By Armada Rouen Visitor Guide · Updated 30 June 2026
One of Europe's great free maritime gatherings, in figures.
9thedition of the Armada
17–27 June 2027ten days on the Seine quays
~40tall ships
~30nationalities
~1,000drones in the nightly shows
Every nightfireworks over the Seine
~40Viking ships on the left bank — millennium of William the Conqueror
Freeentry all along the quays
~600volunteers
Michel Bussithe 2027 godfather (novelist)
1896the year the Belem was built (in Nantes)
Every 4–5 yearsroughly, since 1989
Several millionvisitors across the ten days in past editions