BlablaClub at the Sablon media library
In 5 days
At the Sablon media library, 7 to 11-year-olds get an hour and a half to themselves, without parents, to talk about games, films and books and do some crafts. Registration required.
The workshop
The club brings children together around what they love: their games, films and books, with crafts on the programme. The media library is located in the République community centre.
Fifty years of reading at the République centre
The Sablon library is marking its fiftieth anniversary in 2026, and a photographic exhibition traced its history this autumn. It all began in 1976, when a library moved into the République socio-cultural centre on Rue des Robert, with one area for young readers and another for adults. It became a médiathèque in 2000, when music and video arrived. In 2014, building work reorganised the premises and thinned the shelves from 72,000 to 60,000 items to display them better. It belongs to the Bibliothèques-Médiathèques de Metz network. The BlablaClub thus takes place in this local facility, shared with neighbourhood life.
From Sablon to the station, next door to the Quartier Impérial
The session is on Saturday 14 November at 2:30 pm, a free hour and a half, with registration from one month before at servicesauxpublics@mairie-metz.fr. Sablon, a former municipality merged into Metz on 1 April 1914, lies south of the station, which opened in 1908. It developed during the German annexation as an extension of the Neue Stadt, today's Quartier Impérial. Since April 2026, a passage for pedestrians and cyclists has crossed under the tracks in the Amphithéâtre district, towards the Jean-Marie-Pelt gardens. During the workshop, a parent can follow the city's treasure trail, about an hour long, starting at the Saint-Fiacre church.
Time of their own, recognised as a child's right
Letting a child talk about what they love echoes a text adopted far from Metz. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises, in Article 31, the right to rest, leisure, play and participation in cultural life, and in Article 13, freedom of expression. In 2013, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child set out this right to leisure in detail in a general comment. A neighbourhood workshop makes no claim to such scope. It simply gives 7 to 11-year-olds a moment when they have the floor and busy hands, among friends.
Practical information
Address: Médiathèque du Sablon - Centre socioculturel République, 4-6 rue des Robert, 57000 Metz
Frequently asked questions
Where and when?
On 14 November 2026: Médiathèque du Sablon, 4-6 rue des Robert, Metz.
Who is this event for?
Children aged 7 to 11, with registration.
How do you get to the Sablon library from the station?
Walk to the Centre Pompidou-Metz side of the station, then continue south to 4-6 Rue des Robert. Several lines of the Le Met' network also serve Sablon, so check the nearest stop on its website.
Where can you stay near Sablon?
The Quartier Impérial is the natural neighbour, around the station on the other side of the tracks. To compare it with the centre or Outre-Seille and look for accommodation, turn to Staylaro's guide « Se loger à Metz ».
