Ai Weiwei in Paris

Stunning works in bamboo and silk by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are on exhibit for the first time in France at luxury department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche til February 20.

Off the path

The often overlooked 11th arrondissement has quiet corners worth exploring.

Happiness

A large placard in a small shop window, in English.

Inside out: Jaurès

The last of Line 2's above-ground stations is named after the founder of the French Socialist Party.

Inside out: La Chapelle 2

Large windows and atrium-like overhangs flood these stations with natural light.

Inside out: La Chapelle

This station, La Chapelle, was inaugurated over a hundred years ago today, on January 31, 1903.

Inside out: Barbès-Rochechouart

 

Another elevated station on Line 2, Barbès-Rochechouart, with access to Line 4.