On the house
EventExhibitions
Hashigakari: works by Matsutani Takesada
A free display in Cernuschi’s painting room, marking sixty years since Matsutani Takesada settled in France.
Paris / Between the boulevards
Thursday 24 September
The local editParis
An afternoon, well spent
A small museum. A table worth lingering at. A turn you haven’t taken. Find your own way through Paris.
Less searching. More going.
Your day, your way.
Choose a mood. We’ll connect the good places.
The after-dark edit
Paris has a second shift.
Jazz above the tracks. Techno below the street. Open-air dance floors on the edge of town. Follow the music a little further.
Explore after dark
01Paris / La Villette
Kilomètre25
Open-air house and techno beneath the périphérique, where the edge of Paris becomes the centre of the night.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
02Paris / La Villette
La Gare / Le Gore
Live jazz upstairs, electronic music below: a former railway station with two very different ways to lose track of time.
Find your nightEditorial artwork
03Paris
La Bellevilloise
A cultural meeting point in eastern Paris, with concerts, club nights and several rooms to build an evening around.
Find your night
04Paris
Caveau de la Huchette
Swing, live jazz and a dance floor below the Latin Quarter, for a night that carries on after dinner.
Find your night
Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
Follow your curiosity
A few ways to do Paris.
015 stops, at your pace
The Left Bank, from books to live jazz
Sculpture, a garden chair, bookshop shelves, a proper dinner and a cellar full of swing. Five ways to stay on the Left Bank a little longer.
Open the itinerary
025 stops, at your pace
East Paris, from courtyards to the club
The Marais, a bouillon lunch, the heights of Belleville and a final night on rue Boyer. An eastward day with a change of rhythm after dark.
Open the itinerary
034 stops, at your pace
Make a day of northeast Paris
Choose an arts hall, a hillside park or a Cambodian meal. Four starting points for getting beyond the centre.
Open the itineraryOn our radar
A few Paris favourites to start with.
Canal Saint-Martin
Le Petit Cambodge: Alibert
Paris
Hashigakari: works by Matsutani Takesada
Paris
Cam Jazz Big Band at the Luxembourg kiosk
Out there, right now
Step out into Paris.
EventExhibitions
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories
Four decades of painting and Black representation at the Musée d’Art Moderne, with late openings on Thursdays.
EventExhibitions
Simone Fattal: Des villes au fond d’un lac
Ceramics, paintings and collages across five decades of Simone Fattal’s work, in an autumn survey at the Musée d’Art Moderne.
EventConcerts
Vox Naturae
Raymond Murray Schafer: Vox Naturae; Raymond Murray Schafer: Magic Songs. A staged performance in Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique at the Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris.
Close the tabs. Open the weekend.
Leave room for a detour.
An exhibition, a late lunch, a walk along the canal. Choose one good plan and see where the afternoon goes.
Make a weekend of itOn the house
EventExhibitions
Hashigakari: works by Matsutani Takesada
A free display in Cernuschi’s painting room, marking sixty years since Matsutani Takesada settled in France.
On the house
EventConcerts
Cam Jazz Big Band at the Luxembourg kiosk
An hour of big-band jazz in the garden: Cam Jazz plays the Luxembourg music kiosk on Saturday 26 September. Entry is free.
The food edit
Stay for another course.
RestaurantCambodian
Le Petit Cambodge: Alibert
Cambodian cooking on rue Alibert, with continuous daily service. A flexible meal near Canal Saint-Martin.
RestaurantJapanese
Kodawari Ramen Yokochō
A ramen stop on rue Mazarine with continuous service and a same-day virtual queue. Choose this branch for the Yokochō menu.
RestaurantParis
Bouillon Pigalle
Traditional French cooking with continuous service on boulevard de Clichy. A useful table for a late lunch or an evening in Pigalle.
RestaurantFrench
Bouillon République
Traditional French dishes in a large brasserie near République, with continuous service and reservations through the operator.
Art & culture
From the atelier to the gallery.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Hashigakari: works by Matsutani Takesada
A free display in Cernuschi’s painting room, marking sixty years since Matsutani Takesada settled in France.
EventExhibitions
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories
Four decades of painting and Black representation at the Musée d’Art Moderne, with late openings on Thursdays.
EventExhibitions
Simone Fattal: Des villes au fond d’un lac
Ceramics, paintings and collages across five decades of Simone Fattal’s work, in an autumn survey at the Musée d’Art Moderne.
EventExhibitions
Mary Cassatt: Being Independent
Painting, pastels and prints trace Mary Cassatt’s independent career, with a major autumn exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay.
Big on discovery. Easy on the wallet.
Paris, without the ticket.
Sculpture gardens, open collections and a bench with a view. Start with the city’s generous side.
Discover it for yourselfA city of little worlds
A different Paris on every corner.
Editor’s picks
A little Paris know-how.
GuideCulture
Make a day of northeast Paris
Choose an arts hall, a hillside park or a Cambodian meal. Four starting points for getting beyond the centre.
GuideCulture
Cernuschi and Monceau: art, then air
Two neighbouring places for a compact afternoon: a free permanent collection, then a pause among the trees.
GuideCulture
The Left Bank, at your own pace
Sculpture, a garden pause and a bowl of ramen. Three anchors for an unhurried day between Montparnasse and rue Mazarine.
GuideCulture
Paris after six
A Thursday exhibition or an unhurried dinner: three starting points for making more of a Paris evening.
A closer look
