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Toulouse Beach is the biggest event of the Pink City during the summer spread over two long months, July and August. Sports, Concerts, Games, Discovery, History are among the recurring themes each year.

Piano aux Jacobins Festival presents piano recitals in September by some of the world’s best pianists in the cloisters of the ancient Church of The Jacobins. Far more atmospheric than any concert hall, this is a must for piano music lovers.

Printemps de Septembre an annual art festival held in September- October has exhibitions based all around the city, with special lighting adorning the streets and special Soirées Nomades (Nomadic Nights) too. The main exhibitions take place in all of the city’s prestigious sites, including the Musée des Abattoirs, the Galerie du Château-D’eau, the Musée de la Médecine and the Goethe Institut.

Toulouse les Orgues International Festival an October held annual festival celebrates the organ and its music, both old and new. With concerts played at least twice a day – there are more than 60 events in all.

Festival Occitània sees more than 300 artists’ present 50 different cultural events throughout autumn in September/October. The featured arts include poetry, cinema, dance, theatre, painting, photography, comedy, debates and, last but not least, music.

Toulouse Antiques Fair held every November; 300 dealers descend upon the lovely southern city of Toulouse and its Parc des Expositions for one of the top antiques fairs in France, the display arranged in three halls – Prestige, Antiques and Arts and Crafts.

Toulouse d’Été Music Festival held July- August each summer featuring international names alongside local talent at venues throughout the city including Halle aux Grains, St Etienne Cathedral, Basilique St-Sernin and Place Arnaud Bernard.

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Toulouse is a city in southwestern France with roughly half a million inhabitants. The city has established academic, educational, engineering and scientific traditions. It is the center of European aerospace industry. Moreover, here are the headquarters of Europe’s biggest airplane, satellite, space center companies.

Airbus

Airbus is Europe’s biggest airplane manufacturer on a grand scale. It produces roughly half of world’s aircrafts. There is an old struggle between them and their American main competitor- Boeing. Boeing has roughly three times more planes in service but the European producer has managed to get the upper hand in recent years and has won most of the orders for new planes. So far the French company holds the record for the world’s largest airliner- the A380, and the first fly-by-wire airplane. The Airbus factory in Toulouse offers a good opportunity to see how these huge technological wonders are built. Guided tour takes about one and a half hours and must be booked in advance.

Galileo Positioning System

Galileo is a global navigational system currently under development by the European Union and the European Space Agency. It is designed as a complimentary system for it American GPS and Russian GLONASS positioning systems. The project will cost the European taxpayers 4.3 billion euro and is expected to be finished by 2014. It is built in order to give Europe navigational independence from the other two great powers. It will have commercial, lower accuracy version available for the mass market as well.

Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Space is Europe’s biggest satellite manufacturer. It has production locations in 5 different European countries and one in California, US. It employees more than 7000 employees and produces a significant part of all satellites in the world.

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