Rouen DOOH · Gros-Horloge · Vieux-Marché · A13 · July 2026

Billboards in the city of a hundred spires

The capital of Normandy, 112,000 people in a Seine-valley metropole of 500,000, from the cathedral and the Gros-Horloge to the Vieux-Marché, Saint-Sever, the campus plateau and the A13, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Rouen actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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the cathedral spire, the tallest in France

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Rouen, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The gilded astronomical clock of the Gros-Horloge arching over Rouen's half-timbered shopping lane · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Rouen billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Gros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter, Saint-Sever / Docks 76 and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Rouen screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.27, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Rouen play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Rouen's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Gros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter

Best for: Retail · Tourism · Heritage

The rue du Gros-Horloge runs the shopping lane from the cathedral parvis under the gilded clock, the densest pedestrian flow in Normandy.

Visibility8
Dwell time8
Footfall9
02

Place du Vieux-Marché

Best for: Dining · Tourism

The square where Joan of Arc burned now rings its hull-shaped church with half-timbered restaurants and terraces, old Rouen's evening core.

Visibility7
Dwell time8
Footfall8
03

Gare Rive-Droite / Rue Jeanne d'Arc

Best for: Commuters · Business

The 1928 station and the rue Jeanne d'Arc axis carry the Paris commute and the right-bank office flow straight into the center.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall8
04

Saint-Sever / Docks 76

Best for: Retail · Mall

The left bank stacks the Saint-Sever centre and the Docks 76 riverside mall, the metropole's enclosed retail math across the bridges.

Visibility8
Dwell time5
Footfall8
05

Mont-Saint-Aignan / Campus

Best for: Campus · Youth

The university plateau at Mont-Saint-Aignan holds 30,000 students above the city, term-time flow on the TEOR lines every day.

Visibility7
Dwell time4
Footfall7
06

A13 / Seine port corridor

Best for: Drive-time · Freight

The A13, the Sud III and the port quays move the Paris-Normandy flow and one of Europe's biggest grain ports around the city.

Visibility9
Dwell time3
Footfall6

The media estate · operator partners

Rouen screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Rouen's media owners, JCDecaux, Cityz Media, Médiatransports among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Rouen, Rue Jeanne d'Arc · center-axis digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Rue Jeanne d'Arc · center-axis digitalJCDecaux
Rouen, Gros-Horloge approaches · old-town panel, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gros-Horloge approaches · old-town panelJCDecaux
Rouen, Gare Rive-Droite · station digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gare Rive-Droite · station digitalJCDecaux
Rouen, Docks 76 · riverside-mall digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Docks 76 · riverside-mall digitalJCDecaux
Rouen, A13 · Normandy corridor bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
A13 · Normandy corridor bulletinJCDecaux
Rouen, TEOR lines · platform screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
TEOR lines · platform screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Rouen format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Rouen's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

the TEOR lines and the Métro tramway crossing the Seine plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Rouen moves

Victor Hugo called Rouen the city of a hundred spires, and the tallest of them, the 151-metre lantern of Notre-Dame, is still the highest church spire in France; Monet set up his easel opposite and painted the facade more than thirty times. The Gros-Horloge's gilded astronomical clock arches over the main shopping lane, Place du Vieux-Marché marks where Joan of Arc burned in 1431 under a modern church shaped like an upturned hull, and the half-timbered lanes between them stay full year-round. Across the Seine, Saint-Sever and the Docks 76 mall carry the left-bank retail, 30,000 students fill the Mont-Saint-Aignan plateau, and the A13 moves the Paris-Normandy flow past one of Europe's great grain ports. Buy the Gros-Horloge shopping run and the A13 commuter hours.

Rouen footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Gros-Horloge
Vieux-Marché
Gare
St-Sever
Campus
A13
Gros-Horloge
Vieux-Marché
Gare
St-Sever
Campus
A13
Quais de Seine
Saint-Maclou
Zénith
Barentin
QuietPeak flow
Rouen · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Rouen Per-play price pins across prime Rouen advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Cathédrale Notre-Dame ◊ Gros-Horloge 60+ $0.41$0.37$0.33$0.30$0.28 $0.44 Vieux-MarchéGareSt-SeverCampusA13Gros-Horloge
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
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Commuter tide, twice a day

Place du Vieux-Marché and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Saint-Sever / Docks 76 and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Gros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Rouen doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchGros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter + Place du Vieux-Marché6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyGare Rive-Droite / Rue Jeanne d'Arc, Place du Vieux-Marché7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficSaint-Sever / Docks 76, Gros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersMont-Saint-Aignan / Campus, Place du Vieux-MarchéWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsGros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter, A13 / Seine port corridor10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Rouen’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

Book Rouen by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Rouen is home to about 112,000 residents, anchoring the Métropole Rouen Normandie of roughly 500,000.
  • Notre-Dame de Rouen's 151-metre cast-iron spire is the tallest church spire in France, and Monet painted the facade more than 30 times.
  • Joan of Arc was burned on the Place du Vieux-Marché in 1431; the modern Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc church now curves over the spot.
  • The Gros-Horloge, a gilded astronomical clock on a Renaissance arch, has kept time over the main shopping lane since the 14th century.
  • The port of Rouen is western Europe's leading grain port, shipping Normandy's harvest down the Seine to the world.
  • On Blindspot, Rouen screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.27, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Rouen billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Roadside & quay digitalfrom ~$0.27 per play$100 buys hourly bursts on the quays and the Sud III approachesmetropole drive-time reach
Old-town approach panelsfrom ~$0.42 per playthe Gros-Horloge and cathedral edgesshopping and tourist footfall
Station-axis digitalfrom ~$0.35 per playthe rue Jeanne d'Arc corridorParis commuters and office flow
Left-bank retail digitalfrom ~$0.32 per playSaint-Sever and Docks 76mall and errand flow
TEOR network screensfrom ~$0.27 per playthe busway and tram platformsdaily riders across the Seine

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Rouen screen: the format (pricing runs higher on TEOR network screens than on roadside & quay digital), the zone (Gros-Horloge / Cathedral quarter carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Rouen budgets, three ways

Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Commute test

$500-$1,300

A week of morning and evening bursts on the A13 approaches and the station axis.

Multi-zone Rouen push

$4,000-$12,000

The Gros-Horloge, the Vieux-Marché and Saint-Sever running together across peak dayparts.

Armada flagship

$20,000+

Full-city saturation across the Armada tall-ships weeks or the Christmas market season.

FAQ

Rouen billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on a Rouen billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, JCDecaux, Cityz Media, Médiatransports among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for a Rouen screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Rouen billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Rouen screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Rouen?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Rouen onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as JCDecaux, Cityz Media, Médiatransports.

How fast can my ad go live in Rouen?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Rouen for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Place du Vieux-Marché corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Rouen billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Rouen campaign.

How to book

Live on a Rouen screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Rouen by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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