The Quai de Valmy is located in the 10th arrondissement of Paris and runs along the Canal Saint-Martin, an ideal place for tourist walks.
The Quai de Valmy is located in the 10th arrondissement of Paris and runs along the Canal Saint-Martin, an ideal place for tourist walks.
With a length of 1720 m, the Quai de Valmy was created in 1824. Previously, it was more than 3 km long and started from the boulevard Beaumarchais to the place de la Bastille.
Paying tribute to the Battle of Valmy, this quay was named in 1830. It was targeted twice by the German air force during the First World War.
Today, the Quai de Valmy is an important tourist attraction. Its limits go from 27 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple to 230 rue La Fayette.
It runs along the Canal Saint-Martin in its open air part. There are many bridges and locks allowing pedestrians to cross from one bank to the other.
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…
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