Category: Paris

A Map of Every Amelie Filming Location in Real Life (in Paris)

Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain in French), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, became a French classic with worldwide fame. The romantic comedy shows the history of Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou), a waitress in Montmartre who keeps watching the people around her. She aspires to do some good around her and finds a small toy box and decides to find its owner. On her way, she will meet many characters, always with Yann Tiersen music as the original soundtrack, and she will go through many places in Paris you must visit.

If you already know this movie, get ready to follow Amélie Poulain’s steps. If you don’t, watch it before you even read this article, and you shall see a difference in these mythical places.

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How to do Montmartre in 24 hours

A day in Montmartre will probably kick off at Abbesses metro station (line 12). At 36m below ground, this hillside tube stop is in fact the deepest station in Paris, so we won’t judge if you take the lift up to street level.Emerging from your mole-like underground state into the humming centre of Montmartre will most likely be a rude awakening. Visiting school groups thronging the streets, buskers churning out Parisian ‘classics’, street vendors thrusting plastic Eiffel Towers in your face: it’s hardly the most relaxing scene. But today you’ll move away from the crowds and explore the lesser known side of the quaint northern neighbourhood
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Tit-for-tat escalates as President Hollande hits back at Trump’s anti-France remarks

French President François Hollande hit back at Donald Trump with a dig about gun control Saturday, a day after the new US president attacked France’s immigration policies and Paris.”I don’t want to make a comparison, but there are no weapons circulating here, there are no people who take weapons to shoot into a crowd,” the Socialist president said, in a reference to the tighter gun control measures in France than in the US.”It is never good to show the slightest mistrust towards a friendly country. That is not what you do towards an ally and I ask the American president not to do that to France,” Hollande said at the opening of the high-profile annual agricultural fair in Paris [ . . . ]

Read Full Story: Tit-for-tat escalates as President Hollande hits back at Trump’s anti-France remarks – France 24

Paris protests: Students tear-gassed by police

Police have fired tear gas at Paris students who blockaded 16 high schools in protest against the alleged police rape of a young black man.

The demonstrations are the latest to be held in the capital over the alleged rape and other reported police abuses.The victim, known publicly only as Theo, reported being beaten up by officers and raped with a truncheon after being stopped on 2 February.Four police officers have been suspended pending an inquiry.The demonstrators set fire to bins after starting their protest at the Place de la Nation.

Full Story: Paris protests: Students tear-gassed by police – BBC News

Valentine’s day in Paris

Plan the most romantic Valentine’s possible with our guide to love in the city of light, Tuesday February 14 2017

Valentine’s Day in Paris should be foolproof, but then the reality kicks in – where can you find a romantic hotel that doesn’t cost hundreds of Euros a night? Which of the city’s thousands of restaurants is a good bet for an intimate dinner? And what can you see and do in the city in mid-February that will be in keeping with the mood?

Don’t worry – we won’t leave you to try and wring romance out of a youth hostel and a rain-sodden queue for the Eiffel Tower. Check out our selections below for the best places to sleep, eat, shop and more for the most romantic trip possible [ . . . ] Read Full Story at TimeOut Paris