"The Running Man". The reproduction of a photo taken in the year 1888 is the eye-catcher featured on the façade of the French Pavilion. This first visualisation of single motion sequences by the photographer Etienne Jules Marey, at a time "when pictures were learning to move", was to lead to the invention of the cinema. A rhythmic light show on the exterior accentuates this impression of motion.

The theme "transport, mobility, movement" is visualised by the team "Cap Productions" using technology developed by the film industry. The glass façades are designed with a leafy surface which - like the branched wooden supports on the inside - give the impression of a forest. "Décathlon", the French department store for sport articles, is sponsoring the building, conceived by the French architect Françoise-Hélène Jourda, and intends to make use of it afterwards.

Idea for children and teenagers: High speed trains and fast cars - here you get to know lots about vehicles, transport and our automated world.

FOOD & DRINK

French cuisine - divine

Specials
Typical French "petit déjeuner" - "grand café", croissant and orange juice
Goose rillettes
Fried monkfish in breadcrumbs with olives, cream sauce, bacon and shallots
Classic seven o'clock lamb

Desserts
"Crème Juliette" with strawberries and thyme honey jelly
Dark chocolate mousse on biscuits with orange sauce
Crêpes suzettes
"Fromi-France" cheeseboard

Tip
Wine list, set meals (including for children - fried chicken, drink, dessert)