Atelier Lavit designed a cozy treehouse as part of the resort Les Cabanes des Grands Chênes in France. The hotel room is built 35 feet above ground, surrounding an 100 year old oak tree. The only access to the 24-square-foot cabin is via a suspe…
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Paris is flooding and rats are taking cover
After record rainfall, the Seine river’s water level hit around 16 feet and is expected to reach up to 19.5 feet, making it the worst flooding in the city since 2016.
Transportation near the Seine has shut down and rodents are coming to the sur…
The Seine is overflowing, but these archival photos of 1910 Paris show this has happened before
The Seine is flooding in Paris, but it’s not the first time.
On Tuesday, the Seine’s water level was sitting at 16 feet — the current flood emergency level is “orange,” the highest warning below “red.” But in 1910, Parisians had to hop aboard rowboats, make deliveries through windows, and construct makeshift pathways through the City of Lights when the Seine rose to 28 feet, causing what’s known as the Great Flood of Paris.
Italian weekly newspaper La Domenica del Corriere published an illustration of the floods on its front cover on Jan. 30, 1910. It’s a wildly over-the-top but undeniably effective representation of the city’s situation: Citizens tumbling out of trains into row boats, using wood for pathways and being carried above the water level. Sure, it’s artistic license in action, but it gets the point across. Read more…
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View More The Seine is overflowing, but these archival photos of 1910 Paris show this has happened beforeDramatic photos of flooded Paris as the Seine overflows
In Paris, the Seine is flooding.
After heavy rains, the river’s water level hit around 16 feet on Tuesday, a city official told The Washington Post. It could reach 19.5 feet by the end of the week. On a normal day, it’s about 6.5 feet. River cr…
New AWS Paris region makes it easier for customers to follow France’s data privacy rules
Amazon Web Services launched a new region in Paris today to serve customers in the European Union. This is AWS’ fourth region in the EU after Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom. One advantage of the Paris region is that it makes it easier for tech companies in France to comply with its data privacy regulations. Read More
View More New AWS Paris region makes it easier for customers to follow France’s data privacy rulesMaster chef sculpts impossibly realistic pastries that look just like fresh fruit
Cédric Grolet is a world-renowned pastry chef who’s changing up the dessert game in Paris with his incredible food sculptures. Read more…More about Instagram, Mashable Video, Paris, Dessert, and Sculpture
View More Master chef sculpts impossibly realistic pastries that look just like fresh fruitParis asks Airbnb to delist 1,000 apartments
The city of Paris’ officials told the AFP that they have asked Airbnb and competing platforms to comply with new regulation. The Mayor’s Office has flagged around 1,000 apartments that are not registered with the city. Since December 1st, you have to register your apartment with the city if you want to list it on an online renting platform. This way, city officials can more… Read More
View More Paris asks Airbnb to delist 1,000 apartmentsGet cheeky at Paris’ first naked restaurant, where diners eat escargot in the buff
Why someone would want to risk dropping hot soup in their lap without a pants barrier is beyond me, but yet, the world continues to enjoy nude dining.
Naked restaurants, where folks are invited to dine in the buff, have been popping up in major cities around the world — and Paris is the latest.
Following big openings (sorry) in London and Tokyo in 2016, Paris has welcomed the arrival of O’naturel, the city’s first naturist restaurant, reports Le Parisien.
Located in a small, unassuming street in the 12th arrondissement, sporting heavy blackout curtains, the 40-seat restaurant encourages longtime nudists and newbie nudies alike to leave their belongings in the cloakroom and dine in “complete freedom.” Read more…
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View More Get cheeky at Paris’ first naked restaurant, where diners eat escargot in the buffBattery Ventures leads $75M Series D in travel activities platform GetYourGuide
Right after Berlin-based travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide announced its $50 million Series C, one of Europe’s biggest tourist draws, the city of Paris, was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. The awful events in Paris were clearly not good news for a tourism-dependent business. Read More
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