The ultimate guide to Paris for those who don’t like to do things everyone else does. Highly confidential gastronomic addresses, hidden gardens and cafés, astonishing secret passages and much more. All the inspiration you need to explore the city is right here…
As Halloween approaches, the Académie du Bal Costumé is updating its selection. Run by Véronique, the shop offers costumes for men and women for sale and rent… And as you’ll see, you’ll have plenty to c...
Hidden behind an imposing construction scaffold, the Galerie Orsay’s vintage poster shop is trying to maintain its visibility. Faced with construction work that obscures its storefront, manager Frédéric...
On Keller Street, a catchy melody and the sharp click of tap shoes on the hardwood floor drift out from a wide-open door. At the entrance to Swing Tap, passersby can watch a pianist playing a bright red...
October is ending this year in the most beautiful way possible, with the wonderful combination of Friday and Saturday. A coincidence for some, a perfect alignment of the planets for others—we simply prefe...
Today, if you visit La Villette, it’s most likely for an exhibition, a concert, an outdoor movie, or simply to lie down on the grass along the canal. But in 1867, it’s important to realize that the scene...
It’s hard to imagine today, but a huge amusement park once stood near the Arc de Triomphe! Long before Disneyland Paris, Parisians already had their own playground, right in the heart of the capital. With...
“Paris is a party,” wrote Hemingway! In the City of Light, we’re given a thousand opportunities to celebrate life and friendship over a drink or a meal. Night owls, trendy Parisians, and epicureans—disco...
When walking along Rue Daumesnil and past its buildings, it’s hard to imagine that trains ran here for over a century. In place of the René Dumont Green Corridor, however, a railroad line was indeed in se...
Have you ever heard of Victor Lustig? In 1925, the con artist managed to convince a Parisian scrap metal dealer that he had just purchased the Eiffel Tower—and its roughly 7,300 metric tons of iron. Of co...
With its metal footbridges, locks, and banks that come alive at the first rays of sunlight, the Canal Saint-Martin has that certain something that makes Paris so charming. Its cinematic atmosphere immedia...