With the winter season now in full swing, Paris has no end of delights to amuse, entertain, and keep you occupied during your stay. Here’s a quick overview of a few of the best events the City of Light has to offer during the next couple of months.
Seasonal Events
- Christmas lights and displays
- Ice-skating rinks – fun for all the family at these free venues (look out for our blog next month about ice skating in Paris).
- Christmas markets (locally-made crafts, gifts, and candies, food and drink stalls, and of course, vin chaud).
- Hannukah candle lightings – dates and times here.
- The Autumn Festival (yes, we know that technically it’s now winter) – lots of contemporary art, music, drama, theatre, and cinema. Program details here.
Exhibitions
- Retrospective – Niki de Saint Phalle is arguably most famous for that ‘funny fountain by the Pompidou Center’. This retrospective brings her paintings, films, sculptures, and other artworks to a wider audience.
When: Now through February 2nd, 2015
Where: The Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général-Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Métro: Champs-Elysées Clémenceau (lines 1, 13)
- Paris: Liberated, Photographed, Revealed – commemorating, through a series of striking photographs, the Liberation of Paris
When:Â Now through February 8th, 2015
Where:Â Musee Carnavalet, 16 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
Métro: Saint-Paul (Line 1)or Chemin Vert (line 8)
- The Sea in Paris, 45 Million Years Ago – a fascinating look into life in the City of Light in prehistoric times.
When:Â Now through December 31st, 2014
Where:Â The Paris Catacombs, 1, avenue Colonel Henri Roi-Tanguy,
Métro: Denfert-Rochereau (lines 4, 6)
RER:Â Line B