Paris Music Festival Paris 2009

This unique event is repeated every year on June 21st to celebrate the summer solstice. This is a prestigious international festival that welcomes summer with all kinds of music; this is called the Fête de la Musique or Festival of Music. Musicians from around the world offer free concerts and shows in almost every corner of the capital – many of them are amazing improvisations. The show usually begins in the afternoon and ends at night.

Incredible colourful lights illuminate this magical evening, the city is full of life and the streets are full of people laughing and having a good time. It is really difficult to be disappointed or to get bored during this festival of incredible music. Many people across Europe meet in Paris on this day to live its warmth.

The musicians involved come from all areas of music: rock, jazz, classical music and folk etc. The concerts are held in open spaces: parks, squares, avenues, or even in public buildings like museums and railway stations. The amazing rock concerts take place in the Place de la Republique, while the classical music concerts are held is in the courtyard of the Palacio Real. The indie bands usually perform at the Place Denfert Rochereau.

Paris will captivate you! People say that during the festivities of la fete de la musique, these beautiful places become even more so. Enjoy this beautiful day, and don’t miss the concerts in such amazing places as the Champs Elysées, the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe and the famous iron lady, the Eiffel Tower.

Do not miss the summer solstice in the most elegant capital of Europe. Have a great time enjoying the acrobats and all kinds of artists and musicians. Rent apartments in Paris for a comfortable and economic stay and enjoy to the full the wonderful fête de la musique 2009.

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated by more than 350 projectors, during the evening it shines with over 22,000 lights and 900 lights in celebration. The “Tour Eiffel” is the symbol of Paris, named by the name of its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel. Anyone who has ever been to Paris has surely seen it and there is no book about history, geography or tourism that doesn’t have a picture of the “dame de fer” (the iron lady), as the French call her.

Inaugurated on March 31st for the 1889 Universal Exposition, which celebrated the centenary of the French Revolution, the tower is a milestone in contemporary architecture; it was an early example of wrought iron construction carried out on a grand scale. It is located on the left bank of the It is 312.27 metres high and is the monument that is the most visited in the world, with seven million visitors each year. Paris from the tower appears microscopic, in the evening glow of light like little fireflies, its sure to catch your gaze.

The Eiffel Tower is equipped with stairs and lifts and on the first floor there is a restaurant. At the top, there is a fantastic view of Paris, along with a meteorological station, a radio station and a television repeater. It was also the study of Gustave Eiffel for a while, too. There are 1665 steps for the visitors who love to walk and two transparent lifts on the second floor where there are also many souvenir shops.

In 1909 it was on the brink of being demolished following the protests of the ‘aristocratic Elité that did not consider the tower representative for the elegant city of Paris. But this was avoided thanks to the possibility that it could be used as an exceptional platform for the new radio technology. Even today many French people do not show their approval of it, considering this monument not very aesthetic.

The tower was lit with thousands of twinkling lights to greet the year 2000. It was so beautiful and elegant that the Electric Company, despite the excessive consumption of energy decided to leave the lights illuminating the iron lady on a permanent basis.

From the 14th January it is open from 9:30 am to 23:45 pm, from June to September from 9:00 am to 0:45. If you go up in the lift it costs €4.80 for the first floor, the second floor costs €7.80 and the top floor costs €12.00. If you do decide to use the stairs you will pay just €4.00 for both floors.

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On March 8th it is Women’s Day. It is a day which celebrates the struggle of women for equality with men, their equal participation in society and their fair development as a person. The United Nations commemorates this day, which is a national holiday in many countries. With this purpose in mind, Paris will host the 31st edition of the most important female film festival in the world, the Film de Femmes 2009.

From 13th March to 22nd March, you’ll see new movies made exclusively by women. You’ll surely discover other points of view! The International Female Film Festival was created in 1979 to show the female made movies from all over the world. For ten days, over 150 films will be shown by new and well known female directors.

This Film de Femmes’ edition is based on “invisible borders”. Around 30 movies will treat the topic with a creative and reflexive vision. On the other hand, it will set a parallelism between Europe and the United States, which will help us to understand the social and cultural differences between the two continents. In addition, it will highlight the efforts of European filmmakers in today’s society and the new world. Among the projected movies we will see: Wendy and Lucy (de Kelly Reichardt, EE.UU.), Clara (de Helma Sanders-Brahms, Alemania), Le Murmure des ruines (de Liliane de Kermadec, Francia) or The Secret Life of Bees (de Gina Prince-Bythewood, EE.UU), among others.

But this festival is not just limited to the projection of films; it also offers many other events and contests such as the Graines de cinéphage, a special prize awarded by the jury, as well as some competitions in different categories: fiction movies, short movies and documentaries. There will also be cinema conferences and discussions celebrated at the event.

This year Anna Karina (actress, singer and writer) will be the guest star at the festival – She was one of the muses of the Nouvelle Vague. On the other hand, Josephine Baker, the famous actress, cabaret dancer and singer will be the honoured woman. The Festival will be celebrated in Créteil (París). Discover the very best of female cinema in the city of lights. Rent apartments in Paris for the very best acomoodation.

Paris Carnival 2009 – The Cosmic Carnival, Astronauts and Aliens

It’s time to dust off the masks, to air the costumes and to rescue the wigs because the Parisian Carnival is here. Yeah, you have read well! We are not talking about the Venetian Carnival, nor about the Brazilian Carnival and neither are we talking about the Canary Islands Carnival. We are talking about the Parisian Carnival! The city of lights drags a former carnival custom little known in the rest of the world which dates back to the Middle Ages. Nowadays, it celebrates two days before of the Mardi Gras.

During the twentieth century, the Parisian Carnival gradually lost its strength due to organization problems. Finally, between 1952 and 1996 it was completely halted, until the “Culture Right Association” re-activated it in 1997 with much more force than ever.

Nowadays the Parisian Carnival is celebrated in style: it is a party full of music, colour and fun. The committee star is a huge cow called “Pimprenelle”, which parades from the Gambetta square until the City Hall.

This edition’s topic is “The Cosmic Carnival, Astronauts and Aliens“. This year thousands of aliens and some astronauts will meet on the Parisian streets to celebrate this popular festival. Lots of people gather year by year to have a great time together in the Parisian Carnival.

This event creates a unique atmosphere where everything is fun and everybody smiles: associations, urban centres, schools, citizens… They all turn Paris into an incomparable city! Despite the Parisian Carnival being of small international recognition, more than 400.000 people meet in the Parisian Carnival parade.

Gradually, the old regional traditions are gaining strength and this pagan event is gaining fans in the French capital. Increasingly, more people dress up, regardless of their age or their condition.

Who does not like to have fun? Discover how people celebrate the Parisian Carnival! Take your best costume, dance with the incredible carnival music and enjoy of the great carnival Parisian atmosphere! And if you prefer to set up your own costume party, rent apartments in Paris! Are you going to miss it?

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