All new, all beautiful: inaugurated on June 28, 2024, the Parc Olympe de Gouges is the new green nugget in Goussainville, in the Val-d'Oise département
the Plaine Jean-Moulin has now been transformed into a wooded park bearing the name of Olympe de Gouges
a pioneer of feminism in France and the originator of the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen
There's also a picnic area where you can enjoy a day outdoors in fine weather
take the RER D towards Creil (Goussainville stop
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these abandoned places are fascinating (and sometimes a little scary)
Urban exploration (or urbex ) has been practiced for many years
and is becoming increasingly popular in France
Re(discover) abandoned places and uncover their secrets
Here are a few abandoned sites around Paris for you to discover
A word of disclaimer: access to these places is sometimes inadvisable or even forbidden
That’s why we won’t be giving out any precise addresses or directions
Well-known to Urbex enthusiasts, Villa Bella Kiss seems to have stepped straight out of a strange fairy tale. Built in 1907, this mansion in the Val d’Oise has a distinctive and remarkable architecture that attracts many visitors. It is said to have been abruptly abandoned by its owners over an inheritance dispute, and has been frozen in time ever since. However, it seems that the house has recently undergone some work. Perhaps a new life lies ahead…
Also hidden away in the Val-d’Oise, in the heart of a forest, the Aincourt sanatorium is a well-known spot in the world of urbex. A former spa specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis, it exudes a somewhat frightening energy and a heavy atmosphere. Nevertheless, it’s a favorite with urban exploration enthusiasts, who appreciate its astonishing architecture and the remnants of another medical era.
Very popular after its inauguration in the 70s, the Beaumont swimming pool had to cease all activity in 2018, following the opening of a new aquatic center. Today, the complex has become a playground for urban explorers, who come to contemplate the strange atmosphere that emanates from the premises.
In the charming commune of Angervilliers, the eponymous château, once a plush manor house, has fallen into disrepair. Explorers can both contemplate the passage of time in the rooms inside and outside, where the garden lies fallow. A must-see for all urbex enthusiasts in Essonne.
Located in the heart of Paris’s 14th arrondissement, the former Earle Nelson Hospital is difficult to visit, not least because of its location. With many remnants of its past, it is both a fascinating and unsettling place.
Just to the north of Paris, under the flight path of the Charles de Gaulle airport, lies the specter of a little French town that was postcard-perfect – until catastrophe struck.
Over the years, traces of squatters moving in has begun to mount. Graffiti tags are accumulating more rapidly; occasional mattresses are stowed in the more decrepit structures.
Despite this, the town maintains a beautiful eeriness. This is most obvious example of this is the town's chateau, where it is possible to stand on the edge of the ground floor and see the innards of the whole building, the basement and the upper floors in a single vista.
Though more than 40 years have passed since the plane crash, no attempt yet as been made to reclaim the land, making its disused portions among the most feral around Its proximity to Paris, of course, means only time will tell when modernity will finally erase the echoes of Goussainville-Vieux Pays' ghostly demise.
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.
In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.
The U.S. Air Force commissioned this tower during the Korean War to watch the sky for enemy aircraft.
This recreated Roman outpost stands above its buried predecessor.
A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.
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Goussainville-Vieux Pays was left virtually deserted seemingly overnight
Weekend markets with farmers selling local fresh produce drew hundreds to Goussainville-Vieux Pays’ squares
But seemingly overnight Goussainville-Vieux Pays was left virtually deserted – a mixture of tragedy and noise pollution compelling the village’s rustic residents to abandon their homes
The problems can be traced back to the mid-1960s when plans were drawn up for a new airport to be built in the suburbs north of Paris
The area surrounding Goussainville-Vieux Pays, with its large expanses of green space and location just 12 miles from the capital, was seen as ideal for what would become one of the world’s major aviation centres.
But less than a year before the airport was finished, tragedy hit Goussainville-Vieux Pays when, during the Paris Air Show of 1973, a prototype of a Soviet supersonic aircraft named Tupolev TU-144 crashed in the village.
The plane, which is rumoured to have been built using stolen Concorde plans and eventually led to accusations of corporate espionage, smashed into a row of 15 houses and a school, causing the deaths of six crew and a further eight people on the ground.
The crash shook the village, with many residents choosing to leave immediately - some moving to neighbouring villages, others to Paris itself.
A year after the Tupolev crash, Charles de Gaulle Airport finally opened.
Built by architect Paul Andreu, the airport was always intended to be among Europe’s busiest, and overnight Goussainville-Vieux Pays went from a peaceful village to one blighted by noise pollution from the huge number of flights arriving and departing the hub every day.
Goussainville-Vieux Pays is so close to Charles de Gaulle Airport that it is considered part of the runway approach, and low-flying planes with their landing gears extended are a relentless sight and sound over the village.
Within a year of Charles de Gaulle Airport opening, the majority of Goussainville-Vieux Pays’ residents had left – many of them so upset by the collapse of their village that the couldn’t bear to sell their homes and businesses.
As a result, most of these building have falling into disrepair over the 40 years since villagers began to leave. Overgrown gardens, broken windows and deserted squares are now common sights in Goussainville-Vieux Pays.
