Just In

Some of the most amazing Olympic closing ceremonies 🎥Olympics.com After more than two weeks of action-packed sport, Paris is preparing for the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, which takes place on Sunday, 11 August and is being held at the Stade de France, starting at 20:00 BST and finishing at 22:30. Thomas Jolly, the artistic director who brought us Céline Dion singing Edith Piaf’s classic, L’Hymne à l’Amour halfway up the Eiffel Tower at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, is also heading the Closing Ceremony. To get an insight into how past Olympic Games closing ceremonies have panned out, here’s…

Course des cafés 📸Joséphine Brueder/ Ville deParis Waiters and waitresses take on the challenge of walking two kilometres through the streets of Paris and finishing first without dropping anything from their tray. After a decade-long absence, the iconic “Course des Café” (“Café Race”), formerly known as the “Waiters’ Race”, returned to the heart of Paris on March 24. While the name has been updated for inclusivity, the essence of the event remains unchanged. This revival, however, has a dual purpose: to combat plastic waste and to celebrate the art of service in the midst of a bustling café scene. Course…

Grand Slam tennis champion Coco Gauff (USA), men’s basketball stars LeBron James (USA) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece), and sprinter Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) were among the flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday 26 July. This Olympic Games saw the best part of 10,500 athletes paraded along the river Seine in the French capital, with the six-kilometre route ending in front of the Trocadéro. See the full list of flag bearers for some of the 205 teams that took part in the opening ceremony: NationMale flagbearerFemale flagbearerAlgeriaYasser Triki (Athletics)Amina Belhadi (Judo)AustraliaEddie Ockenden (Hockey)Jessica Fox (Canoe Slalom)AustriaFelix Oschmautz (Canoe Slalom)Michaela Polleres (Judo)BahamasSteven Gardiner (Athletics)Devynne Charlton (Athletics)BelgiumJérôme Guéry (Equestrian)Emma Meesseman (Basketball)BrazilIsaquias Queiroz…

A sports fan supporting her team 📸 Guillaume Bontemps/Ville de Paris After two and a half months of traveling across France, the Olympic Flame made its grand return to Paris on July 26 for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. To fully experience the beginning of the Olympic festivities, the City of Paris is opening 26 festivity sites throughout the city (in each Parisian arrondissement, except for the 7th), providing for Parisians and visitors a unique opportunity to fully enjoy this exceptional evening and watch the opening ceremony live! All the sites remain open for the duration of the…

Medals for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, produced in the workshops of La Monnaie de Paris, in Paris | 📸 AP A total of approximately 36,600 medals have been awarded since Athens 1896, the first modern Olympic Games. And for 2024, when athletes win medals at the Paris Olympics, it is not the glory alone they take home – they also carry a piece of the Eiffel Tower, the pride of France. The 2024 Paris Olympics will make history yet again as the first time any host city has incorporated pieces of a national monument into the medals. The medals symbolise the spirit of the…

Xavier Netry, winner of the 2024 ‘best baguette in Paris’ award There are baguettes, good baguettes, and then there are exceptional ones. It is the latter that the City of Paris, in partnership with the Syndicat des Boulangers du Grand Paris, seeks to distinguish each year, rewarding excellence in craftsmanship. In 2024, the title of Best Baguette in Paris went to the Utopie bakery located at 20 Rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud in the 11th arrondissement, and owned by Xavier Netry. “Absolutely thrilled and very proud, I am over the moon! It’s a highly coveted prize,” exclaimed Xavier, a happy and relieved artisan…

Mossi Traoré created Ateliers Alix – the first free haute couture school in the Parisian suburbs 📸 Joséphine Brueder/ Ville de Paris Mossi Traoré, a child of the Parisian suburbs, created the first completely free haute couture school, with parts of his workshops and school, Ateliers Alix, located in Villiers-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne (94) department. A committed creator, Traoré’s practice reaffirms, in this interview, that fashion is a “social expression” in which each person blends his or her influences and origins. In a few words, how would you define your brand and your approach? Mossi Traoré: I have a high-end…

The Olympic flame in front of the Panthéon📸Joséphine Brueder / Ville de Paris It was a date in history. On 14 July (Bastille Day in France), the Olympic flame arrived Paris during the traditional parade along the Champs-Elysées. We invite you to vicariously 😊 re-live the highlights of this momentous event through the downloadable photos below, all from the official Paris 2024 Olympic collection. The Olympic flame arrived in Paris on Sunday, July 14th, after a journey that began on April 16th in Olympia, Greece. It spent two days in the capital, visiting iconic locations, and was carried by 540…

Celebration at the Hotel de Ville forefront📸Guillaume Bontemps/ Ville de Paris The opening of Paris Plages (Paris on the beach) on July 06, 2024 marked the official start of the celebrations in Paris. From the Games Terrace to the 16 festive district sites, here’s a look at the venues that will be spreading joy across the city. This summer, the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville will come alive with 45 days of free festivities. The first highlight: 14 July, celebrated with a concert by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the setting for the Olympic flame, which will spend…

Creator of her eponymous brand, Hawa Sangaré will be one of the torchbearers for the 2024 Paris OlympicsJoséphine Brueder/Ville de Paris Artists, athletes, firefighters, members of associations. They all share one thing in common – this summer, they will pass the Olympic and Paralympic flame through the streets of Paris. We introduce you to these Parisians with extraordinary gravitas. Diaby Diako. World champion in freestyle roller skating, Diaby is a prodigy on wheels. When he’s not winning new titles, he shares his passion with the members of the Paris Skate Culture club (18th arrondissement). Armel Agbobli. Armel is a…