France


Photo of the Moment: The Wild Aubrac Region, France

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The Great Eiffel Tower Hoax

The proposed Eiffel Tower expansion project that we reported on a while back has been exposed as a hoax. According to a tower spokesperson, the idea is “preposterous,” and the entire scheme is a hoax. The news reports said that there were plans to add an extension to the globally recognized landmark to allow people […]

Eiffel Tower to Receive an Extension?

Paris’ most famous landmark may receive an extension as part of its 120th birthday celebrations. A Paris-based architectural firm has won a contest to redesign the tower’s public access areas. The firm, Serero’s, winning design features an extension of the top floors of the tower, without the need for any permanent structural changes to the […]

Artist Recreates the Scents of Helsinki, Budapest, Paris

Hungarian born artist Hilda Kozari has created an art installation consisting of three bubbles – one each for Helsinki, Budapest, and Paris - that she says represent what each city smells like. The bubbles are part of an Urban Olfactory Installation exhibit and have been created in collaboration with perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. The sense […]

Photo of the Moment: Inside Notre Dame, Lyon

Inside Notre Dame, Lyon © Stuck in Customs I am, as I always am with Trey’s photos, speechless.

Paris Bids Adieu to Smoking

Yes, you read that correctly: Paris has banned smoking. Paris?!? The last bastion of smoking collapses. The city of cigarette thin women and chain smoking men is set to welcome a smoke-free new year. A no-lighting-up-in-public-spaces ban on smoking went into effect in Paris, France on January 2, 2008. Parisian Days of Yore […]

Photo of the Moment: Lyon Castle at Night

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Mobile Hotel Provides Room with a View

Is that a plane? A Martian spaceship? No, it’s Hotel Everland! A Swiss artist duo, known for their artwork that invites viewer participation has created a mobile one room hotel. The room includes a bed, lounge and bathroom and can be hoisted onto any surface. Right now, it sits on the rooftop of […]