City guideParis · Sat 7 – Sun 8 November
Paris this weekend: the Paris Masters final and Louvre Photo
The Rolex Paris Masters final, Louvre Photo, a suspended sea at the Conciergerie, Agnès Rosenstiehl at the BnF, the PhotoSaintGermain festival, the Zombie Walk and All'Antico Vinaio in Montmartre.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 7 November
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
7 November
Sat 13:00Free
Parade · Place de la Bastille
The Zombie Walk from Bastille to Nation
The Paris Zombie Walk, held in the city since the late 2000s, brings crowds in zombie make-up onto the streets for a slow parade. This year it leaves the Place de la Bastille and heads east to the Place de la Nation.
Walkers gather at Bastille from 13:00 and set off at 15:00. It is free. There is no make-up stand this year, so come ready; weapons, even fake ones, are banned.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat 12:00, Sun 12:30 and 15:00
Tennis · Paris La Défense Arena
The Rolex Paris Masters final at Paris La Défense Arena
The Rolex Paris Masters, the last Masters 1000 tournament of the men’s tennis season, ends this weekend in its second year at the indoor arena in Nanterre, after decades at Bercy. Saturday has the singles semi-finals, Sunday the doubles and singles finals.
On Sunday the doubles final starts at 12:30 and the singles final at 15:00. Buy tickets only on the official site; metro line 1 or RER A to La Défense.
Sat and Sun, 9:00–18:00€22, €32 outside the EEA
Exhibition · Louvre
Louvre Photo, an exhibition of photography at the Louvre
Louvre Photo gathers more than 300 photographs of the museum, from the first daguerreotypes to digital images: its works, rooms and courtyards, its visitors and staff, seen by photographers from the pioneers to Robert Polidori. It opened on Wednesday on the Mezzanine Napoléon.
It is included in the museum ticket, free under 18. Open 9:00 to 18:00 both days; booking a time slot online is recommended.
Sat and Sun, 9:30–18:00€13, free under 18
Exhibition · Conciergerie
La Naissance des vagues, an installation at the Conciergerie
La Naissance des vagues, by the artist Émilie Faïf and the architect Nicolas André, hangs a sea the size of a landscape from the medieval vaults of the Conciergerie, moved by a multitude of threads and counterweights like a giant mobile. It opened on Wednesday.
Open 9:30 to 18:00 both days, last entry 17:30. Entry is free for EU residents under 26 too.
Sat 10:00–19:00, Sun 13:00–19:00Free
Exhibition · BnF François-Mitterrand
Agnès Rosenstiehl, creator of Mimi Cracra, at the BnF
Agnès Rosenstiehl drew Mimi Cracra, the little girl of Pomme d’Api magazine, from 1976. This exhibition covers sixty years of her work, from her first children’s books in 1966 to her documentary books and L’Alphabet fou, after she gave the BnF more than 700 originals.
It is in the Galerie des donateurs, Saturday 10:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 13:00 to 19:00. Use the east entrance, the only one open.
Sat and Sun, hours vary by venueFree
Festival · Saint-Germain-des-Prés
PhotoSaintGermain, a free photography festival on the Left Bank
PhotoSaintGermain, in its 15th edition, turns more than thirty museums, galleries, schools and bookshops of the Left Bank into a free photography trail. It includes photographs by the film director Park Chan-wook at Galerie VU’ and Guillaume Herbaut’s pictures of Ukraine at the Académie des beaux-arts.
Hours vary by venue and many galleries close on Sunday, so Saturday is the better day. The map is on photosaintgermain.com.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–22:00
Restaurant · Montmartre
All'Antico Vinaio, a Florentine sandwich shop in Montmartre
All’Antico Vinaio, the Florence sandwich shop founded by the Mazzanti family in 1991, opened its largest restaurant in the world on 8 October at 2 rue Lepic, near the Moulin Rouge: 500 m² over four floors of schiacciata such as the Favolosa and the Paradiso.
Open every day from 10:00 to 22:00, with vegetarian and vegan fillings. Its first Paris shop, near Notre-Dame, is much smaller.
Saturday
Sat 13:00
The Zombie Walk from Bastille to Nation
The Paris Zombie Walk, held in the city since the late 2000s, brings crowds in zombie make-up onto the streets for a slow parade. This year it leaves the Place de la Bastille and heads east to the Place de la Nation.
Walkers gather at Bastille from 13:00 and set off at 15:00. It is free. There is no make-up stand this year, so come ready; weapons, even fake ones, are banned.
All weekend
Sat 12:00, Sun 12:30 and 15:00
The Rolex Paris Masters final at Paris La Défense Arena
The Rolex Paris Masters, the last Masters 1000 tournament of the men’s tennis season, ends this weekend in its second year at the indoor arena in Nanterre, after decades at Bercy. Saturday has the singles semi-finals, Sunday the doubles and singles finals.
On Sunday the doubles final starts at 12:30 and the singles final at 15:00. Buy tickets only on the official site; metro line 1 or RER A to La Défense.
Plenitude Arena Sat and Sun, 9:00–18:00
Louvre Photo, an exhibition of photography at the Louvre
Louvre Photo gathers more than 300 photographs of the museum, from the first daguerreotypes to digital images: its works, rooms and courtyards, its visitors and staff, seen by photographers from the pioneers to Robert Polidori. It opened on Wednesday on the Mezzanine Napoléon.
It is included in the museum ticket, free under 18. Open 9:00 to 18:00 both days; booking a time slot online is recommended.
Louvre Museum Sat and Sun, 9:30–18:00
La Naissance des vagues, an installation at the Conciergerie
La Naissance des vagues, by the artist Émilie Faïf and the architect Nicolas André, hangs a sea the size of a landscape from the medieval vaults of the Conciergerie, moved by a multitude of threads and counterweights like a giant mobile. It opened on Wednesday.
Open 9:30 to 18:00 both days, last entry 17:30. Entry is free for EU residents under 26 too.
Conciergerie Sat 10:00–19:00, Sun 13:00–19:00
Agnès Rosenstiehl, creator of Mimi Cracra, at the BnF
Agnès Rosenstiehl drew Mimi Cracra, the little girl of Pomme d’Api magazine, from 1976. This exhibition covers sixty years of her work, from her first children’s books in 1966 to her documentary books and L’Alphabet fou, after she gave the BnF more than 700 originals.
It is in the Galerie des donateurs, Saturday 10:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 13:00 to 19:00. Use the east entrance, the only one open.
Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand Sat and Sun, hours vary by venue
PhotoSaintGermain, a free photography festival on the Left Bank
PhotoSaintGermain, in its 15th edition, turns more than thirty museums, galleries, schools and bookshops of the Left Bank into a free photography trail. It includes photographs by the film director Park Chan-wook at Galerie VU’ and Guillaume Herbaut’s pictures of Ukraine at the Académie des beaux-arts.
Hours vary by venue and many galleries close on Sunday, so Saturday is the better day. The map is on photosaintgermain.com.
Sat and Sun, 10:00–22:00
All'Antico Vinaio, a Florentine sandwich shop in Montmartre
All’Antico Vinaio, the Florence sandwich shop founded by the Mazzanti family in 1991, opened its largest restaurant in the world on 8 October at 2 rue Lepic, near the Moulin Rouge: 500 m² over four floors of schiacciata such as the Favolosa and the Paradiso.
Open every day from 10:00 to 22:00, with vegetarian and vegan fillings. Its first Paris shop, near Notre-Dame, is much smaller.
All'Antico Vinaio