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This page contains all past WRNC articles and publications
It happened in the night between Tuesday, 5th August and Wednesday, 6th August in the city centre. At around 3 o'clock in the morning, the restaurant was engulfed in flames. People were evacuated from neighbouring buildings.
Fire in the centre of Caen burns local restaurant to the ground

Place Saint-Sauveur, Caen, France
6 August 2025
Local News
Article with audio
No music was playing, yet Strasbourg danced. In July 1518, amid the scorching heat, dozens of people began moving involuntarily, continuously day and night, as if possessed. Within weeks, the frenzy spread to hundreds, with some even losing their lives.
A City in Trance: Strasbourg’s 1518 Dancing Plague

Strasbourg, France
27 July 2025
History
Article with audio
Historical stories that sound too crazy to be true, yet are. People dancing to their own deaths in the city of Strasbourg in 1518; it may sound like a fairytale, but believe us when we tell you: it's not!
The people who danced themselves to death, the start of a new series on WRNC

Normandy, France
23 July 2025
WRNC News
Article with audio
Following the success of Caen's thousand year anniversary "Millénaire" inauguration, this year's 14th of July firework display has been moved from its usual position at the "Prairie" horse racing track to William the Conqueror's castle in the city centre.
Bastille Day: Caen's 14th of July fireworks move into the castle

Caen, France
14 July 2025
Local News
Article with audio
A new record number of attendees for this year's Beauregard festival with 32,000 people a day. WRNC looks back at this seventeenth edition of one of Normandy's biggest music festival.
156,000 people over five days for Beauregard's seventeenth edition

Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
7 July 2025
Concerts & Festivals
Article with audio

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