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Rungis Wholesale Food Market

Rungis Wholesale Food Market

Feeding Paris in a Time of Crisis

March 25, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Living in Paris

Where does the food Parisians eat come from? And will it keep coming during the lockdown imposed during the coronavirus crisis? Most of it comes from “the belly of Paris,” the gigantic Rungis wholesale market, the largest in the world. … Read More

Nativing

Nativing

A Trip to a New Language

January 16, 2019 | By Emma Hussain | What's New Living in Paris

There is probably no better way to learn a foreign language than total immersion in a country where it is spoken. To make the logistics of a séjour linguistique (language-learning vacation) easier, French marketing expert Cédric Ghennouchi has come up … Read More

Seven Foreign Cultural Centers to Visit in Paris

Seven Foreign Cultural Centers to Visit in Paris

Exploring Cosmopolitan Paris

November 21, 2018 | By Emma Hussain | Living in Paris, What's New Living in Paris

One of Paris’s greatest attractions is its vibrant international community. Touched by cultures, languages and cuisines from across the globe, the city is home to 55 foreign cultural institutes, more than any capital city in the world. These centers are … Read More

Free Things to Do in Paris

Free Things to Do in Paris

Exploring Paris for Free

October 24, 2018 | By Emma Hussain | Living in Paris, What's New Living in Paris

Paris is known for being one of the most expensive cities in the world, with the prices of food and rent often making it difficult to envisage life without financial pressure. But if you want to enjoy the city without … Read More

Changing France

Changing France

Doggie Bags and a Culturally Correct Lottery

June 6, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Living in Paris

A friend who is a historian and has lived in Paris for over 35 years was discoursing the other day about how much France has changed since he’s been here. He predicted that the country’s status would be going up … Read More

Bouquet of Tulips

Bouquet of Tulips

Jeff Koons Offers Cadeau Empoisonné to Paris

May 30, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Living in Paris

It’s no news that not everyone appreciates the glossy work of art-world superstar Jeff Koons. Now the artist has caused an uproar in Paris by offering as a gift to the city a monumental sculpture, “Bouquet of Tulips” (with 11 tulips held in an … Read More

La Pêche, Local Currency

La Pêche, Local Currency

Spending without Guilt

May 16, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Living in Paris

“Paris a la pêche!” says the headlines in all the French newspapers. That means both “Paris is feeling great” (from the expression “avoir la pêche,” meaning “to feel peachy”) and “Paris has the pêche,” referring to the introduction of a new … Read More

Vélib’ Métropole

Vélib’ Métropole

The Vélib' Métropole Debacle

May 8, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Living in Paris, What's New Living in Paris

I am no fan of the company JCDecaux, which has littered Paris with advertising panels, but the city of Paris seems to have made a bad decision when it replaced Decaux’s subsidiary Cyclocity as the concessionaire for the Vélib’ bike-sharing … Read More

Quality of Life and Cost of Living in Paris

Quality of Life and Cost of Living in Paris

What's So Great about Living in Paris?

March 28, 2018 | By Adrian Leeds | What's New Living in Paris

Why do we choose to live in Paris when it ranks high on cost of living and low on quality of life? Mercer’s 2018 Quality of Living Ranking, published in March, ranked Vienna first (for the ninth year in a … Read More

Station F

Station F

Bringing Entrepreneurship Back Home to France

February 7, 2018 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Living in Paris

France’s reputation for being anti-entrepreneur and pro-big labor was never entirely deserved, but the times are definitely changing. The massive strikes that used to fill the streets and squares with demonstrators and knock out public transport and other services, sometimes … Read More

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