What to do in Paris in February? Our top activities.

What to do in Paris in February Between Chandeleur and Valentine’s Day, the month of February is packed with festive events, but that’s never enough for the editors of Paris Secret, who have put together an anthology of outings and activities, each more entertaining than the last.

Give yourself a few scares at the top of the Eiffel Tower

If you’re not afraid of heights, climb to the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower to enjoy its sensational new attraction! The monument is currently home to France’s highest suspended bridge, and you can walk across it! Walk 40 metres “in the void” for incredible sensations and a memorable experience!

📍 Location: Avenue Gustave Eiffel, 75007 Paris
📆 Date: until March 9, 2025
🎟️ Price: free (included in ticket for 1st floor)

Get your dose of color with flowers

Don’t underestimate the power of flowers, especially at this time of year! Mille et une orchidées has set up shop at the Jardin des Plantes, and should give you just the dose of color and springtime you need! Staged in the decor of the greenhouses, a tour and photo exhibition to discover the various environments where orchids grow, travel the globe in the company of these extraordinary flowers!

📍 Location: 57 rue Cuvier 75005
📆 Date: February 6 to March 10, 2025
🎟️ Price: full price €9 / reduced price €7

Celebrate Carnaval de Río in a wildlife park

Parrot World reopens on February 8. It’s a grand reopening, with entertainment on the theme of Carnaval de Río. A festival of surprises awaits you until March 9: feather- and bird-themed activities, guided feeding sessions… all set to Brazilian music! The perfect family activity for the winter vacations, and an opportunity to add a little color to the winter palette!

Fall back into childhood at the Pokémon pop-up store at BHV Marais

Discover Paris’ very first café for dogs

Do you love doggies and coffee? Then head over to Bone Appart. Like an authentic Parisian café, it serves hot drinks and sweet treats for dogs (and humans, of course). It’s cozy, it’s cute and it’s a must-see in Paris at least once!

🐶Location: 9 rue de Birague 75004 Paris
📆 Date: Mon Wed – Fri 8/17h – Sat 9h/17h Dim 9/15

Take a big disco bath

After metal, the Philharmonie de Paris sets course for planet disco! Go back to the social and historical origins of the genre, discover the artists who gave it its letters of nobility and revel in its memorable aesthetic! Disco I’m coming out will be all about sequins, bell-bottoms and much more, as we shake up the clichés that cling to the genre and explore its every facet!

📍 Venue: 221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: February 14 to August 17, 2025
🎟️ Price: €14

Take a trip to the Puces de Saint Ouen at Anciennement Modern

In February, take the opportunity to refresh your wardrobe at the Saint Ouen flea market and, more specifically, at Anciennement Modern. It’sthe first thrift shop specializing in French vintage from the 20s to the 80s! Chris displays a lovingly-curated selection of work, sports and everyday clothes. You’ll find nuggets that will immediately make a difference to your look. In short, go for it!

📍 Location: Puces Saint Ouen 94300
📆 Date: Monday to Saturday

Let yourself be lulled by a romantic candlelight concert

For Valentine’s Day, Candlelight concerts are doubling their intensity with a special evening featuring the most beautiful love songs. True anthems composed by such timeless artists as Elton John, Carlos Gardel, Edith Piaf, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, The Beatles, Elvis Presley… Not forgetting the most beautiful film scores by Ennio Morricone, the theme tune to Aladdin… All under candlelight and in an enchanting setting: the Odéon Théâtre de l’Europe. You’re sure to score points!

📍 Location: Place de l’Odéon, Paris, 75006
📆 Date: February 15

Book an escape game for two!

This February, surprise your loved one by booking an escape game for two! Aboard the Titanic, in the catacombs or in the heart of feudal Japan, your adventure promises to be as thrilling as it is unforgettable!

📍 Location: Paris

Relive the mysteries of the Vikings

During the February vacations, we’re going back in time at the Westfield Carré Sénart shopping center. Come and discover with your family the incredible history of the Vikings in an immersive exhibition unique in France. The program features 4 themed rooms, splendid archaeological artifacts and breathtaking 360º projections. In short, the perfect mix of learning and entertainment. A fun experience for the whole family. Good news: admission is free for children under 6.

📍 Location: level 0, next to the BERSHKA store and next to exit/entrance 1B, Westfield – Carré Sénart All. du Préambule, 77127 Lieusaint, France
📆 Date: open every day (except Monday)
🎟️ Price: €11.90 (free for children under 6)

Reserve a moment to see the most beautiful exhibitions of the moment

Whether you like fashion, sculpture, painting or more spectacular installations, there’s bound to be an exhibition in Paris to your liking! In fact, right now, artist Chiharu Shiota is occupying the Grand Palais. This Japanese artist creates gigantic structures from red wire. It’s simply magnificent, and can be admired until March 19.

📍Location: Grand Palais, 75008 Paris
📅Date : Until March 19, 2025
🎟️ Price: €14.00

Spend a torrid evening with AirOtic Soirée

Warning: not to be reproduced at home: highly flammable evening. On the program: a series of sexy choreographies including incredible aerial numbers, mixed with circus techniques and a burlesque universe for an explosive cocktail. Having already visited New York, Miami, Chicago, Brussels and Lisbon, the AirOtic Soirée is set to electrify you in Paris, the capital of eroticism. A good idea in the run-up to February 14.

