‘It’s like losing a member of the family’: Bayeux bereft without its tapestry
- As thousands flock to see the Bayeux Tapestry in London, where the 11th-century artwork is on loan for the first time, residents of its hometown in northern France say they’re feeling its loss.
- Issued on: 20/09/2026 - 16:11 3 min Reading time “When you’re from Bayeux, you grow up with the tapestry,” said Mathis Laîné, who works at a restaurant opposite the Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
- “You go to see it at school, everyone talks about it, and then you see the tourists streaming in all year round.
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- As thousands flock to see the Bayeux Tapestry in London, where the 11th-century artwork is on loan for the first time, residents of its hometown in northern France say they’re feeling its loss.
- Issued on: 20/09/2026 - 16:11 3 min Reading time “When you’re from Bayeux, you grow up with the tapestry,” said Mathis Laîné, who works at a restaurant opposite the Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
- “You go to see it at school, everyone talks about it, and then you see the tourists streaming in all year round.
Sources: RFI