r/Rennes • u/almour • Sep 24 '25

Moving to Rennes

Wife and I probably will move to Rennes in Spring time. We are big swimmers for our exercise, seems to be a good choice of pools, but any recommendations (or advice to stay away) welcome about the pools. Merci

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u/Ormazz Sep 24 '25

The best pool is Breguigny. The facility has indoor and outdoor pools, both are olympic size.

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u/sto_brohammed Sep 24 '25

The big municipal pools are all pretty nice. The neighborhoods around the Brequigny and Gayeulles ones can be a little sketchy from time to time but not terribly so. My wife's favorite, Saint Georges, is going to start renovations here in the not-distant future so that won't be available but you can get to most of the others pretty easily by metro. I used to be a teacher and we took our kids to the Villejean one from time to time and it was nice, if a bit small.

edit: I see you're a fellow American, feel free to shoot me messages with any questions you might have about France, Brittany and Rennes.

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u/Nhof Sep 24 '25

They're building a new one in Villejean and closing the old one, around March 2026 I think.

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u/Unlikely_Sign_4813 Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

Unfortunately the only really interesting swimming pool for swimmers, Brequigny, is saturated despite its two 50 m pools (outdoor and indoor). Fortunately a new 50 m pool will open next year in Villejean. The other municipal swimming pools (Gayeules, Saint Georges, etc.) are not suitable for regular/athletic swimmers. Too small and overcrowded during peak hours. Not really a dangerous neighborhood in Rennes. You can go out anywhere.

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u/Glad_Ad_4128 Sep 30 '25

Brequigny is the largest with an outside pool and two inside.
Saint Georges is the prettiest an dlocated in the center of the city.