Free Wi-fi all over Paris
  • 07
  • Aug
  • 2009

Travellers to Paris are never far from an internet hot spot

While Paris’ numerous parks are better known for flowers and statuary  between young lovers than for technology, these days one is as likely to see couples surfing the internet as smooching in public.  That’s because the city has taken the lead in internet technology for the masses and two years ago launched a campaign to get free internet hot spots (or wi-fi as the French call it, pronounded “wee-fee”) into parks and other public area in all 20 arrondissements of Paris. Long dotted with pay-as-you-go internet cafes, Paris now offers people all over town places ot get online for free.

This is bad news for the internet cafes, but great news for everyone else in Paris, especially tourists. For one thing, budget hotels may not have internet access, and some hotels that do still charge for it, profiting on the fact that many tourists don’t yet know about the free hot spots or prefer the convenience of 24/7 access in their rooms (the parks’ service generally runs between the hours of 7 AM and 11 PM).

Clamp : the queens of manga
  • 05
  • Aug
  • 2009

To celebrate the 20 th anniversary of this magical studio, two well known critics of animation movies, propose a exclusive exhibition: ” The queens of manga”

In the 8O’s some friends did organize themselves in a studio, at the start partners changed, but in the end the mythical studio still exists with some of the founders.

LA GALERIE DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES, 22, rue Malher, 75004 Paris

Espace Dali
  • 03
  • Aug
  • 2009

You can find L’Espace Dali at Montmartre, on walking distance of the Montmartre Studio Loft. This year they have an exhibition wich is a tribute to the 2oth anniversary of his disapearance.

In the heart of Montmartre, two art galleries invite you to discover his surrealistic creations.

ESPACE DALI GALLERY , 11, Rue Poulbot, 75018 Paris, located in the extension of the museum, offers a unique collection in France of limited editions of sculptures and engravings signed by Salvador Dalí.

MONTMARTRE GALLERY, 11, place du Tertre, 75018 Paris, works of art adorn the walls of the space that is bathed in light. Located at the Place du Tertre, the gallery reveals a splendid panoramic view over the most beautiful rooftops in Paris.

Cinéma au clair de lune
  • 01
  • Aug
  • 2009

Seeing a flick projected on the side of a building is about as urban cool as it gets, and for a few weeks in August there’s a different Parisian-themed film shown in a different arrondissement Thursday through Sunday nights at 9:30 (although the premier film is on Wednesday, Aug. 5 , close by the Montmartre studio loft at Butte Montmartre – Square Louise- Michel    ,entrance Place Saint-Pierre).

Cinéma au clair de lune