
The Secret and Offbeat Paris I want to share with you
When I got some spare time one of my favourite things to do was jump…
When I got some spare time one of my favourite things to do was jump…
By the train tracks of the Montparnasse station that serves Brittany once stood a Breton…
Another oddity in the 5th arrondissement in Paris, not far from rue Mouffetard: the suspended…
In our Countryside in Paris series, the impasse de la Santé is an interesting one.…
Once Paris totalled over 1,200 vespasiennes. These public urinals were part of the Paris street…
Paris is full with little oddities and unusual things to see. One of them are…
Not many people know of the presence of the refrigerator’s ancestor in Paris. Find your…
When visiting Paris you might take notice of tiny remnants of days gone by, wondering…
The colourful street of rue Crémieux is situated in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, not…
If you are planning a trip to France and have a good camera, here are…
On 9 November, Germany and Europe commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. The generation…
Not far from the St. Paul-St. Louis church stands the last fire warning device in…
The entrance to the Abbesses métro station is a masterpiece of Art Nouveau architecture. Designed…
You have to walk on the narrow street of rue de Grenelle in the 7th…
The triumphal arch of Porte Saint-Martin is situated in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Built…
The triumphal arch of Porte Saint-Denis is situated in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Dating…
Castel Béranger is one of Paris’ most extravagant buildings, built in the Art Nouveau style…
So you’re heading to the Palais Royal and its beautiful enclosed garden. Instead of entering…
I wanted to go there for a while and waited for the perfect Summer day.…
Do you remember Amelie skipping stones at the locks of a canal in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s…
The Galeries Lafayette is the name for an upmarket Paris department store originally founded in…
The rue des Rosiers is situated in the Marais. The name of the street means…
Although small in size, the circular Place Saint-Georges owes its elegant look to the beautiful townhouses…
Did you know that some statues in Paris are believed to hold magical properties? For…
Some of the public clocks of Paris date back to the Middle Ages. Many more…
How selling horse meat was made possible whilst it was considered a taboo food until…
Isn’t it strange that so much art and detail are put into things we do…
There are a few replicas of the Statue of Liberty that are found across Paris:…
Caught between the Périphérique and the Convention Centre at Porte Maillot, the church of Notre-Dame…
This little lane will surprise you if you are walking in the neighbourhood of Charonne.…
Lined with low and tall houses, the quiet and green rue des Cascades, Paris is a surprising…
There are a number of rural-looking streets to discover in Paris. One of them is…
I’ve been working hard in feeding this website over the past six years. There has been…
Who was Dalida? This is the inevitable question people ask me when walking on a…
How the glass pyramid of the Louvre disappeared? The offender is French street artist JR who…
Unknown for most of the Parisians the elegant Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil is a botanical…
The vast Parc de Boulogne Edmond de Rothschild is situated between the Bois de Boulogne…
At the entrance of the Jardin d’Acclimatation is a commemorative plaque which does not draw…
Last week during a walk across the 16th arrondissement I stumbled upon a historic piece…
It is either visible from the top of the Eiffel Tower, from the Front-de-Seine or…
How many people passing by the busy street of rue de la Cossonnerie actually know…
I thought there was only three major half-timbered houses in Paris until this morning when…
Have you heard of rue Verneuil in Paris? Probably not, but surely you’ve heard of…
Today the intersection of rue Saint-Honoré and rue de l’Arbre-Sec is part of one of the nicest parts of Paris.…
There is a mystery that scholars and historians have not yet succeeded to resolve. Perched…
One of the most beautiful Nativity Scenes in Paris is found inside the church of Saint-François-Xavier in the 7th…
The Lion of Belfort is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi that stands below the…
Below the pleasant district of Denfert-Rochereau (14th arrondissement) with peaceful residential streets and lively Haussmann-style avenues…
A few days ago, one of our students in French asked us a tricky question:…
Did you know that rue Saint-Jacques is the oldest street of Paris? Let’s find out…