The Arkose Group
A French leader
Arkose is a success story, an innovative and ethical concept answering the expectation of urban people who care about the environment and its preservation.Created in 2013 by 4 parteners sharing the same values, Arkose tries to combine its development with a strong environmental and societal engagement. Arkose opened its first “blocpark” at the end of December 2013 in a rapidly developing area in eastern Paris: Montreuil. Today Arkose has gyms in 10 towns: Montreuil, Bordeaux, Massy, Paris (Nation), Pantin, Annemasse, Marseille, Tours, Lyon, and Villeurbanne. Arkose is one of the French leaders in boulder gyms and intends to continue its development in France and abroad.
The Arkose concept
More than just climbing gyms
Arkose invites you to experience urban, ethical, aesthetic blocparks that are more than just climbing gyms. They have been designed around the central theme of bouldering, an entertaining fun, friendly, safe sport that anyone can do! Arkose urban gyms are carefully designed to be friendly and welcoming. They are lively urban environments in their own right which convey the Arkose Group’s key values: environmental responsibility, conviviality, proximity and accessibility.
Arkose & the street art
The street culture in the spotlight
Like a street artist, Arkose find its inspiration in the energy of the city to build a new urban climbing universe. Lever of local culture, we trust young talents to decorate our blocparks with original creations and to organise artistics eventsThe Arkose group Gyms
ArkoseBordeaux
1250 m² of fun inside a one-hundred-year-old winery
Contact details
Galerie Tatry, 170 cours du Médoc
33000 Bordeaux
Tél : +33 (0)5 56 80 57 46
bordeaux.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseMassy
One of the largest boulder gym in France!
Contact details
4 rue Galvani,
91300 Massy
Tél : +33 (0)1 64 47 07 47
massy.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseMontreuil
900m² in a typical warehouse from the great industrial era
Contact details
33 rue du progrès
93100 Montreuil
Tél : +33 (0)1 49 88 45 07
montreuil.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseNation
The first boulder room in Paris itself!
Contact details
35 rue des Grands Champs,
75020 Paris
Tél : +33 (0)1 71 93 14 34
nation.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkosePrado
1800m² dedicated to indoor climbing in the center of Marseille
Contact details
101 boulevard Michelet
13 009 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)4 84 26 76 46
prado.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseGenevois
1800m² dedicated to indoor climbing at the gates of Geneva
Contact details
10 allée des chênes
74 100 Vétraz-Monthoux
Tél : +33 (0)4 57 43 60 62
genevois.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseTours
1500 m² of indoor climbing at 10 min of the city center with 500m² of outdoor blocs
Contact details
15 avenue du Danemark
37100 Tours
Tél : +33 (0)2 34 36 42 10
tours.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseRouen
Blocpark
1650 m² of indoor climbing near the Seine
Contact details
Adress will be revealed soon
rouen.arkose.com
Opening hours
Opening soon
ArkoseNice
Blocpark
1400m² of indoor climbing on two floors
Contact details
Adress will be revealed soon
nice.arkose.com
Opening hours
Opening soon
ArkosePantin
Blocpark
650 m² of indoor climbing near Paris at Pantin
Contact details
55 rue Cartier Bresson
93500 Pantin
Tél : +33 (0)1 74 88 06 61
pantin.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
MRocVilleurbanne
Blocpark
Climbing gym and restaurant in Villeurbanne
Contact details
52 rue Alexis Perroncel,
69100 Villeurbanne
Tél : +33 (0)4 37 47 80 01
villeurbanne.mroc.fr
Opening hour
Monday to sunday
Public holidays 9h – Minuit
MRocLaennec
Blocpark
A climbing gym in Lyon city center
Contact details
49 rue Président Krüger,
Parc Bataille 69008 Lyon
Tél : +33 (0)4 86 11 27 21
laennec.mroc.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
9h – Minuit
MRocPartdieu
Blocpark
1500 m² de bloc & bistro dans l’ancien squash restaurant Lugdunum
Contact details
86 rue du Pensionnat
69003 Lyon
Tél : +33 (0)9 86 51 23 46
partdieu.mroc.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
Murmur Issy
Lead climbing gym
A lead climbing gym of 1350 m² under the viaduct of the RER C !
Contact details
Les Arches d’Issy
1-6 boulevard Garibaldi
92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Tél : +33 (0)1 58 88 00 22
murmur.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
Murmur Pantin
Lead climbing gym
A lead climbing gym of 2000 m² near Paris !
Contact details
55 rue Cartier Bresson
93500 Pantin
Tél : +33 (0)1 74 88 06 61
murmur.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
Food by Arkose
Local & fresh
Arkose is expanding with local partners, the best suppliers to serve you good, wholesome products sourced from integrated agriculture. Our meat is of French origin, we serve traditional, free-range chicken, our fish is caught off the French coast, our cooked meats and cheeses are produced by committed artisans who are passionate about their craft, and our fruit and vegetables are grown on local farms. The wines we serve are natural, produced according to the principles of biodynamic or organic viticulture.
Bouldering
The new outside
Bouldering was born in France on the rocks at Fontainebleau at the start of the 20th century. From its origins as training for mountaineering, over the years it has developed into a sport in its own right with its own rules and places to practise. Bouldering is a type of climbing done without ropes on walls up to 4.5m in height with thick mats on the ground to break falls. It is a type of climbing that is:
– safe, accessible to adults and children from 3 years old
– progressive and challenging with increasing levels of difficulty thanks to colour-coded routes like ski runs (green/ blue / red)