Paris may have gone cycle-mad this summer with Velib', but they are Jean-ny come lately compared with Strasbourg - officially France's first city of cycling.

After all that lolling about in comfort on the train anticipating a bit of stork-spotting and flammekueche-chomping (well-known top activities in Strasbourg), what better way to explore the city than from its 480km cycle network – and it’s flat! Plan your trip before you leave with the comprehensive help of www.velolocation.net - a bike-rental service managed by Vélo-Emploi and supported by Strasbourg city council. As their motto says, "Good bicycles for true jobs".

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The absolute must eat in Strasbourg, or anywhere in the Alcace region, is Tarte Flambe.

It's a kind of thin pizza like thing, but minus tomato and tadtionally made with a topping of cream, bacon and onions.

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For the cheese lovers: La Cloche a Fromage, a restaurante specialised in chesses.

It has an entry in the Guiness Book of Records for the largest cheese board.

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Cheese is often undervalued but not at La Cloche a Fromage, Strasbourg.

The restaurant (a closely guarded secret amongst MEPs) is tucked down a cobbled street. Inside, it is dominated by an enormous, temperature-controlled Cloche.

All recipes contain cheese, apart from the chocolate fondue.

A selection of cheese from the Cloche is scientifically ordered in a "snail" on your plate and you eat your way into the middle saving le grand fromage for last.

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Strasbourg is lovely toured by bike. The city has a number of bike rental shops and provide bikes with big baskets and locks, which allow yo to get on and off and carry all your shopping as you go.

www.velocation.net/en/index.php

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You must try the Cloche au Fromage; the only all-cheese restaurant I've ever seen.

Right in the heart of the city, and not a gimmick: it is and excellent choice for eating.

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