On a gray Paris morning, the zinc countertop of a corner café gleams under the neon light. A man in a wool coat orders u...

On a rainy morning in Paris, a billboard above the Métro announces a new campaign: “Upgrade ton style.” The ad is in Fre...

In a world where headlines are dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches and China’s lunar probes, France might seem like...

Walk through any contemporary design fair from Milan to Miami and you’ll spot echoes of Bauhaus geometry, Scandinavian m...

When the fire tore through Notre-Dame Cathedral in April 2019, France was left staring at more than the ruins of a Gothi...

For decades, Brutalism was the architecture everyone loved to hate. Its raw concrete towers and geometric slabs — once s...

Paris has long been synonymous with literary life. In the 20th century, cafés like Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore wer...

In the 19th century, French poet Charles Baudelaire described the flâneur as a detached observer of city life — someone ...

The margins of French literature are often as revealing as the printed text itself. Beyond the polished novels and monum...

In the sun-drenched hills and vineyards of southern France, the echoes of medieval troubadours still resonate, carried o...

If you’ve ever driven in France, you’ve likely found yourself in what feels like an endless carousel of roundabouts. One...

If you stroll through Paris today, you might hear someone say they’re going to le week-end, that their meeting is booké,...

In France, fashion is a living reflection of the seasons — and nowhere is this more visible than in the quiet transforma...

Every summer, as French beaches fill with striped umbrellas and the scent of sunscreen, one accessory is as essential as...

While Americans are easing out of summer with Labor Day barbecues and back-to-school sales, the French are diving headfi...

Welcome to France in August: the land of rosé, closed shutters, and automated email replies that say, “Je suis en congés...

Every summer in France, a quiet but passionate rivalry plays out—not on the soccer field or in the political arena, but ...

France may be famous for its literary giants—Balzac, Proust, Camus—but the country’s current literary scene is vibrant, ...

In a summer of heatwaves and crowded tourist spots, more travelers are swapping selfie sticks for sketchbooks. Across Fr...

When you think of Bastille Day in France, you might picture fireworks exploding over the Eiffel Tower, solemn military p...

When summer hits its stride in France, the streets stay bright long into the evening, and the rhythm of life slows down....