📍Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, 75010
📅Date: Multiple dates until March 29

Freak out like never before with a terrifying exhibition on serial killers from February 21

They’re the stuff of your worst nightmares, and they’ll be waiting for you at Galeries Montparnasse from February 21. With over 1,000 original artifacts, including Jeffrey Dahmer ‘s glasses and Armin Meiwes‘ refrigerator, and reconstructions of famous crime scenes such as those of Ted Bundy and the Zodiac Killer, Serial Killer: L’Exposition offers a dive into the cruel and fascinating world of serial killers.

📍Location: Les Galeries Montparnasse, 22 rue du départ (Paris 15), 75014
📅Date: From February 21, 2025

Visit the stunning Paradox Museum

In February, push open the doors of a museum like no other. Here, you can leave your sense of direction and logic at the door! Skeptics and Cartesians beware! In this hypnotic world of illusion, we play with your perceptions. You’ll find yourself caught on a sofa, upside down, in a kaleidoscopic vortex… The Paradox Museum has to be seen to be believed!

📍Location: 38 boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris
📆 Date: multiple dates

Escape for a weekend to one of the romantic villages near Paris

Just 10 min, 30 min or 1 h from Paris, you’ll find magnificent green settings with unrivalled charm…Romantic villages such as Moret-sur-Loing, Provins or Gerberoy await you for an enchanted break!

📍Location: less than 2 hours from Paris

Marvel at photos of the wild animals of Paris

Until next June, the free “Paris Sauvage ” exhibition lets you discover all the wildlife that inhabits Paris and the surrounding region. From the clever fox to the pretty rabbit or the majestic heron, you ‘ll discover photographs that are both astonishing and poetic!

📍 Location: Cour Saint-Émilion, 75012 Paris
📆 Date: January 16 to June 1, 2025
🎟️ Price: free admission

Load up on fun with Madagascar characters

The heroes of the Madagascar saga are back on stage at the Théâtre du Gymnase, more motivated than ever to bring you their adventures in a delirious musical comedy . After a lifetime of happy captivity in front of an admiring audience and regular meals, they decide to escape – with the help of mischievous penguins – to explore the world! Join them on this exciting adventure until March 9!

📍Location: Le Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, 75010
📆 Date: multiple dates until March 9

Enjoy a free exhibition in Paris

For the whole of another month, there are some great free exhibitions to see in Paris. Photography, painting, drawing… the choice is yours!

📍 Location: All over Paris
📅 Date : multiple dates

Glissez tout schuss au Parc André Citroën

Don’t put away your skates just yet! Paris’ largest outdoor ice rink hasn’t said its last word yet. Patins en Folie, with its 450 m² of real ice, offers you an extra lap. You’ve still got some great falls ahead of you… So put on your down jacket and let’s go for a pure moment of sliding in a 100% winter atmosphere, with gourmet chalets that smell of hot chocolate and waffles to help you recover from your emotions.

📍 Location: Parc André Citroën, 2 Rue Cauchy, Paris, 75015
📅 Date: until March 2, 2025
🎟️ Price: from €11 full price

Treat yourself to the culinary festival “C’est bon! Japan”

For its tenth edition, the “C’est bon! Japan” festival returns to Paris Montreuil Expo from February 14 to 16, 2024. A deliciously gourmet event celebrating Japanese gastronomy and the art of living.

📍 Location: 128 rue de Paris 93100 Montreuil
🤑 Price: 7€ pre-sale until 12.01.2025 / 10€ full price on site
Free for children under 7
📅 Dates: February 14-16, 2025

Treat yourself to tableware by top chefs

Tableware from Michelin-starred restaurants at your table? On February 8 and 9, a unique sale offers the public the chance to acquire pieces from some of the capital’s finest establishments. You’re sure to pick up some nuggets!

📍 Location: 13 rue de Santeuil, 75005 Paris
📆 Date: February 8 and 9, 2025
🎟️ Admission: €4 (free for under-18s) / €3 from Sunday at 2pm
Tickets available soon

Dance at the Grand Rex cinema

In Paris, L’Écran Pop brings pop and culture into your life with its XXL cinema-karaoke sessions! At the Grand Rex, the most cult musicals are displayed on giant screens in karaoke versions. For even more fun, L’Écran Pop invites you to its incredible Dance Party at the Théâtre Mogador. On February 17, you’ll have the chance to sway to the soundtracks of your favorite musicals, with the greatest hits from Dirty Dancing, and on February 24, Grease! You might just have “the time of your life”.

📍Location: Théâtre Mogador, 25 Rue de Mogador, 75009 Paris
📆 Date: February 17 and 24, 2025

Take part in the Science Experiences immersive multi-science tour

At Bercy Village, embark on a true journey to the heart of science. Through 7 themed rooms, Science Expériences invites you to explore every conceivable science. Travel to the farthest reaches of the universe in virtual reality in a planetarium of a new kind, venture into a multisensory dive into the abyss, take part in a volcanic video-mapping experiment, discover the secrets of the human body or quantum physics… An activity to try out with the whole family!

📍Location: ScienceExpériences – Bercy Village, 75012 Paris
📆 Date : multiple dates

Enjoy a delicious crêpe to celebrate Chandeleur

February is synonymous with Chandeleur! And for the occasion, it would be a shame not to take advantage of the best crêperies in Paris, wouldn’t it? Whether savory or sweet, the trick is to devour them! And if you prefer to do it all yourself, we recommend you try Cyril Lignac’s ineradicable recipe!

📍Location: Paris

(Re)experience all the Parisian must-sees

If Paris is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it’s not by chance. Its majestic architecture, fascinating history, renowned gastronomy… and so many other treasures make it a unique city. Its DNA can be discovered through 1001 activities: some are new, others are timeless classics. In any case, they’re all a must.