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Paris secrets

Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

Meet the man with the floating Paris bookshop

March 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Oliver Gee

Meet Cyrille Bruneau, the man who runs the Paris bookshop barge in the 19th arrondissement.

Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

Guide to the 19th arrondissement of Paris: City life by the water

March 14, 2022December 13, 2022 Oliver Gee

Here’s The Earful Tower’s guide to the 19th arrondissement of Paris, a huge residential neighbourhood where we focused our visit on the picturesque canal and what’s happening around it… and even on top of it!

Entertainment / Food and drink / Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

How singing with Edith Piaf can transport you to ‘The Old Belleville’

March 11, 2022May 16, 2022 Oliver Gee

Here’s a closer look at the singalong restaurant in Belleville (with loads of photos!).

Entertainment / Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

Six places to find Edith Piaf in Belleville

March 8, 2022May 16, 2022 Oliver Gee

Here are six places to find Edith Piaf in the Paris district of Belleville.

Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

Guide to the 20th arrondissement of Paris: Where Bohemia meets the world

March 7, 2022December 13, 2022 Oliver Gee

… where our visit had a strong focus on the legendary French singer Edith Piaf, who was born and buried in this neighbourhood.

Entertainment / Food and drink / Paris Countdown / Paris secrets

How to spend 24 hours in EVERY Paris arrondissement

March 4, 2022September 16, 2022 Oliver Gee

How to spend 24 hours in EVERY Paris arrondissement. The Earful Tower shares podcasts, YouTube videos, and guides to Paris.

Entertainment / Paris secrets

Remember the abandoned WWII movie set in Montmartre? The film is finally here!

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Oliver Gee

Watch the trailer for “Adieu Monsieur Haffman” and look at some of my pics from the set.

Paris secrets

Paris Bucket List 2022: 50 things to do in Paris

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Oliver Gee

Looking for something to do in Paris? Here’s the 2022 edition of the Earful Tower’s bucket list. Let’s start with …

Food and drink / Paris secrets

How to find ten more VERY hidden bars in Paris

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Oliver Gee

Here are the best hidden bars in Paris, many of them are brand new. Don’t tell anyone about these speakeasies!

Paris secrets

The best street to walk in every Paris arrondissement

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Oliver Gee

Here are the 20 best streets in Paris, one for every arrondissement – according to tour guide April Pett.

Paris secrets

Sneaking into the Paris catacombs

October 25, 2021October 29, 2021 Oliver Gee

This week, I take you into the illegal part of the Paris catacombs…. Do you dare to join me?

Paris secrets

The five covered passages you MUST SEE in Paris

October 7, 2021May 11, 2022 Oliver Gee

Now that the weather is getting a little cooler (and a lot rainier!), it’s the perfect time for indoor exploring. But when you’ve had your fill of museums, why not take a stroll down some of the city’s incredible covered passages, as contributor Katie Garner discovers.

Entertainment / Paris secrets

Fishing in the Seine River (with baguettes as bait)

October 4, 2021March 8, 2022 Oliver Gee

What lurks in the Seine River of Paris? I met a fisherman to find out.

Paris secrets

How to visit rue Cler: the most charming street in Paris

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 Oliver Gee

Rue Cler: Beautiful photos and my tips for what to find there.

Paris secrets

The Paris ‘ghost town’ – and what I found there

August 2, 2021August 6, 2021 Oliver Gee

Have you heard of Goussainville? It’s an abandoned village right next to the Charles de Gaulle airport and it has …

Paris secrets

A look inside a very old Paris pharmacy (before it disappears)

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Oliver Gee

This week I checked out a 1900 pharmacy on avenue de la Bourdonnais and chatted with the owner.

Paris secrets

Ten unusual graves at the Paris pet cemetery

April 19, 2021April 22, 2021 Oliver Gee

A look inside Paris Pet Cemetery, and ten pictures from the unusual graves I found there.

Paris secrets

How I was wrong about the 16th arrondissement of Paris

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Oliver Gee

New podcast episode: A deeper dive into the residential – yet wonderful – 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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Meet Oliver Gee

Hello! I’m Oliver Gee, the guy behind The Earful Tower – a channel about Paris and France. It all started as a podcast in 2016, now it’s one of the top travel shows in the world.

I wrote Paris On Air, Kylie the Crocodile, Roger the Liger and Grace the Giraffe.

Welcome to my website.

The Earful Tower’s PDF Guide To Paris

Here’s The Earful Tower’s 2023 PDF guide to Paris. All the tips you need for a visit to the City of Light. Buy it now for €19.99 and you’ll get it automatically in an email.

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Some historical facts you maybe missed in Grace the Giraffe in Paris ;) No pain, no gain. Here’s how you should explore Paris on your third trip. What did we miss? Here we go! Third trip to Paris! These are ten things I recommend you set up for a great visit. The first two visits were all about the famous monuments and neighborhoods, now we’re really starting to dig beneath the surface. How many have you done? (Swipe for visit one and two) Turned a corner on a cloudy morning and saw the Notre Dame was lit up by a rogue ray of sunshine. If that’s not a metaphor for something then I don’t know what a metaphor is. So I've just binge-watched Emily in Paris (season three). Now what? What did you guys think? (Did I ever say I saw them filming a scene in Montmartre!)

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