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Neudorf, Strasbourg — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Neudorf is one of the largest residential districts of Strasbourg, spread across the flat ground southeast of the old centre. Its name is German for 'new village'. That is more or less what it began as, a settlement outside the medieval walls that the growing city eventually swallowed. The quarter trades in ordinary streets of flats and shops rather than monuments, though the Stade de la Meinau, the city's football ground, stands just beyond its southern edge. People live here.
About Neudorf
Where to stay in Neudorf
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Choosing Neudorf means basing yourself in a working city quarter rather than among the monuments. Beds are mostly small hotels, guesthouses and rented flats, priced below the Grande Île, with a tram north into the centre in minutes. Nights stay quiet.
It suits travellers who want everyday streets and neighbourhood restaurants over crowds, and football supporters like being within reach of the Stade de la Meinau. Anyone set on seeing the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg and the old town each day may prefer a room closer to the Grande Île.
About Neudorf
What are the main landmarks in Neudorf?
Neudorf's own landmark is a stadium: the Stade de la Meinau sits at its southern edge. The rest sit north. On the Grande Île, Strasbourg keeps its museums within a few streets of each other.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, the Musée des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg and the Musée alsacien stand close together, with the Strasbourg Historical Museum a short walk on. Church towers rise over the same quarter, among them Saint Thomas Church, Old Saint Peter's Church and Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church, while the Roman remains of Argentoratum lie beneath the streets.
What is the history of Neudorf?
The name Neudorf is German for 'new village', and the place began as exactly that: a hamlet on the plain beyond the walls of Strasbourg. For centuries it stayed fields. The fortified town kept instead to the island now called the Grande Île, the same ground the Romans had held as Argentoratum.
As the city outgrew its ramparts, Neudorf filled with rows of workers' housing and swelled into one of its most crowded quarters. Its plain streets still carry the mark of that change from village to inner suburb.
Where is Neudorf?
Neudorf spreads over the flat land southeast of the Grande Île, between the old town and the harbour basins that lead to the Rhine. The Krutenau and the green Parc de la Citadelle mark its northern edge. Southward the Meinau and Neuhof take over.
Its long, straight avenues run down to the port, a world away from the narrow lanes of the island core at the city's heart.
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Updated July 2026