Many people dream about the city of lights; Paris and due to its magnificent beauty the fashionable lady of Europe continues to attract millions of people throughout the whole world. Travelers always think that Paris is only famous with Eiffel, Champs-Elysee, Louvre, Notre Dame de Paris and its luxurious places worth to visit. Hereby I have decided to make a list of facts about Paris that are both interesting and sometimes funny, yet worth to know.
- When you wander around the Ile de la cite admiring the scenic beauty of St. Chapelle, try to imagine what was there centuries ago, in 53 BC then the famous imperator Julios Caesar and his Roman soldiers first joined the Celtic settlers who lived in that island. Instead of the chapel there were only two small bridges which connected the right and left banks.
- Paris has got various nicknames but the most famous one is the city of lights known in French as La Ville-Lumiere. This popular nickname was given to the city not only because it always has been the center of education and creative ideas, but also because Paris was one of the first cities of the world that got street lightning.
- Paris was founded more than 2000 years ago and then became one of the leaders in commercial, cultural and scientific centers of the world.
- Every year approximately 25 millions of people visit Paris.
- The high tourist month are July and August/ so maybe you can visit in before or after this months because it is really very crowded/.
- Paris was established as the capital city of France in early 508 AD.
- The famous historical icon of Paris, Eiffel Tower was constructed between 1887 and 1889. It was the tallest structure of the world till 1930.
- Another internationally known treasure of Paris, Notre Dame de Paris was built between 1160-1345.
- The most visited museum of the world, Louvre was established in 1793.
- Most shops in Paris are open from 9 am to 7 pm, and are closed on Sundays.
- More than 20 % of French people live in Parisian region.
- Paris has over 7o museums, monuments and cultural venues.
- Like in every town of France, in Paris you will find a street named Victor Hugo.
- The Eiffel Tower is painted every seven years.
- There are more Bretons in Paris than in Great Britain.
- The oldest bridge of Paris is Pont Neuf which means New Bridge.
- The most visited attraction of Paris is Iron Lady with 5,5 million and the Louvre with 5 million people per year.
- The only Disneyland in Europe is located near Paris.
- Don’t surprise, if you ask something in English and inhabitants of Paris answer you in French. French people are very jealous in what is connected with their language and they really don’t like English, so be patient.
- French people love dogs very much and sometimes people say there are even more dogs in the city than children. In fact, in many restaurants and public places of Paris you can see that it’s allowed to enter with dogs.
- Many European cities and I am not afraid to say the most part of them had very bad system of water and you can’t drink water from everywhere. In Paris you have the opportunity to drink water right from the beak.
- Waitresses of Paris are too punctual and very strong. They can smile, be very patient but if you say that you are going to offer something and then just can’t concentrate on what you exactly want, you can be asked to leave the restaurant or cafe in future 15 minutes.
- The first striptease was danced in Paris in 1894.
- The underground of Paris considered being 6th most crowded in the world.
- The record of the highest temperature in Paris was established in 1948, June 28 when the temperature was 40, 4°C.
- It’s forbidden to shoot the Eiffel Tower at night. And if you do that, you break the rule of the French Constitution, so be careful.
- The biggest part of the most popular restaurants of the world is in Paris.
- In order to get the metro, you have to open the doors alone and don’t expect to see a luxury metro: it’s just very boring and not that pretty station.
- It is said that modern Paris is constructed for battles.
- During the construction of the Eiffel Tower, only one man died accidentally falling down from the high point.
I hope these facts will help you to know Paris better and see all advantages and disadvantages of the city but if you’re looking for more you can visit factsking.com. You see that even the most visited city of Europe, the fashion icon of the world is not always the way you imagine. But with all this, Paris continues to be the historical and cultural treasure of our planet and French people who are really proud of their glamor lady, do everything to keep it the most visited, the most attractive and incredible throughout the world. Visit Paris, it’s always there waiting for you!
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