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Rendez-vous culture: The Best of Culture in Europe

Jazz at La Villette returns to Paris, Peggy Guggenheim's collection delights Venice, while the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival gets underway

2 September 2022

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Tourists in Paris mourn Princess Diana's death

25 years after Princess Diana's death, tourists from around the world have come to Paris' Flame of Liberty to pay tribute to the Princess of Wales.

France

Anger as Paris brings in parking charges for motorbikes and scooters

Officials in the French capital admit the move is about pushing commuters to use other forms of transport.

Culture news

Rock en Seine returns to music fans for the first time since pandemic

The popular French festival Rock en Seine is back in all its splendour after a lengthy COVID-induced hiatus. But who's performing this year?

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Residences

Inside the 5 star cat hotel where Parisians are leaving their pets

The August holiday is a sacred time of year for the French, but what do they do with their cats? This Parisian cat hotel has seen its popularity rocket as holidaymakers get back to their old routines.

Culture news

The "shocking" designs of Elsa Schiaparelli come to Paris

From Beyoncé to Bella Hadid, the Italian designer's name has made its way back into the headlines. An exhibition in Paris celebrates her craft...

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Greater Paris experiments with transhumance

A transhumance with sheep to explore the agricultural culture that is on the verge of disappearing in Seine-Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris.

France

Floods in Paris as city hit by 'near-monthly rainfall in 90 minutes'

Much of southern France is on "orange" alert for more bad weather after thunderstorms struck overnight, while Paris was lashed by heavy rain on Tuesday.

Health news

Are pets at risk of catching monkeypox from their owners?

With the news that a pet dog in France has contracted monkeypox from its owner, should we be concerned?

Travel News

St Pancras’ space problem: What’s going wrong with the Eurostar?

The high-speed train is the most sustainable way of getting between the UK and European mainland, but has been beset by queues and delays in recent weeks.

Ecotech

Meet the viral parkour group climbing Paris to save the environment

A French parkour collective are swinging around Paris to try and reduce energy consumption in France.

Sport

Paris hosts prestigious prize for ancient Uzbek martial art Kurash

In partnership with KFU

Hundreds of fans of Kurash, the ancient Uzbek martial art, gather in the French capital to watch competitors fight it out for the prestigious prize of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Travel News

Italy unveils new high-speed trains from Rome Fiumicino airport

These are all the high-speed railways you need to know about in Europe, including new lines from Rome to Florence and Milan.

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Workers clean up Paris canal, retrieve bikes and flat-screen TV

Crews retrieve bikes, a flat-screen TV and a baby stroller from Paris’ Bassin de La Villette waterway during a cleaning operation.

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Military on display for Bastille Day

France celebrated its national holiday Thursday with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside allies from Eastern Europe.

France

Salah Abdeslam will not appeal verdict in 2015 Paris attacks trial

Prosecutors and all other suspects have also not appealed, meaning last month's verdict is final.

Moments

Take a look inside a sleeper train made from refurbished old carriages

With train travel rising in popularity due to climate concerns, SNCF has taken things one step further by transforming their old carriages destined for the junkyard into new sleeper trains.

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Life's a beach on the banks of the Seine in Paris

Tourists and Parisians on Sunday headed to the beach in the landlocked French capital for the second day of this year's Paris Plages. The event turns the Seine's urban riverbanks into a walkway lined with palm trees and deckchairs.

Destinations

The European capital with the most spas might surprise you

Are you ready to put R&R front and centre of your holiday? You won’t go far without falling into a spa in these European cities.