The Paralympics are about to kick off a second round of jaw-dropping sport in Paris, and thank goodness – we’ve been at a loss since the Olympics games came to a close a couple of weeks ago, but it’s now only a matter of days before we can glue ourselves to screens again.
But if you’re lucky enough to be in Paris for the Paralympics, there are a few places we’d recommend heading to really soak up some sporting atmosphere: the fan zones. Across the capital, the City of Paris has put up screens and seating so that as many people as possible can tune in to the action, so here are all the official locations you need to know about.
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Public viewing spots for the Paralympics in Paris
Throughout this incredible summer of sport in the French capital, the City of Paris has set up fan zones all over the place for fans to enjoy both the Olympics and now the Paralympics.
The Parc des Champions in Trocadero Gardens will not return for this second instalment of Summer Games, but much of the other fan zones will remain the same for the Paralympics. According to Paris Je T’aime, the most important of these fan zones are at Parc de la Villette and l'Hôtel de Ville, but there’s a full list of all the places which will have giant screens, entertainment, food stalls, playgrounds and awareness-raising areas below:
- Parc Rives de Seine and Quartier Jeunes (1st arrondissement)
- Fabrique de la Solidarité (2nd arrondissement)
- Académie du Climat (4th arrondissement)
- Arènes de Lutèce (5th arrondissement)
- Place Saint-Sulpice (6th arrondissement)
- Parc Monceau (8th arrondissement)
- Mairie (9th arrondissement)
- Canal St-Martin and the Grange aux Belles district (10th arrondissement)
- Allée Vivaldi (12th arrondissement)
- Parc de Choisy (13th arrondissement)
- Centre sportif Elisabeth (14th arrondissement)
- Parc Sainte-Périne (16th arrondissement)
- Parc Clichy Batignolles Martin Luther-King (17th arrondissement)
- Jardins d’Éole and the Square Léon Serpollet (18th arrondissement)
- Place Stalingrad, the Bassin de la Villette (19th arrondissement)
- Complexe sportif Louis Lumière (20th arrondissement)
And here are all the best things to do in the French capital, Paralympics or no Paralympics.
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