Today the population is decimated – just a handful of people wander the once bustling streets, and only a small number of families call Goussainville-Vieux Pays home.
The only building to have withstood the neglect is the Church of St Peter and St Paul – a building erected in the 1300s and now classified as a historic monument that requires the protection of the state.
There is some hope for the future of Goussainville-Vieux Pays however – although a return to its pastoral, pre-1970s roots seems highly unlikely.
As with every major metropolis, Paris’ suburbs are rapidly expanding – sucking once-rural areas into the city and turning historically rustic streets into teeming urban neighbourhoods.
Located just 12 miles from Paris’ centre, it seems highly likely that the agricultural land separating Goussainville-Vieux Pays from the suburbs will soon be developed, potentially breathing fresh life – not to mention a new population - into this long-deserted village.
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By IPE staff2024-09-26T10:58:00+01:00
Valor Real Estate Partners and Quadreal Property have invested €50m to acquire four assets in France as part of their ongoing logistics investment partnership
The joint venture has acquired and will refurbish a vacant 7,000sqm building in Goussainville
and has also bought a vacant 10,000sqm warehouse in Lyon
the partnership has acquired a 5,000sqm fully-let property located near Orly Airport
and a 6,000sqm vacant property in West Paris
where Valor will carry out a refurbishment programme
said: “Our disciplined focus on select high growth metropolitan areas in France
coupled with a data driven local market approach and deal sourcing capabilities
is enabling us to continue deploying capital at an attractive entry point
“With new supply increasingly constrained by competition for land from alternative uses
and supportive technological and demographic mega trends
we have a high conviction that our value add strategy will continue to generate both rental and capital growth outperformance
“We see the rest of this year and next as an exciting time to accelerate deployment
extending our market leading last-mile platform.”
we have built a robust logistics portfolio in Europe
a sector that remains one of QuadReal’s key areas of conviction in our global investment strategy
located in the high-demand regions of Paris and Lyon
add to QuadReal’s global industrial portfolio and will benefit from the Valor team’s on-the-ground urban logistics expertise.”
In November 2020, European urban logistics investor Valor and QuadReal Property formed a joint venture to invest €1bn urban logistics assets located in key UK
the real estate arm of British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
would be the majority investor in the partnership
which had initial capital commitments of €440m
the value-add and develop-to-hold investment platform was expected to have more than €1bn of investable capital
In January 2022, the pair launched a second value-add and development venture with a plan to invest an additional €3bn
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And we were totally surprised when we disembarked in the Vieux-Pays de Goussainville
There are still people who love this picturesque place
of the 1,000 inhabitants counted before the opening of Roissy airport
despite the offer made by Aéroport de Paris to buy their homes
a bookshop (closed when we passed through) seems to be holding out
Goussainville's Vieux-Pays has a very special atmosphere
with the strange sensation of discovering a village frozen in time
There are many walled buildings and other sites falling into ruin
" When an airport is built, there's a 1973 decree that obliges Aéroport de Paris to buy back the houses in the first noise zone and demolish them," Philippe Vieillard, president of the Vieux-Pays de Goussainville association, explained to BFMTV in 2019
The village church is a listed historic monument
preventing the demolition of anything within a 500-meter radius of it
" So there was only one solution left for the airport
and that was to wall up the houses," he adds in this interview
many of these walls have been taken over by visiting graffiti artists
which must have been the village's former bar
And then there's the famous 18th/19th century château
And nature seems to be reclaiming its rights over this ancient building
With the curious sensation of having experienced a plunge into a universe bordering on the real
this unusual stroll through the Old Country of Goussainville is well worth the detour
as much for its history as for its almost surreal atmosphere
are you ready to visit thisÎle-de-France"ghost village"
By David Kaminski-Morrow and Paris and Goussainville2023-06-20T13:35:00+01:00
Le Bourget was the scene of gladiatorial supersonic spectacle 50 years ago when a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144S sought to outperform the rival BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde at the 1973 Paris air show
only to splinter into fiery rain over the suburb of Goussainville
Cold War secrecy and reticence obscured the investigation
Eight months after the loss of the aircraft
its six crew and eight people on the ground
a brief communique stated that French and Soviet investigators had “unanimously concluded” that “no abnormality” had been found in the Tu-144’s design
“Intervention of the human factor is therefore most likely,” it added
postulating possible scenarios but ultimately remarking that the cause should be “declared unidentified”
Allocated a display slot to fly after Concorde on 3 June
the Tu-144 was supposed to perform an 11min sequence
taking off from runway 03 and accelerating for a return pass
before a slower second pass with its nose and undercarriage lowered
It would extend its characteristic canards
But during the approach the Tu-144 crew – perhaps emboldened to end the tame sequence with a flourish
and steal some of Concorde’s spotlight – cleaned the configuration
powered up the Kuznetsov NK-144 engines and thrust the airliner into a full-afterburner climb
as the Tu-144 attempted to round out at 400ft
its entire left wing outboard of the left-hand engines broke away
The aircraft snap-rolled left and inverted
overload stresses fracturing its slender fuselage forward of the wing
Fuel vapour ignited and the supersonic jet disintegrated
Descending towards Goussainville the Tu-144 attempts to pull out of its dive
