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Walibi: The Technology Behind Thrill Roller Coasters
The Walibi park in Belgium has been renowned for its roller coasters for 50 years. Each year, it welcomes 1.7 million visitors in search of thrills and adrenaline. This unique expertise has been successfully exported across Europe, particularly to France.
How were the roller coasters of the kanga...
Christmas: the Magic of Decoration
Portraits of French people passionate about Christmas decorations.
From a young woman taking part in a house-lighting competition, to the largest Christmas village in France, via the designers of major department-store window displays and the vendors at the Strasbourg Christmas market…
French in Istanbul
From the shores of the Bosphorus Strait to the Grand Bazaar, and through the lively streets of its trendy neighborhoods, Istanbul never sleeps. With one foot in Europe and the other in Asia, Turkey’s cultural capital is the only city in the world spanning two continents. This sprawling metropolis in...
Happiness Is in Camping
Taking a holiday in the great outdoors is a deeply rooted tradition in France. There are 8,000 campsites across the country. Their revenue has tripled since 2000, and their offerings have diversified. Increasingly large complexes now provide full resort-style services, with activities and entertainm...
Holidays with Large Families
With five or six children, daily life in a large family is always full of resourcefulness, organization, and surprises. So when it comes to going on holiday with such a tribe, things get even more complicated. Military-style planning, tight budgets, fatigue, and tensions… every trip becomes an adven...
The Fight of the Indomitable
Threats of bankruptcy, forced demolition, the disappearance of public services, the liquidation of small businesses or heritage landmarks… Sometimes life seems to play tricks on us, and certain battles appear lost from the start… David versus Goliath… except for a handful of indomitable people who h...
The Second Life of Factories
The gradual deindustrialization of our cities has left behind strange scars: warehouses, factories, mills, and abandoned sites. These remnants reveal the story of a bygone industrial past. There are nearly 4,000 industrial wastelands in France, covering over 100,000 hectares. Rich with small or gran...
