The VINGT Paris Podcast

1: Susie Hollands, founder and CEO of VINGT Paris

03.18.2019 - By Susie HOLLANDSPlay

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In the very first episode, presenter Jo Youle meets Susie in the iconic park, le Jardin du Luxembourg, on the border of Saint-Germain-des-Prés – and finds out why everyone wants to live in this amazing city… We wish you a good listening. Subscribe to receive the following episodes. All the addresses are listed below:

[Jardin de Luxembourg](https://www.parisinfo.com/musee-monument-paris/71393/Jardin-du-Luxembourg): Nowhere more quintessentially Parisian – great cross section of people

[La Table Luxembourg](https://www.latableduluxembourg.com/): Good place to get more teas, Nutella crepes and vin chaud

[The Merry-Go-Round](http://www.paris-autrement.paris/jardin-du-luxembourg-paris-le-manege-garnier/): Caught in a timewarp Paris type of thing; remnant from another age

Saint-Germain-de-Prés: People want to be near the parc – views, jogging etc

[Nuit Blanche](https://www.paris.fr/nuitblanche): All-night art event with installations all over the city

[Jim Haynes dinner](https://www.jim-haynes.com/sunday-dinner/): A legend in his own lifetime; a great way to meet people

Walk around the 20 arrondissements: Walk through every arrondissement each July 

[The catacombs](http://catacombes.paris.fr/en): Network of tunnels under the city accessed through 14th arrondissements

[The cemetaries](https://www.paris.fr/cimetieres): Père Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre – dig your Morrissey 

Nightlife: Paris outskirts a good place to go – so Montreuil, Pantin

Nightlife: Club called [Concrete](https://concreteparis.fr/#) on a boat near Bastille

[Shopping arcades](https://www.parisinfo.com/decouvrir-paris/guides-thematiques/paris-patrimoine-en-or/visites-du-patrimoine-a-l-air-libre/le-charme-parisien-des-passages-couverts): Network of 19th-century passages, Les passages, through the 9th, 10th and the 2nd

[Palais-Royal](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_du_Palais-Royal): The royal palace – amazing classical architecture; alleys of lime trees; where they plotted to start the revolution  

[Art installation by Daniel Buren](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Plateaux): Interactive art installation of black and white striped humbug pillars

[Yves Saint-Laurent showroom](https://hypebeast.com/fr/2018/11/saint-laurent-paris-exposition-daido-moriyama-palais-royal) in gardens of Palais-Royal

[Paris Plage](https://quefaire.paris.fr/parisplages): Beaches by the river for Parisians with sand, deckchairs and boules 

Boxing gym, around the corner of the Palais-Royal, called the [Temple Noble Art](http://temple-nobleart.com/) – great place to decompress

Running: Run along the banks of the Seine and down to the Louvre

Yoga: [Sevam Yoga](https://www.carreaudutemple.eu/hatha-yoga) at the Carreaux du Temple in the Marais 

Great coffee: [Fondation Café](https://www.instagram.com/fondationcafe/?hl=fr) or [The Broken Arm](https://www.the-broken-arm.com/fr/) for a coffee, both around the corner from Carreaux de Temple in the Marais

Market: [Marche d’Aligre](https://www.parisinfo.com/shopping/93225/Marche-Beauvau-Marche-d-Aligre): A great daily market with covered area in the centre – quite rare in Paris

[Barbès](https://www.franceculture.fr/sciences/barbes-le-carrefour-marchand-populaire-local-et-mondial-de-paris): African Paris with an exotic market and interesting shops 

[Square du Temple](https://www.paris.fr/equipements/square-du-temple-elie-wiesel-2425): Where a lot goes on in the third

Film recommendation: [Les Enfants du Paradis shot](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Enfants_du_paradis) in 1939 under occupation; love story and a thriller   

[Paris Photo](https://www.parisphoto.com/) at le Grand Palais; Fashion Week: [FIAC](https://www.fiac.com/) (contemporary art)

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