Aerodynamic stress breaks off the outer left wing and the aircraft rolls sharply
Structural failure causes fuel to spill from the Tu-144's tanks
Flame engulfs the aircraft and its forward fuselage separates from the burning wings
The joint inquiry offered scant detail on the circumstances
either unable or unwilling to explain the fatal dive or ill-fated recovery
resorting to a hypothesis that the crew had unexpectedly encountered a Dassault Mirage IIIR reconnaissance aircraft on the left as it climbed
and reacted instinctively with an evasive manoeuvre – even though there was no collision threat
One unofficial theory for the Mirage’s presence posited that it was tasked to photograph the canards
given the canards were deployed in full view on the ground
Similarly questionable was the inquiry’s suggestion that one of the crew
dropped a TV camera during the unexpected manoeuvre
which then jammed pilot Mikhail Kozlov’s control column – hindering his arrest of the dive until the aerodynamic force required was too much for the airframe
expressing doubt about the official explanation to Russian publication Kommersant in 2000
arguing that the negative-g physics of the dive would have thrown any loose object in the cockpit upwards and backwards
The inquiry admitted its hypothetical scenario remained a theory
as it found no material evidence either to support or refute it
and the absence of clarity inevitably led to conjecture
including wild suppositions of sabotage in more extreme media circles
This tree stands on the site where large sections of the Tu-144’s wreckage struck houses
Perhaps the most convincing analysis of the accident sequence appears in a Russian memoir
The Truth About Supersonic Passenger Aircraft
which features a collection of contributions from senior figures attached to the Tu-144 programme
It refers to a flight-control stabilisation system which had previously been installed on a Tu-144S test aircraft
and was also fitted to the Le Bourget aircraft
One of them provided more lateral stability during roll through a signal to the rudder
An adjacent switch was intended for a future longitudinal stabilising signal but
The memoir indicates this system was not supposed to be used at Le Bourget
But in the cockpit wreckage the panel was found unsealed and open – not the result of impact – and both the lateral and the longitudinal stabilisation toggles had been switched on
While the lateral toggle activation might have been deliberate
the memoir suggests the longitudinal toggle was switched on inadvertently
that this signal would have been inhibited while the Tu-144’s canards were deployed – as they were when the lightly-laden aircraft entered its powerful end-of-display climb
After a few seconds of horizontal flight the canards were fully stowed
and the longitudinal channel – with unregulated sensors set for maximum output – triggered instant deflection of the elevons a full 10° downwards
This caught the crew by surprise and the pilots’ attempts to counter by pulling the control column were insufficient
the crew redeployed the canards – instantly inhibiting the stabilising system and causing the elevons to respond immediately to the pilots’ commands by deflecting upwards
With the aircraft travelling at some 350kt
this abrupt change in forces overloaded the wing structure and the Tu-144 began to break up
Located near the crash site is a memorial to the Tu-144 accident
which backs up its account with flight data from the aircraft
contrasting with speculation that an evasive manoeuvre had interrupted the air or fuel flow to the powerplants
The stabilisation system was subsequently modified
while measures were taken to improve the Tu-144’s overall structural strength
it is nevertheless unlikely to satisfy everyone who
The memorial stone which stands on a quiet corner in Goussainville symbolises the persistence of an enigma as much as it commemorates one of Le Bourget’s darkest moments
controllers temporarily lost ability to ”see
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Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) producer Tekever is to invest over £400 million ($532 million) to boost its activities in the UK and add more than 1,000 employees to its workforce
Republican lawmakers have proposed a plan to provide the Federal Aviation Administration with $15 billion to fund air traffic control (ATC) modernisation
a move coming several weeks after US transportation chief Sean Duffy committed to such an effort
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just before it landed short of the runway at Bhubaneswar last October
The Alliance Air aircraft (VT-RKF) had been inbound from Rourkela
US investigators believe the pilot of an Embraer Phenom 300 did not de-ice the aircraft before it stalled
and crashed immediately after lift-off from Provo municipal airport in Utah
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Hidden in plain sight and tucked away in forgotten corners
you’ll find all sorts of ruins in the capital
ranging from a wonder of Ancient Egypt to an abandoned ghost town
At the foot of one of the world’s busiest shopping streets, the Champs-Élysées, in the center of one of its most famous (and feared) traffic circles, the Place de la Concorde
which is 23 meters high and weighs approximately 227 tons
once stood next to its twin at the Luxor Temple
and its pedestal bears golden representations of the feats of engineering used to transport it
Below the feet of hundreds of people snapping identical photographs of the facade of Notre-Dame is a crypt containing fragments of the city that have survived its 2,000 years
the vault was converted into a small museum where visitors could see how Paris evolved from a small Gallo-Roman settlement called Lutetia into a vast modern metropolis
Walk along Boulevard Saint-Germain on a luxury shopping expedition and you’re likely to miss the Musée National du Moyen Âge
which contains much of the Thermes de Cluny
a set of Gallo-Roman thermal baths from the 3rd century
The remains represent only one-third of the complex that once existed
You can see some of the ruins from the street but the best of them are within the museum
also illegally explore the network in its entirety by night
The ‘Little Belt’ is a disused railway line that once traced the 32-kilometer perimeter of Paris
Construction began on the grand plan to link all of the city’s major train stations in 1852 and was completed 17 years later
