Although a sprawling city with industry and heavy traffic, Mulhouse offers several pockets of culture and history.
For the WineDriver, Le Musée National de l’Automobile - Collection Schlumpf, has close to 400 cars and is rated as the ‘Premier musée de automobile du monde’ - the first museum of cars in the world. It has a famous collection of Bugattis which were built nearby at Molshiem, on the route to Strasbourg.
Mulhouse is an old city mentioned as far back as 803. It was under Swiss rule from 1515 to 1648 and then an independent republic until 1798 when it's inhabitants voted to become part of France. Today, it is home to the Peugeot factory and other vital industries. It also has a massive learning complex which includes a University, centres for research and a number of technical colleges.
The stained glass window in the ‘Temple de St-Etienne is worth seeing as is the Musée des Beaux-Arts with its paintings from several schools and periods.
For more tourist information and history, see Premier Pages (Wine Regions, Places of interest)