Paris won the bid to host this summer’s Olympics, in part, on a promise to rejuvenate one of the country’s most notorious suburbs: Seine-Saint-Denis. But not all residents are sure the transformation will work.
‘Food for our soul’: Cellist Camille Thomas performs solo at Paris museums during lockdown
There have been growing fears among Jews in France since high-profile anti-Semitic attacks in 2015 and 2016. Now some Jewish parents say they’re worried about anti-Semitism in French public schools.
Paris’s museum of recorded sound enjoys a reprieve
One of Paris’s newest museums features crazy antique audio equipment, like a phonograph from the 1920s shaped like a ski chalet. But the museum almost had to close last year.
French police don’t want migrants getting too comfortable on the streets of Paris
As more and more migrants head to Paris, the shelters can’t keep pace. Recently, the international NGO Doctors Without Borders brought in a mobile clinic to serve homeless migrants in the French capital.
A French beekeeper makes mead in the Paris catacombs
Audric de Campeau has combined his two passions, beekeeping and winemaking, by making mead, an alcoholic beverage made with honey. And he ages his mead in the tunnels under Paris.
First bikes, then cars. Now electric scooters are the latest share craze.