stretches of the line have been abandoned and the final section was shut down in 2011
Access to much of the track is forbidden but there is a redeveloped portion in the 15th and a restaurant in the 18th arrondissement that let you experience it without breaking any rules
they are strictly off limits to the public
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Arènes de Lutèce Another Gallo-Roman ruin
the Arènes de Lutèce was once an amphitheater that could accommodate 15,000 spectators
It was constructed in the 1st century AD and by 280 AD had come to be used as a cemetery
It was filled in completely by 1210 and was only rediscovered with the construction of Rue Monge in the 1860s
It was then partly uncovered and made into a public square
What you can see today is approximately one-third of the original site
A few minutes north of Paris on the RER D or the H Train is the ghost town Goussainville-Vieux Pays, abandoned by most of its residents over 40 years ago. The village is in the flight path of Charles de Gaulle airport and in 1973 a plane came down and smashed through 15 houses and a school
Villagers were given the choice to relocate and almost all of them did so immediately
leaving behind possessions that can still be seen inside the houses today
Each was home to a family from each of these places and the site acted as a ‘human zoo,’ a popular form of attraction at the time
The park has long been abandoned and the buildings and statues inside it are crumbling and overgrown with vegetation
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originated in the United States in the second half of the 20th century
more and more urbex enthusiasts have taken the plunge and set off to discover abandoned
The two enthusiasts met in 2001 and began exploring together
They soon decided to compose their images entirely by themselves
each time revealing spectacular views of the sites they explored
the two friends aim above all to bear witness to the metamorphoses of our societies
A publication shared by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre (@marchandmeffre)
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre offer a retrospective overview of their work
Visitors will discover a journey divided into five series:"Détroit" (2005-2009),"Movie Theatres" (2005-2021),"Gunkanjima
l'île cuirassée" (2008-2012),"Industry" (since 2002) and"Les cours de Budapest" (2014-2016)
Come and discover their photographs and some of their most fascinating urban explorations until December 24, 2023 at the Maison des Arts in Antony
As it does every year, the Loubavitch movement in France is pulling out all the stops to celebrate Hanukkah
public lightings are planned in several towns in the Val-d'Oise
Yes, at Hanukkah, Jews all over the world have a tradition of lighting the eight branches of a candlestick, the hanukiah, with a new branch every evening, at dusk, to commemorate the miracle of the lights, which we explain here
Here are a few of the most enchanting escapades to be enjoyed in the Île-de-France region
There are hundreds and hundreds of magical itineraries in all four corners of the region
From a short Sunday stroll with the family to a real trail that will put your body to the test
here are a few ideas for hikes of varying difficulty around Paris
Around the charming commune of Rueil-Malmaison
here’s a 14-kilometer itinerary winding through the Hauts-de-Seine
in the footsteps of Empress Josephine and the Impressionists
More info here
verdant Vallée de Chevreuse lies to the west of the Paris region
It’s also here that you can take part in one of the region’s most beautiful walks
Departing from Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse station
you’ll stroll along the banks of the Yvette
past magnificent châteaux and lush forests
When Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport opened in the 1970s
the Vieux-Pays area of Goussainville was deserted by most of its inhabitants
abandoned houses and old signposts form the backdrop
the heritage trail takes you through the historic center of this “ghost village”
An unspoilt river in the heart of the Seine-et-Marne region
the Loing boasts many beautiful villages on its banks
To take advantage of many of these treasures
you can follow a 12-kilometer trail between Montigny-sur-Loing and Nemours
castles and fields will punctuate your enchanted stroll
More info here
A beautiful stopover in the midst of nature and tranquillity
More info here
Rightly considered one of the most beautiful and famous hikes in the Île de France region
the Circuit des 25 Moges is perhaps the most physically demanding of our selection
A training ground for mountaineers preparing for a mountain outing
this escapade also offers some of the finest panoramas in the Fontainebleau forest
If it’s peace and quiet you’re after
you’ll have to head for the Parc du Morbras in the small commune of Sucy-en-Brie
skirt small streams and enjoy peaceful panoramas
You’ll feel far removed from the hustle and bustle of Paris
there’s something for everyone to enjoy
More info here
you’ll be hard pressed to find anything greener and more bucolic than this hike through the heart of the Meudon forest
a real curiosity just 15 kilometers from Paris
More info here
the first 100% Parisian long-distance hiking trail was inaugurated
making it possible to enjoy a real stroll over 50 kilometers without leaving the capital
will take you through the capital’s 9 outlying arrondissements
crossing the path of the 7 existing GR trails within Paris itself
This 8.6-kilometer loop is the most peaceful way to discover this little haven of peace just 25 kilometers from Paris
Starting from the Valmondois train station
you’ll follow the path north-westwards
before crossing the river and returning to point A by another route
forests and small villages with a wide variety of colorful landscapes
and one in which you’ll appreciate the beauty of the flora present
This is one of the most flower-filled hikes in the Île-de-France region
More info here
Also read: GR 2024: the 50 km hiking trail that takes you right through Paris
Manon Merrien-Joly
il suffit de marcher 20 minutes au bord d'une départementale pour franchir les portes de Goussainville Vieux-Pays
À seulement 11 kilomètres de l'aéroport de Roissy
le hameau a été peu à peu déserté par ses habitants depuis les années 1970
passant ainsi de 1000 à 350 âmes
fuyant les allers-retours des 400 vols quotidiens.
