[steve__b]

Where should I go and live? I wanna get to the crag after work with a minimum of fuss - say 30 mins drive and there be overhanging crags. The place would have to have a university probably also, so if a reasonable size. Top picks?


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[benpritch]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen

Frankenjura nearby.

[jwi]

The Luminy Campus in Marseille is on walking distance from the calanques. Gorges du Loup is around 20 min from Nice. Is Aix-en-Provence too small? There are a lot of crags around Grenoble.

Geneva perhaps?

[dave]

Sheffield

[fried]

Galway would be interesting.

[lagerstarfish]

There are a lot of crags around Grenoble.

 

I was gobsmacked by the amount of cragging when I first visited Grenoble in 1989 - I assume more stuff has been developed since then - not to mention the amount of stuff within travelling distance at the weekend (and ski resorts for winter)

[boxmonkey]

Bristol?

[steve__b]

I hadn't considered the frankenjura area.. very interesting, I had been scanning around the alps.

I'm thinking here about places outside the uk.

I wonder about the south of Germany, Austria and Switzerland etc also. Anyone have any experience of any cities?


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[mrjonathanr]

Madrid for granite bouldering. Acres of the stuff.

[Muenchener]

Forget Munich. Nothing much decent within comfortable evening/afternoon range.

Innsbruck.

Don't know what there is by way of sport climbing around the Salzburg area, but probably loads.

[tomtom]

Bangor?

[petejh]

St Davids. Ha bet you didn't see that one coming!

[Bonjoy]

Sydney is great for evening bouldering. Maybe a bit further south than you had in mind.

[Ru]

Bamberg.

[Oldmanmatt]

Barcelona.
Great weather, mostly. Granite, lime and sandstone all within an hours drive (some within 10minutes).
Fantastic selection of walls and training facilities (including the free tunnel at fixidura).
Just over an hour by car takes you to Andorra for excellent skiing in the winter.
Some of the best clubs in Europe for the nights.
Restaurants from heaven.
Almost entirely pedestrianised city centre, with some of the best architecture anywhere.
Short ferry ride to the Balearics, easy weekend trip.
Often used to Ski during the day Sat/Sun, return for a Barbecue on the beach on Sunday evening.
If the Mrs hadn't got sick, We'd be living there now for sure. I hated leaving. Great international schools too. Back in '98 when I first lived there, I also used to drive up the my parent's place in the Ardeche of a weekend in a couple of hours.

And her I am now in Torquay.
Bollocks.

[T_B]

Barcelona.
Great weather, mostly. Granite, lime and sandstone all within an hours drive (some within 10minutes).
Fantastic selection of walls and training facilities (including the free tunnel at fixidura).
Just over an hour by car takes you to Andorra for excellent skiing in the winter.
Some of the best clubs in Europe for the nights.
Restaurants from heaven.
Almost entirely pedestrianised city centre, with some of the best architecture anywhere.
Short ferry ride to the Balearics, easy weekend trip.
Often used to Ski during the day Sat/Sun, return for a Barbecue on the beach on Sunday evening.
If the Mrs hadn't got sick, We'd be living there now for sure. I hated leaving. Great international schools too. Back in '98 when I first lived there, I also used to drive up the my parent's place in the Ardeche of a weekend in a couple of hours.

Sounds sh*t.

[SA Chris]

Sydney is great for evening bouldering. Maybe a bit further south than you had in mind.

Kind of a tad outside of Europe.

[Muenchener]

Bamberg.

He didn't say "best city for smoked beer".

Also, the rock up that end of the Frankenjura is suspiciously un-pockety. 

[jwi]

Barcelona.

Barcelona is without doubt one of the best cities for climbers, if not the best. There is nothing within 30 min of the city though. And neither Montserrat nor Gelida is particularly steep.

[TobyD]

Sydney is great for evening bouldering. Maybe a bit further south than you had in mind.

Is that in Europe now? But Theresa May says the UK isn't in Europe.... I'm confused.

[TobyD]

Sydney is great for evening bouldering. Maybe a bit further south than you had in mind.

Kind of a tad outside of Europe.

Sorry I didn't read the full thread!

[SA Chris]

Any Scandinavian cities?

[andy_e]

Stockholm and Uppsala both fit that bill, and I'd imagine many of the Norwegian oil cities would too.

[dave]

I think there's decent cragging/bouldering around Stavanger.

[jwi]

As somone who's lived 35 years in Scandinavia... no. Just no. No year round climbing, except for students with a light course load and the (barely) self employed.

(Gothenburg is probably the best city in Sweden. Stavanger in Norway. Uppsala? That's just crazy.)