The largest performing arts center on the European continent, the Barbican Center hosts concerts, theatrical performances, film screenings and exhibitions.
The largest performing arts center on the European continent, the Barbican Center hosts concerts, theatrical performances, film screenings and exhibitions.
Inaugurated in 1982 by Queen Elizabeth II, the Barbican Center is a major center of cultural activity in the British capital. Having until May 2001 hosted the Royal Shakespeare Company, listed Grade II, the Barbican Center cost 161 million pounds, obtained mainly thanks to a donation from the City of London. You can also find three restaurants, a library and even an authentic tropical greenhouse.
The café of Amélie, the mansion of Untouchables, the jazz club of the finale of La La Land, the Hôtel du Nord of the mythical replica of Arletty “Atmosphere”, the cinema of A bout de souffle, the restaurant of Ratatouille, the quays of the Seine of Midnight in Paris, the secret places of the Da Vinci Code, the grocery store of January in La Traversée de Paris , the Bridge of Inception and Peur sur la ville, the addresses of the spectacular scenes of Mission Impossible 6, but also series Call my agent, Gears, Le Bureau des légendes, Sense8, Sex and The City, Gossip Girl…
Etienne Daho’s Café de Flore, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s hotel in Nas in Paris, Serge Gainsbourg’s Poinçonneur des Lilas metro station, Serge Reggiani and Marc Lavoine’s Mirabeau Bridge, Mc Solaar’s Lyon station…
The places evoked in the comics Adèle Blanc-Sec, Largo Winch, Blake and Mortimer, Michel Vaillant…
But also in the novels of Ernest Hemingway, Victor Hugo, Leo Malet, Daniel Pennac, Marc Levy, Guillaume Musso… you’ll find all the must-see places of Parisian Pop Culture in this new guide.
