Ask HN: What is a cool thing to do in Paris?

[rishiloyola]

Hello,

I just moved to Paris. I am having a hard time over here because I don't have any friends and family over here. I would like to ask the HN community about what is a cool thing to do in Paris? What do you do usually on weekends in Paris? Is there any techie group, club or museum?

Of course, I can google the same question or find events on meetup.com but I want to hear it from HN community.

NOTE: Definition of a "cool" word changes from person to person. You can interpret it in anyways :-)

[johncoltrane]

There are dozens and dozens of museums in and around paris: le musée du Louvres, Le musée d'Orsay, le Centre Pompidou, le musée du Judaïsme, le musée Picasso, le musée Cluny, le musée d'Archéologie Nationale, etc. There are more than a hundred in Paris and probably as many in the rest of Île-de-France, not including all the monuments and "interesting" locations like famous artist' homes and so on… so that's easily enough for two years worth of culturally-oriented week-ends.

If you have a bicycle, you can ride along the canal de L'Ourcq or the canal St Denis, in the North-East or maybe take the Coulée Verte in the South-West. Many parts of the banks of the Seine are really nice for bicycle rides, mostly outside of Paris and mostly under-advertised.

If you want some fresh air, the amazing (IMO) Forêt de Fontainebleau is about 20 minutes of RER away. There's also the Forêt de Rambouillet… and plenty of others.

Summer is festival season: the La Défense Jazz Festival, the Paris Jazz Festival in the very nice Parc Floral, Solidays, We Love Green, Villette Sonique, Rock-enSeine, etc…

Tech-wise, there's BestOfWeb on the 6-7 June and of course lots of meetups. You will have to reach out to your particular communities to find out the times and locations or google it.

[dtagames]

The music museum is amazing and worth a visit. They have hundreds of vintage instruments and interactive displays, all of which you listen to on Audio-Tecnica headphones in a self-guided tour.

[omeid2]

Jump off Eiffel tower with a jetpack. That would be cool.

[cjbenedikt → omeid2]

Utterly stupid

[omeid2 → cjbenedikt]

Well, the question was never about smart things ;)