Party
At st pierre place: very popular among toulouse's students
Walk
Through the city and along the canal du midi or along the garonne river from st pierre bridge and pont-neuf during the evening.
See a Rugby Match
If you are fortunate enough to be in toulouse on match day, follow the crowds and the excitement to the stadium and soak up the atmosphere while watching of one of europe's top rugby union teams stade toulousain. if you prefer league, then toulouse's very own toulouse olympique plays in both the co-operative championship and the challenge cup. the matches are very family friendly and the atmosphere is electric!
Anglophone travellers might find employment in the Aviation industry; however even here French is commonly used. Also, with the current heightened security concerns, extensive screening is required for new employees, so these jobs are not suited for short-term work.
There are a lot of universities in Toulouse. It has the second largest student population in France: 120,000.In Toulouse there are major universities and lots of engineering or management schools.
The toulouse alternative arts scene
MixArt Myrys
Toulouse is one of the most alternative French cities - maybe due to its huge student population and its historical past with half a million Spanish republican/communist/anarchists 'rebels' that settled in the region after they failed to rebel against Franco and escaped through the Pyrenees during the 'Retirada' in 1939. So even though the city is trying to get rid of them, it still offers a large number of squats, some of them hosting artistic movements. MixArt Myrys (http://www.mixart-myrys.org/) is one of the oldest and most active squat of artists within the city.
La Grainerie
(http://www.la-grainerie.net/) is more particularly dedicated to circus and was first created and settled on derelict brown land ; it hosts various collectives of artists every year.
L'Usine
(http://www.lusine.net/) is another residence for artists and collectives, located in the close suburb (tournefeuille, 12kms from the city centre of toulouse]
Websites are in French
Les Motivées
(http://www.motive-e-s.org...) is an association that is very active on the political and social scene in toulouse, and that organises or takes part in many free events, strikes, concerts, etc. throughout the year. they founded a political party a few years ago that is pretty active locally and holds a few positions with the city hall council. check also the tactikollectif (http://www.tactikollectif.org/) their fellow co-working association on events like festivals, etc. that has its origin in the northern quarters of toulouse, which are the ones with social housing and lower quality of life.
le Collectif d'Urgence Acteurs Culturels - Emergency Collective for Cultural Actors
(http://www.couac.org/) defends the local associative and alternative cultural world, whereas the toulouse rã©seau unitaire citoyen - civil unitarian network of toulouse (http://www.truc.abri.org/) aims at stirring local, social and political debates.