1- They have been delivering drinking water in Paris since 1872 Wallace fountains have just celebrated their 150th anniversary. The first of them was indeed installed on boulevard de la Villette in Paris on July 30, 1872. The installation of these fountains is in line with the great changes want ...
"The Place de l'Estrapade" If you're looking for the building where Emily and Gabriel reside in the series Emily in Paris, know that it's located at number 1 on the beautiful place de l'Estrapade. On this square in the 5th arrondissement of Paris located not far from the Sorbonne, you can see a fo ...
Three very special days Paris is the most visited city in the world. But are you sure you really know our capital city? The Paris Face Cachée event created by the City of Paris for the past three years offers you the opportunity to discover the backstage during three very special days. This ann ...
It was created with a view to the 2024 Olympics. As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approach, the City of Paris is preparing to become the global capital of sports. In this perspective, it has created its own long-distance hiking trail: the GR 75! This trail is also called the GR 2024 as it was creat ...
A first in France The Yoga Festival Paris aims to introduce the public to the various forms that yoga practices take today. This yoga festival, open to beginners as well as experienced practitioners, is a unique event in France! This large yogic gathering takes place over three days on over 7000 m ...
1- It crosses the north-east of Paris on approximately 100 km The Ourcq Canal stretches for about 100 kilometers between Mareuil-sur-Ourcq and the Bassin de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. This canal, which crosses the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, has undergone many transfor ...
Near the cobblestones, the beach. Paris Plages is a popular event initiated by the city of Paris in 2002. For over ten years now, this operation takes place every summer on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville and the right bank of the Seine to give them a holiday atmosphere. Various fun and sport ...
A highly anticipated reopening. Must-visit store of Belle Epoque Paris, La Samaritaine reopened its doors to the public in 2021, after fifteen years of closure and six long years of site securing works. Originally scheduled for April 2020, the reopening of the famous department store on Rue de Riv ...
out leaving the comfort of your sofa! Most mass retailers have expanded their delivery services since the Covid-19 pandemic. Shopping online in Paris has never been so easy! Just place your order in a few clicks and pay online to be delivered within 24 hours, subject to the eligibility of your ...
A large-scale tribute Yves Saint Laurent is a monument in the history of fashion. That's why several Parisian museums have decided, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first fashion show of this French couturier, to pay him a tribute commensurate with his talent. The first fashion sho ...
He studied and worked in Paris. Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was one of the most famous artists of his time. Even though he was born in a small village in Czechoslovakia, his work is well known in France as he studied and worked in Paris. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, he arri ...
A stroll outside the walls For the first time in 2016, Livre Paris (the new name for the Paris Book Fair Porte de Versailles) is organizing an off-site event called Livre sur Seine. For a weekend, young and old are invited to stroll along the banks of the Seine, to enjoy several exhibitions and ...
What are the new regulations in Paris? As of Monday August 30, 2021, the speed limit is 30 km/h on almost all streets in the capital. Until now, about 60% of the Parisian territory was already subject to this speed limit. From now on, it is almost the entire city, except for the ring road and ...
A 100% digital offer Since the beginning of 2022, France 3 Paris Île-de-France's social networks have offered 100% fashion and 100% digital content under the hashtag #tokimodi. With Toki Modi, France 3 Paris Île-de-France's cultural magazine Toki Woki dons a brand new suit and declines its dre ...
A photographic journey in Île-de-France Reviews of Greater Paris is a photographic journey that has been installed in some forty sites in Paris and its close suburbs until October 23, 2022. Very diverse places such as public transport, the public space of Greater Paris, the construction site of ...
1- They were not invented in Paris but in Berlin In the collective imagination, Morris columns are part of the Parisian landscape, along with Wallace fountains and Hector Guimard's subway entrances. And yet, the Morris column as we know it today was not born in Paris but in Berlin! This is the f ...
A new unusual museum in Paris In Paris, visitors who love bluffing and immersive experiences are spoilt for choice. After the Museum of Illusion in the 1st arrondissement, the FlyView attraction and the Sensas sensory experience, a new unexpected museum will open in the capital in April 2023. Pa ...
A flamboyant retrospective After huge success in Montreal, Rotterdam and Munich, the Thierry Mugler Couturissime exhibition is making a stop in Paris. You can see it at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in the renovated and expanded spaces of the Fashion Galleries. This colorful retrospective ...
ts Décoratifs continues unabated. More than 100,000 visitors have already come to admire the works and jewelry gathered for the occasion at the MAD in Paris. It must be said that this exhibition presents some 500 exceptional works and jewelry that had, for the most part, never been presented to ...
on programmes. Who was Gustave Eiffel? Alexandre Gustave Bonnickausen, known as Gustave Eiffel, was born in Dijon, on December 15, 1832 and died in Paris on December 27, 1923. In 1852 he entered the École centrale des arts et manufactures in Paris and graduated as a chemical engineer in 1855. ...
