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INFOGRAPHIC: Paris – 14 unexpected facts on careers, culture, food and fashion

Paris has long been globally renowned for everything from fine food to designer fashion. But how much do you really know about the French capital in 2020?

Published: 7 September 2020 13:07 CEST
INFOGRAPHIC: Paris – 14 unexpected facts on careers, culture, food and fashion
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Paris today is a leading international city in commerce, as well as culture. It attracts entrepreneurs focusing on the future, as well as tourists seeking tradition.

A thriving student population makes the city even more dynamic – with over 700,000 students (including 120,000 foreign students) in the wider Paris Region. Paris also takes quality of life very seriously (where else could you sip sparkling water from drinking fountains?) 

The Local, in partnership with Paris-based business school ESSEC, presents an infographic that captures the essence of Paris in the 21st Century – a city to boost your joie de vivre and your career prospects.

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LIVING IN FRANCE

Aires, idioms and Olympic travel: 6 essential articles for life in France

This week’s practical must-reads from The Local feature Paris’s Olympic traffic lanes, the secrets of French motorway services, rules about overseas inheritance, whether you can do work at a café in France, turning a second home into your main residence, and a few must-know idioms

Published: 7 July 2024 08:05 CEST
Aires, idioms and Olympic travel: 6 essential articles for life in France

Throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games periods, some 185km of roads around Paris will be reserved for event-related traffic – with some lanes closing to general traffic on July 15th. Here’s what you need to know…

How Paris’s Olympic carpool lanes will work

You will read a lot about France’s autoroutes at The Local – usually in articles relating to traffic jams or toll fees. There’s also some advice on what to do if you break down while using a French motorway.

But, where can you stop on a French motorway? Enter the aires de service and the aires de repos – two different off-motorway rest areas that offer some respite from all that driving. We explain more, here.

Aires: Everything you need to know about motorway services in France

France has both strict laws on inheritance and high rates of inheritance tax for certain groups – but what’s the situation if you live in France but receive an inheritance from another country?

Reader question: Do I have to tell the French taxman about an inheritance from overseas?

Earlier this year, cafés in Spain launched a crackdown on remote workers who hog tables for hours without buying anything. So, what’s the etiquette over working from a café in France?

Can I work on a laptop in a French café?

It’s not uncommon for second-home owners to decide that they want to move to France full time and make their life here – but what are the admin steps that you need to take to make this happen?

Explained: How to convert a French second home into your main residence

If you happen to overhear people in France talking about whipping cats or breaking sugar on someone’s back, don’t worry – they haven’t lost the plot. Here are some of the quirky turns of phrase that’ll help you to blend in seamlessly with the locals.

Fat mornings and whipping cats: 10 idioms to help you sound more French

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