmakers, sculptors, painters and automaton designers all worked together to produce this superb attraction. The current mechanism dates from 1842.

The main attraction of the clock is its animated figures which come out to delight the public every day at half past noon. During this performance, visitors are treated to views of the different ages of life, personified by a child, a teenager, an adult and an old man, who all parade past Death. Higher up, the apostles have their own parade, before Christ. Their journey is accompanied by the beating of wings and the sound of a large cock crowing. In front of the Clock visitors can admire the huge Pillar of Angels which offers a highly original representation of the Last Judgment.

Film screening: Entrance for individuals and groups: between 11.35 and noon at the South portal (place du Château).
No film projection on Sundays, holidays and during the Christmas market.

• Animals accepted

  No

• Package visits offered

  Free visit

• Length of visit/event

  30 min

• Practical services (museums)

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