You Can Now Pay for Bus Tickets in Paris with Your Bank Card
A small but useful change has arrived for anyone taking the bus in Paris or the wider Île-de-France region. Since…
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Should France’s Deputies Be Allowed to Drink at Work?
Inside the French National Assembly, the famous buvette doesn’t look like a bar at all. It resembles a Belle Époque…
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13 Paris Traditions Most Travelers Don’t Notice
Paris has countless small traditions that shape everyday life — weekly rituals, seasonal events, and habits that locals follow without…
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A Paris’s Café Where You Write to Your Future Self
Café Pli is Europe’s first “letter café.” The idea is simple but unusual: you sit down with a drink, pick…
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Five Friends Win €250 Million EuroMillions Jackpot in Paris
Five lifelong friends from the Paris region have just made history. Together, they won the €250 million EuroMillions jackpot, the…
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Why the French Struggle with Rules
Every visitor to France notices it eventually. Someone crosses an empty street at a red light. Another pushes onto the…
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Paris Cemetery Lottery: Locals Can Rest Beside Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde
It’s not every day that Paris opens its most famous cemeteries to new residents – especially eternal ones. But the…
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What Happens If You Take the Wrong Ticket to CDG Airport
If you’ve ever taken the RER B from Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport, you know it’s the cheapest, most…
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France’s Holiday Lights Just Got Their First “Made in France” Garland
For decades, nearly every string of twinkling lights that decorated France’s streets in December came from Asia. Not anymore. This…
