Urban forests, beautiful benches, bike paths: the city on the Seine is preparing for the 2024 Olympic Games. Tourists are already benefiting from this.
That Paris will always be Paris la plus belle ville du monde, the most beautiful city in the world, that’s what Maurice Chevalier sang with defiant optimism in 1939. And anyone who walks through the historic center of the city these days also has the impression that at least here everything is the same as ever. In the Rue du Temple, for example, which turns off the Rue de Rivoli at the town hall. In view of its well-groomed appearance, one also thinks that it is one of the oldest streets in the city: Typical Parisian street benches with their dark green painted seats stand around, a cast-iron fountain provides drinking water or spray, old and newly planted trees provide pleasant shade. An Art Deco candelabra adorns the Metro entrance.