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EXPERIENCE Paris: Beyond the Centre

13 luminaries of the creative arts A stretch of pleasant
since the beginning of the
tree-lined quays along
Canal St-Martin 19th century. The composers the Canal St-Martin
Hector Berlioz and Jacques
q Jaurès, J Bon sergent, Offenbach (who wrote the
Goncourt
renowned cancan tune),
A walk along the quays of the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky
Canal St-Martin gives a glimpse and the film director François EAT
of how this working-class area Truffaut are just a few of the
of the city looked at the end notable people to have been
of the 19th century. The 5-km buried here over the years. Here are the four best
(3-mile) canal was opened in There is also a Montmartre coffee shops along
1825 to provide a shortcut for cemetery, the St-Vincent, near the canal.
river traffic on the Seine. A few square Roland-Dorgelès, Ten Belles Coffee Bar
brick-and-iron factories and where you can find the grave ⌂ 10 rue de la Grange
ware houses survive from this of celebrated Dax-born painter aux Belles 75010
time, as well as the legendary Maurice Utrillo. ∑ tenbelles.com
Hôtel du Nord, made famous
by Marcel Carné. Around it are ¡¡¡
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offshoot, offers a pleasant com
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Montmartre ¡¡¡
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This cemetery is the third The tomb of Vaslav
largest in Paris, and has been Nijinsky in the Cimetière
the resting place for many de Montmartre
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