April 2012
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Smoking on outdoor terraces of Parisian bars and...
Four years ago the authorities of Paris have banned smoking in public catering facilities. However, the ban did not apply to outdoor terraces of bars and restaurants. Though, it seems lovers of smoking with a cup of good coffee will have to change their habits soon.
The Association of Non-smokers Protection filed an action to the French court with a demand to widen the list of places free from...
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The best French baguette Competition in Paris
Traditional elections of the best masters of baguettes will be held in Paris on May 2 in the building of the Association of professional bakers (Chambre professionnelle des boulangers).
Like the Eiffel Tower, good wine and dainty cheeses, baguettes have become a national symbol of France. Identification of those who prepare the best traditional baked goods will be trusted not only to a...
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Personal belongings of Victor Hugo will be shown...
«Notre-Dame de Paris», «Les Misérables», «L’Homme qui rit»… These novels has become the bases for hundreds of movies and theater plays. And even now – after almost two century - these books, written by Victor-Marie Hugo, help readers around the world to learn about Paris at a distance.
No wonder that people from many countries of the world has a great interest in the great...
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Parisian hikes by motorickshaw
To hide behind a glass of a tourist bus or to die from fatigue after hiking in the French capital? Franckly speaking, an excellent compromise between these two extremes has appeared last year. TukTuk - rickshaws - more than usual on the streets of the East, now they are rooting in Paris.
Last autumn they were ousted from the French squares and boulevards for a short time by rains, but in this...
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The Louvre is still the most popular museum in the...
Three Parisian museums found themselves in the top-10 of the most visited museums in the world in 2011, and the famous Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) had become the leader of this ranking. Near 9 million people managed to enjoy the masterpieces exhibited in this museum last year.
By the way, one of the collections of the Louvre (about the history of Islamic art) will be moved to a new building...
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Legends of glam-rock Mötley Crüe will perform at...
Only twelve people had visited the first concert of Mötley Crüe in 1981. Fortunately, this fact did not break a spirit of the musicians and the band became one of the most influential in rock at the end of the 1980s. And one of the most successful - they had sold over 80 million albums.
Playing heavy metal and glam-rock Mötley Crüe’s members always met with this music and their image - as...
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Majestic Pantheon: meeting with Voltaire and...
One of the most majestic monuments in Paris is Pantheon (Panthéon), built on the site of the old church of St. Genevieve - a saint patroness of Paris - and originally it was a church also.
But soon after construction it became a mausoleum for the famous Parisians. At the entrance to the Pantheon there is an inscription: “To the great people from the grateful homeland» (Aux grands hommes, la...
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Live presentation of new Tarkan's album in Paris
Tarkan - one of some singers who managed to get the world fame, not singing in English. Tarkan has lived with his parents in Germany to thirteen - an eastern temperament and European culture successfully connected in him. And, of course, this and a great talent have allowed him to achieve such success.
Today he is called a Turkish man number one, and he became the first man whose photo dressed a...
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Notre Dame is changing its bells
The four bells of Notre-Dame de Paris has served their term and were recently removed off the north tower of the cathedral. For the first time the bells have disappeared during the French Revolution and the new were installed in 1856 only. Their ringing celebrated the end of the World War II and liberation of Paris from the Nazis in 1944.
Each of these bells, as humans, has a name:...
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Heart of Paris - Cité Island (Ile de la Cité)
The “cradle” of Paris, the oldest part of town - Cité island (Île de la Cité) on the river Seine. This is the best place to start your exploring of the history of the French capital. First of all, whereof there is a huge number of attractions here.
For example, a Gothic Sainte-Chapelle, built for keeping of the relics that King Louis IX had brought from Constantinople in the XIII...
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Night club Castel
Sightseeing in Paris is over, shopping had also come to its end, but your soul demands entertainments, “party” and motions… What to do in this case? Of course, also you should go to the disco – where the music and people express themselves in an unrestrained passion of dance!
Naturally, being in an unfamiliar city (Paris is such a place for many people), it is difficult to find a night club on...
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Have you not yet decided in what Paris...
In Paris people always pay attention to the place where you live. It’s important which bank of Seine and specially an area – “arrondissement”.
If a naive visitor asks: “Where is the center here?” A Parisian inhabitant can come in confusion: “What a center?” We have to know that the river divides the city into the right bank (traditionally bourgeois, aristocratic, bureaucratic) and the left one –...
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Bruce Springsteen's concert in Paris
This year Paris will not let to miss any fan of music thanks to numerous concerts of the world famous stars of various genres. In these spring, summer, autumn and even winter very notable music events with the participation of many of your favorite musicians will take place in the French capital.
If you are a representative of an older generation, so you’ll certainly be interesting to...
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Radiohead will perform at Bercy on October 12
Paris saw the performances of many famous musicians of different genres, so it’s rather difficult to surprise a spoiled Parisian public. However, the arrival of a next big star to the city causes quite a stir certainly. In 2012 dozens of popular singers and bands will be performing in Paris, and the legendary British rock band Radiohead, whose concert will be held on October 12 at the Palais...
