Auvers-sur-Oise (Val d'Oise, 95) is a city located 40km at the north of Paris. Accessible with train from "Gare du Nord" change at Pontoise and take train direction "Persan Beaumont".
Auvers-sur-Oise is one of the cities and places of painting, and particulary of impressionism. The famous Vincent Van Gogh is dead here more than 100 years ago. Him and his brother are at the municipal cemetery. You can go around the city, all by foot because it is very small; On the main street, you will find some restaurants, bars, hotels, the tourist office and the train station. But don't forget the small streets and ways behind. There are wonderful. Van Gogh painted here, in this quite and secure places, landcapes the most time : weatfields, forrests, treets, gardens, etc. That was the time he made most extraordinary pictures, with an impressing feeling deep inside. You can find most reproductions in front of the landcapes, if you go up to the cemetery.
You will cross the church that Vincent Van Gogh painted
(original at the musee d'Orsay).
The castle is an other important part of the city, you can go through the beautiful garden. There are often some temporary exhibitions there.
Up there from the parking depart some tours all over the place.
This city is a perfect one to feel the atmosphere of art with a pure air because enough far from Paris.
If you don't speak french, don't worry because some people speak english, you can try to speak with your hands, but anyway, don't forget that french is one of the closiest languages to english (:
