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Brentano's Paris
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Brentano's – Beautiful stationery

In this shop you can find postcards for any type of event, time of the year, or type of person, from the most artistic and stylish to naif types.

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Art & culture
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Shopping

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Longares Barrio

Brasserie Hector Paris
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Brasserie Hector – Fine French food

"Brasserie Hector" is a great place in Paris to have nice lunch on a weekday. Their prices are not that cheap, but for the quality you get it's worth it!

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Restaurants

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Le Merle Moqueur bookshop Paris
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Le Merle Moqueur bookshop – Artsy bookshop

The bookshop is in an old car repair shop, which its owner transformed into a welcoming and open space where book presentations and talks take place.

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Art & culture
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Shopping

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Constan

Longares Barrio

M&M Barber's Paris
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M&M Barber's – Experienced barber shop

This little shop is stylish, friendly and provides hair and beard care for men, including waxing, facial treatments and relaxing steam baths for your face.

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Relaxing
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Shopping

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Constan

Longares Barrio

Bar Josephine Paris
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Bar Josephine – A luxurious place to be

Hotel Lutetia is a luxurious place that saw all the "crazy years" of glamour pass by and hosted artists such as Ernest Hemingway during his time in Paris.

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Bars

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Constan

Longares Barrio

Cafe Joyeux Paris
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Cafe Joyeux – Inclusivity and good coffee

Cafe Joyeux employs people with disabilities as their main staff and offers them regular working conditions and salaries. And the coffee is great as well!

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Coffee & tea
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Snacks

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Constan

Longares Barrio

La Dimension Fantastique Paris
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La Dimension Fantastique – Fantastic bookshop!!!

They hosts events, presentations and discussions about new publications, new releases and young artists; and even sell original comic art by local artists.

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Shopping

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Constan

Longares Barrio

Airplane parts Paris
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Airplane parts – Industrial decoration

When you get in the shop, which does not look very special from the outside, all the items appear strange, and as brought back from a movie or something like that.

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Shopping

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Constan

Longares Barrio

Abbey bookshop Paris
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Abbey bookshop – Canadian Bookshop

Although offering a wide variety of Canadian books, its main attraction is an eclectic collection of over 35,000 titles in English ranging from scholarly to popular literature.

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Shopping

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Longares Barrio

Chess shop "Variantes" Paris
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Chess shop "Variantes" – Queens Gambit Heaven

They have playing boards of all sizes and materials. Professional ones, amateur ones, wooden, plastic, glass, metallic...

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Shopping

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Constan

Longares Barrio

Bambini Paris
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Bambini – La grande bellezza

The restaurant in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris changes a lot; nowadays it's called "Bambini" and it has a wonderful terrace with views of the Eiffel Tower.

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Bars
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Longares Barrio

Kiosk Le Stube Paris
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Kiosk Le Stube – German food in the heart of Paris

"Kiosk Le Stube" in Paris offers all the typical German delicacies you might imagine! I go there because I love their pastries and cantina food...

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