la nature reprend ses droits sur les habitations abandonnées et recouvertes de graffitis
dire que le "château" d'Hermanville a perdu son éclat d'antan serait un euphémisme
tandis que l'église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul est en piteux état
mais reste classée et protégée
le hameau attire de nouveaux habitants
et il n'est pas désert : accueillant une école primaire ainsi qu'un festival de jazz
le bruit aurait sensiblement diminué grâce aux progrès techniques
Ceux qui y résident voient régulièrement affluer graffeurs
On vous laisse vous faire une idée (et peut-être même une balade)
Le "château" de Goussainville au début du XXe siècle
Laura
Modifier articleOKOn embarque dans l’ascenseur
le soleil étincelle sur une immense étendue de glace
et la vue sur Paris est littéralement à couper le souffle
premières glissades à quelques mètres du vide
on a presque l’impression de s’envoler…
c’est celle que nous offre l’Observatoire Panoramique de la tour Montparnasse
ce lieu magique accueille la plus haute patinoire de la capitale.
210 m2 de glace perchés à 210 mètres au-dessus du sol
cette patinoire hors du commun s’entoure aussi de nombreuses animations : bar à champagne
chaises-luges pour les tout petits… Froid devant
Du 10 février au 5 mars 2017Lundi - vendredi : 12h - 20hSamedi - dimanche : 10h - 20hObservatoire Panoramique de la tour Montparnasse33
avenue du Maine - 15eTarifs d’accès à l’Observatoire : 15€ (adulte) / 12€ (étudiant
7-15 ans) / Gratuit pour les moins de 7 ansPatins prêtés sur place
le combo artistique gagnant pour les 16-28 ans à La Seine Musicale
Cette rando au bord de la Seine vous entraîne dans les pas des Impressionnistes
Morgane Espagnet
© Augustin Detienne INMA Modifier articleOKBonne nouvelle : du 1er au 7 avril 2019
l’Institut National des Métiers d’Art et ses partenaires vous donnent rendez-vous pour la 13e édition des Journées Européennes des Métiers d’Art
L’occasion de découvrir la beauté du savoir-faire artisanal et la finesse du travail manuel
Pour cette nouvelle édition et dans toute la France
musées et grandes institutions du secteur se mobilisent pour vous faire découvrir les métiers d'art français et leurs savoir-faire d'exception
autour du thème "Métiers d'art
En Île-de-France, des passionnés vous attendent pour vous dévoiler leurs savoir-faire et transmettre leur passion à travers des portes ouvertes d'ateliers
ces femmes et hommes de passion incarneront ces savoir-faire qu'ils réinventent chaque jour pour faire des métiers d'art un secteur résolument moderne.MYDRIAZ ©Jérémy JosselinVous pourrez ainsi découvrir les secrets de la lutherie
du choix des bois à l'alchimie des vernis, participer à des démonstrations de création d'un vitrail contemporain en technique traditionnelle au plomb ou pour les plus curieux
ou assister à des démonstrations de cuisson raku. Une chose est sûre
Carla Thorel
© JosephoModifier articleOKDirectement inspirés du photomaton
les appareils Josepho le révolutionnent
Légers à transporter et faciles d’utilisation
nous nous en servons tant lors de réceptions entre amis qu'à l'occasion d’évènements professionnels
on se doit de vous parler de ces petits bijoux de technologie
Pourquoi Josepho ? En clin d’œil au patronyme d’Anatol Josepho
Les créateurs 2.0 de celui-ci se sont lancé comme challenge de pénétrer le marché de la borne photo qui
ultra design et à la pointe du digital
s’est imposée comme le must-have de l’évènement réussi
Disponible à la location en France et en Espagne (Paris
sa praticité en fait notre allié
Après un premier modèle pensé d'abord comme un objet fonctionnel
les fondateurs ont décidé de miser sur l'esthétique comme valeur ajoutée
Ce qui nous amène aujourd’hui à une borne personnalisable
stylée et à prise en main en un rien de temps… On la déplace tant qu’on veut
Une publication partagée par Josepho (@studiojosepho) le 21 Nov
Avec plus 3 411 évènements en 2018
on comprend qu’ils en collectionnent un paquet
qu’y a-t-il de plus agréable que d’immortaliser nos moments préférés en format original pour les poster dans la foulée (et en seulement quelques clics) sur tous nos réseaux sociaux
Une publication partagée par Josepho (@studiojosepho) le 10 Juil
Rachel Thomas
Nul besoin de voyager à l’autre bout du monde pour rencontrer des kangourous
au cœur de la belle forêt de Rambouillet
Il y a une quarantaine d’années
une dizaine de wallabies — une variété de kangourous miniatures particulièrement mignons — se sont échappés de la réserve zoologique du château de Sauvage
Ils ont rapidement trouvé refuge non loin de là
et on décidé de s’y installer définitivement
Aujourd’hui, les wallabies se sont reproduits et acclimatés à l’environnement de la forêt de Rambouillet où ils semblent bien se plaire
si bien qu’ils sont devenus sauvages et qu’ils sont un peu plus d’une centaine désormais à vivre dans un petit rayon de 3 kilomètres
