Each November, France raises a glass to one of its most joyful traditions — the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, the young...

In a world obsessed with speed, productivity, and constant motion, the French remain proudly devoted to something more e...

When the sky turns grey and umbrellas bloom along the boulevards, the city takes on its most cinematic mood. The sound o...

When you flick through the catalogue on France Channel — full of French films and series, rich with culture, atmosphere,...

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...

In a dimly lit Paris wine bar, the sommelier pours a cloudy glass of Gamay that smells faintly of cherries and something...

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...

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

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

In the marshlands of southern France, where the Rhône River meets the Mediterranean, lives one of Europe’s most iconic a...

If wine can taste of its soil, why not butter? In France, butter isn’t just a spread — it’s a matter of pride, regional ...

In an age of instant messages and disappearing photos, the humble postcard might seem like a relic. Yet, in France, post...

Notre-Dame de Paris is known for its flying buttresses and stained-glass windows, but its bells are equally storied. Sus...

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

Over the past two decades, Paris — and much of France — has seen the rise of a culinary movement that bridges haute cuis...

When people imagine France, they often picture Parisian cafés or lavender fields in Provence — not coal mines and slag h...

Buying a French wine can feel less like shopping and more like deciphering a medieval manuscript. Where a Californian bo...

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

In France, the neighborhood bakery—la boulangerie—is far more than a place to buy bread. It is a social institution, a d...