Editing Rennes (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Les Tombées de la Nuit 2007 - ambiance Café Baraque.jpg|thumb|right|A festival by night at Thabor Park]]
[[File:Esplanade du Général de Gaulle à Rennes.jpg|thumb|right|Cultural plaza with cinema, Brittany museum, library, science space, planetarium, youth house, shopping centres or concert and exhibition halls]]
[[File:Inauguration du FRAC Bretagne - Le Fonds régional d’art contemporain Bretagne - 8 Juillet 2012 - 02.jpg|thumb|right|Brittany FRAC (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art)]]
Rennes is known as one of the most festive cities in France. It invests heavily in arts and culture and a number of its festivals such as the music festival ''Les [[Transmusicales]]'', ''Les Tombées de la Nuit'', ''Mythos'', Stunfest ([[fighting game]] competition) and ''Travelling'' (a film festival) are well known throughout the country. During the 1980s, Rennes was often cited as a hub of rock and new wave music in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmagalerie.com/rennes-1981-08-avr-08-mai-2011|title=RENNES 1981 08/04>29/04 – dmagalerie|date=17 March 2011|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002064942/http://www.dmagalerie.com/rennes-1981-08-avr-08-mai-2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Les Champs Libres]] is the largest cultural institution in Brittany. They welcome more than a million visitors each year. Organized in a six-story pyramid with views over the city, the library offers 120,000 documents for loan, and there we can find as well the [[Museum of Brittany]], Espace des Sciences<ref>[https://www.espace-sciences.org/ Espace des Sciences].</ref> and Planetarium.<ref>[https://www.musee-bretagne.fr/ Planetarium].</ref>

===Concert halls===
Rennes is well-equipped with musical facilities:
* The ''MusikHall'', for large shows (near the airport). (7,000 seats)
* ''Le Liberté'', dedicated to major cultural events and touring shows. (5,300 seats)
* ''La Cité'', dedicated to contemporary music & local artists. (1,150 seats)
* ''L'Étage'' (Le Liberté), dedicated to contemporary music & local artists. (900 seats)
* Rennes Opera House (650 seats) and National Theatre of Brittany, TNB in French (Vilar room, 950 seats) for the Brittany orchestra.
* The ''Ubu'', an associative concert hall. (500 seats)
* ''L'Antipode MJC'', also an art centre. (500 seats)
* ''Le MeM/Magic'' Mirrors, concert hall with dining facilities. (2000 seats)

===Museums and exhibition places===
There are also five museums in Rennes:
* Musée des Beaux Arts ([[Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes]]). This art museum holds many works by the sculptor [[Pierre Charles Lenoir]]
* Musée de Bretagne [[Museum of Brittany]] at the [[Les Champs Libres|Champs Libres]], together with the 'espace de sciences' and a planetarium.
* Museum of Farming and Rennes Countryside at Bintinais, south of Rennes.
* Musée des Transmissions (Museum of Broadcasting) at [[Cesson-Sévigné]], east of Rennes city centre.
* FRAC Bretagne Fond Régional d'Art contemporain (Regional Fund for Contemporary Art).
In addition, there are art facilities such as ''40mcube'' exhibition space or the centre for contemporary art ''La Criée''.

There are also miscellaneous cultural venues, including the dance-dedicated ''Triange'' and two "Art et Essai" (arthouse) cinemas, ''l'Arvor'' and ''Cine TNB''. Surrounding cities house many other cultural sites.

===Media===
Rennes was one of the first cities in France to have its own local television channel, 'TV Rennes', created in 1987.

Rennes has also local radio stations (Hit West, Radio Campus, Canal B, Radio Caroline, Radio Rennes, Radio Laser) and local newspapers and magazines (Ouest-France, Le Mensuel de Rennes, Place Publique, 20 Minutes Rennes).

===Local culture===

====Local languages====
[[File:Flag of Brittany.svg|thumb|[[Flag of Brittany]]]]
In Brittany, two regional languages are spoken: [[Breton language|Breton]] and [[Gallo language|Gallo]]. In Rennes, as part of [[Upper Brittany]], Gallo was predominantly spoken as the local language, although Breton has always been spoken by migrants from the west of the region ([[Lower Brittany]]).

Nowadays, the [[Breton language]] is taught in two [[Diwan (school)|Diwan]] schools,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diwan-bro-roazhon.org/presentation-de-l-ecole|title = Présentation de l'école - Skol Diwan Roazhon}}</ref> some bilingual public and Catholic schools, in evening courses, and in university.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/upload/travail_paragraphe/fichier/216fichier.pdf L'état de la langue bretonne dans l'enseignement en Ille-et-Vilaine (''State of the Breton language in education in Ille-et-Vilaine'')] from ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''</ref>

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through [[Ya d'ar brezhoneg]] on 24 January 2008.

In 2008, 2.87% of primary school children were enrolled in bilingual primary schools, and the number of pupils enrolled in these schools is steadily growing.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'': [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 ''Enseignement bilingue'']</ref>

====Local food====
[[File:GaletteCidre.JPG|thumb|Cider and galette with eggs, ham and cheese]] 
Specialties from Rennes include:
* [[Galette|Breton galette]]
* [[Galette-saucisse]]
* [[Crêpe]]
* [[Cider]]

Many other Breton specialties (seafood, milk, vegetables, cheese, meat) are seen at the Marché des Lices, a weekly market held every Saturday morning (one of the largest markets in France).