The Trophee du Rhin is held in the Rhine valley just north of Strasbourg. La Wantzenau (6,000 inhabitants) and Brumath (9,000 inhabitants) are friendly villages, each with a typical little shopping centre including a café-bar with outdoor tables at the crossroads and half-timbered houses here and there. If you want something on a grander scale, Strasbourg and its famous centre are just 20 km away.