Une publication partagée par OT Rambouillet Territoires (@tourisme_rt78) le 24 Juil
aiment tellement leur tranquillité actuelle qu’ils ne s’éloignent jamais des bois où ils vivent
puisqu’ils y trouvent toute leur nourriture
ils se sont parfaitement intégrés à l’écosystème
ne sont pas inscrits sur la liste des espèces chassables
ni classés dans les espèces nuisibles
ni classés dans les espèces protégées ou domestiques
L'équation parfaite pour vivre leur petite vie de wallabies en toute tranquillité
Si toi aussi tu veux voir un wallaby de tes propres yeux
rien ne sert d’essayer de les traquer : les croiser relève de la chance et du hasard
Il ne te reste plus qu’à te promener dans la forêt
et espèrer croiser un petit animal qui saute sur ses pattes arrières… sans essayer de l’approcher ni de lui faire peur
Agathe S
© RomoloTavani / iStockAmateurs de frissons
Le premier Manoir Halloween Festival de France débarque dans la Grande Halle de la Villette du 22 au 31 octobre 2021
l’été vient à peine de commencer et on vous parle déjà de Halloween
mais c’est parce que ce qui se prépare à l’air IN-CROYABLE et que la billetterie est d'ores et déjà ouverte
Etes-vous prêt·e·s à vivre le Halloween le plus fou de votre vie
Au programme : 4 maisons hantées
plus de 200 acteur·rice·s professionnel·le·s
des animations aussi fun qu’effrayantes et
À propos de ce festival unique en France
a déclaré : « Avec le Manoir Halloween Festival
nous avons voulu créer un véritable parc d’attractions dédié à Halloween
en proposant une expérience inédite en France
Nous aimons créer constamment de nouveaux projets aux univers différents et avons hâte de divertir à nouveau le public avec un évènement inoubliable. »
réfléchissez à deux fois avant de prendre votre place
parce qu’une fois les portes passées
on oublie qu’on est dans un décor et autant vous dire que ça met la chair de poule
Émotions garanties dans ce lieu aussi réaliste et flippant que les films d’horreur à l’origine de vos pires cauchemars
Manoir Halloween FestivalDu 22 au 31 octobre 2021Grande Halle de la Villette – 19eRéserve ta place dès maintenant ici
© Shutterstock Modifier articleOKBonne nouvelle : la plus populaire des fêtes indiennes revient ce 31 mars au Jardin d’Acclimatation
Si la célèbre fête indienne avait eu lieu à la Villette l’année dernière
c’est au Jardin d’Acclimatation qu’elle s’organise cette année
danses et lâchers de couleurs rythmeront ce grand festival du printemps
De l’horloge florale du jardin jusqu’au Grand Miroir Vert
ce sera l’occasion de défiler dans le jardin et de participer à un lâcher de poudres colorées au rythme de musiques traditionnelles
Et bonus : vous pourrez également danser avec des comédiens pour le spectacle The Color of Time
La répétition (gratuite) aura lieu mercredi 27 mars à 18h au Jardin d’Acclimatation
Un événement qui s’annonce… grandiose
Happy Holi, la fête des couleurs Jardin d’Acclimatation Dimanche 31 mars de 10h à 19hPlus d’infos
Last Updated on 1st March 2023 by Sophie Nadeau
A sprawling mansion lies abandoned in the center of an unkempt field
You would never have guessed that you’re barely 20km from the outskirts of Paris
that is if you ignore the never-ending sounds of overhead planes
Goussainville is a ghost town that time forgot and that the council abandoned
Here’s how to visit Goussainville ghost town as well as travel tips to know before your trip
it’s worth mentioning that there is still a functioning town by the name of Goussainville
and it’s barely a kilometer away from the Goussainville I’m talking about today which is the Vieux-Pays (Old country literally meaning Old town)
This means that Goussainville each enough to reach Goussainville as a day trip from Paris
You simply need to get on the RER D at Gare du Nord
it’s around a fifteen minute walk to reach the abandoned part of town
A culmination of disaster and fed up residents led to the eventual abandonment of the Vieux-Village
Everything was going pretty swell in the lively village right up until the mid-20th Century
this was a lively town up until the construction of the nearby Charles de Gaulle airport in the 1970s
which would one day become the largest in France
ensured that the once peaceful village never got more than a minutes silence again
that they began to abandon the town by the dozen
The final nail in the coffin for Goussianville came in 1973 when a plane from a nearby airshow tragically crashed in the village
All eight on board and a further six on the ground perished
The airport was later forced to purchase over 100 of these houses and signed a contract
This agreement was obviously never enforced and the houses were left to rot…
the biggest draw of Goussainville has got to be the abandoned mansion that lies in a field of its own
A field that was presumably once a beautifully manicured garden!
There’s a reason that #urbex has rapidly become one of my favourite hashtags tags on Instagram and it’s that abandoned urban places are just so interesting
What really strikes me is how quickly a place can fall into disrepair after a mere few decades of disuse
The mansion of Goussainville is no exception
Names and initials are graffitied onto every available surface and it’s clear that the manor house has seen better days
the French Château was commissioned by Monsieur Théodore Frapart on the grounds of what had once been a previous castle
His heirs still own parts of the town and the abandoned manor house today
The actual reason that the houses in Goussainville still stand to this day is all because of the Goussainville church
the area surrounding the surprisingly large church is protected
This means that the houses surrounding it can neither be demolished nor altered in any dramatic way
This 14th Century church of St Paul and St Peter
despite a renovation project in 2010 that saw it being restored to its former glory
The graveyard is also tragically dilapidated and tombstones have cracked left
Perhaps the strangest quality of Goussainville is that a large portion of the Goussainville Vieux-Pays is still inhabited
Despite years of neglect in some parts of town; notably the church and mansion
other parts of the somewhat derelict village are absolutely thriving
The village is a juxtaposition of traditional values meeting modern culture and the result is a rather eerie mix of abandoned houses sitting side by side with manicured lawns
While some houses have been left to the elements
It makes for an interesting walk around a town that was once teeming with activity
Next to the abandoned Carrefour (supermarket) sits a still functioning ‘Gousainlivres‘; a second-hand bookstore that is open a lot of the time
the town may be protected but that doesn’t mean that the future is all too bright
Most of the previous residents of Goussainville Vieux-Pays have picked up their belongings and families and moved to the new town of Goussainville
A town which is notably not under the flight path of an international airport
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My family came from Goussainville and it’s so nice to see it
I’m deaf you see so no bother… live in history
the residents are mostly not holdovers but people that have bought the houses for next to nothing from the French government
the airport was forced to buy the town from the residents after the concord crash and eventually sold out back to the govt for something like 1 euro
The former residents essentially used the money to buy houses 3km down the road
they also called the new town Goussainville and it’s where you can take the train and walk from
If you buy a home in the town you’re obliged to repair and maintain the property
From google maps street view it looks like they’re running tourist buses to visit the town now and a lot has changed since I’d visited in 2013
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a suburban Parisian ghost town complete with its own ruined mansion house and still in operation bookshop
On the fringes of one of Europe’s largest population areas
you would never expect to find somewhere abandoned
A town most residents have left thanks to the expansion of the nearby Charles de Gaulle Airport (and the neverending noise of overhead planes)
the bookstore of Goussainlivres was opened in March 1997 with a vision to further expand more quirky and unique bookshops into nearby homes
The idea came from the beautiful book town of Wales, Hay-on-Wye, a once declining market town which has since been brought back to life by tourism and is well worthy of a visit on any Welsh adventure! Hay-on-Wye even hosts its own literary book fair.
which lies around 25 kilometres away from Paris
would be transformed into a French book village
The project was to be led by Mr. Philippe Ferry, a bookseller in the nearby town of Auvers-Sur-Oise (a French commune that’s worth visiting and is the final resting place of Vincent Van Gogh)
the project fell through and only one bookshop was ever opened
that which you see today. The name of ‘Goussainlivres’ itself is a play on words; while Goussainville is the name of the town
‘livres’ in French can simply be translated as ‘books’
Librairie Goussainlivres opening times | Tuesday
Saturday 11:00 Am – 17:00 PM (closed February & August)
Today, bookkeeper Nicolas takes care of well over 700 metres of shelving, filled with books ranging on topics from everything about life in Paris
Rare and unique tomes sit side by side on shelf upon shelf of any bibliophile’s dream destination
Books are arranged thematically into sections such as Literature
and there are books at many different price points
New works can also be ordered upon special request
Elsewhere in the city, there are plenty of things to see and do in Goussainville
While the town was largely abandoned following the expansion of Charles de Gaulle airport around forty years ago
residents have started to move back in trickle by trickle
the mansion house and main town church remain abandoned to this day
Château of Goussainville: Situated in its own green space
the French château at Goussainville must have been incredibly sumptuous during its heyday
Though it’s since lost its floor and much of its roof
the mansion house was first constructed for Monsieur Théodore Frapart in the 19th-century and was built on the site of a former castle
14th-century Church of Saint-Paul & Saint-Peter: The boarded-up church in the heart of the village underwent a massive renovation project in 2010
the ecclesiastical building remains closed to the public to this day
the crumbling graveyard is sadly dilapidated
Goussainville: It’s important to distinguish the city of Goussainville from that of Goussainvile-Vieux Pays
While the former town is a newly built settlement and is not under any flight path
it is the old town which really draws you in
then regular trains run to Goussainville (ReR D Gare de Goussainville)
it’s around a twenty-minute walk to the Vieux Village
Last Updated on 13th February 2022 by Sophie Nadeau
but derelict places have an incredible allure
And this is most certainly the case with the surprising amount of abandoned French towns and villages dotted around l’Hexagone…
Last weekend, I finally had the chance to visit Goussainville, a largely abandoned town on the fringes on Paris (if you follow me on Instagram
I just knew that I’d have to do some more research on abandoned towns in France
That’s when I stumbled upon the abandoned French villages where time stood still…
While some of the villages look like it’s been decades since they saw a person
others look like the residents have just popped out to work or to do some shopping
Of all the abandoned places in France, Goussainville is the most unlikely
Barely 20km from the centre of Paris sits the once thriving village of Goussainville
The town was largely abandoned after Charles de Gaulle airport was built nearby
Constant noise from overhead planes proved too infuriating for the villagers and
There are still residents in the region and even a few stores
One of these stores is a charming second-hand bookstore, which is called Goussainlivres. Walking in feels like stepping into the pages of a 1970s novel… Goussainville can easily be visited as a day trip from Paris
Abandoned French towns come in all sorts of shapes and sizes
The hamlet of Courbefy comprises of just several houses
Although Courbefy was once home to a fortified castle
Ruins of the 12th-century castle can still be seen today
jobs had dried up in the area and the remaining residents left
with the idea of turning it into a holiday village
following the company’s liquidation in the mid-2000s
Courbefy was finally purchased by a wealthy investor for just over half a million euro in 2012
The investor has the idea of turning the village into a retreat and restoring many of the dilapidated buildings. Watch this space…
the area is filled with Mediterranean beaches and quirky architecture
The department also happens to be home to Celles
an abandoned French town which lies on Lake Salagou
All of the buildings in the town apart from the church and town hall are in ruins
The town was forced purchased and subsequently abandoned by the French government in order to make way for a new dam in the area
The old village is now abandoned and falling down on the banks of Lac du Salagou
the village of Poil sits high in the mountains and was happily inhabited until the mid 18th-Century
A lack of prospects in the surrounding area led villagers to abandon the town in their droves
Le Poil had been home to around 300 residents
He started a project that saw the town being turned into a hiking/ holiday destination
‘The Friends of le Poil’ society are still around today
maintaining the properties under their care and holding annual events at the site of the once forgotten village which is also referred to as ‘le hameau du Poil’
Périllos is yet another French mountain village that was abandoned by time
Years of wars and poor crops led to the village finally being deserted by the 1970s
the village wasn’t entirely abandoned but instead transformed into a new community
The village merged with the nearby hamlet of Opoul
thus creating the super community of Opoul-Périllos
The new village is situated just under 5km from the previous Périllos
Of all the abandoned French towns on this list, Brovès may well be the most tragic. Brovès is a tragic example of a deserted village where the residents wished to remain but were driven out against their will. The village is situated in the French region of Provence and is entirely in ruin
Beautiful pictures and a very interesting list of places — I’ll be going to see a couple of these for myself on my next trip
I love to check out mysterious and abandoned places
I love towns like this and I love France so I am definitely saving this post
Really interesting list and I think it’s important to know about the history
Oradour-sur-Glane is also abandoned (ish) although I haven’t been
I feel so much pity for these abandoned places,it makes me hard to see it,ugh
Abandoned places have something mysterious and creepy like time stood still
I’d be terrified visiting them during night time 😉
Aha my hometown is not too far from Goussainville
The Old Guard is the latest original movie to hit Netflix. Starring Charlize Theron as an immortal superhero
the film takes her character to a number of international cities
The landscapes and architecture featured are beautiful
which has many fans wondering where The Old Guard was actually filmed
Netflix’s The Old Guard is based on Greg Rucka and illustrator Leandro Fernandez’s comic book of the same name
It is centered on a group of immortal soldiers who become the target of a medical corporation that plans to extract their powers for profit
The film starts out with Andromache of Scythia aka Andy (Charlize Theron) reuniting with her teammates — Sebastian le Livre aka Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts)
Yusuf Al-Kaysani aka Joe (Marwan Kenzari)
and Nicolo di Genova aka Nicky (Luca Marinelli)
Andy then heads to Afghanistan to recruit their newest immortal ally
where they use an old abandoned church as their hideout
The Old Guard takes its characters all over the world
But according to director Gina Prince-Bythewood
filming only took place in two countries — England and Morocco
“We had to create three countries within Morocco,” she told Radio Times
“The beauty of Morocco is the landscape is so different throughout that we were able to realistically create Afghanistan
The old church that was set in Goussainville was actually the All Saints Church in Shirburn
And the French pharmacy Andy visits was filmed in the town of Sandwich in Kent
Prince-Bythewood said she would have loved to take production to other countries
and we had scouted there and it was my first time there,” she said
which was shocking to me given how much we did have
In an interview with Motion Pictures
Prince-Bythewood said that she could have used outdoor sets to mimic a lot of the places depicted in The Old Guard
she decided to use the landscapes she had available to make it look more organic
we used so many natural locations as opposed to building them,” she said
“There’s just something to being in a real space
the feel of it — Finding that beauty in every area that we shot was essential.”
It’s safe to say that Prince-Bythewood’s approach worked
It was almost impossible to tell that the film was shot anywhere other than where its story took place
it will be interesting to see which international cities fans will see next
The Old Guard is currently streaming on Netflix.