Platform · Stories
Stories from France, together
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Mornings, weekends and journeys told through the places and the people you meet there — each story ends with something to join.
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Lyon · 6 min readA Morning in LyonFrom the Croix-Rousse market to the Rhône quays, one morning shared with strangers who stop being strangers.
Marseille · 8 min read48 Hours in MarseilleLe Panier stairs, a calanque walk with a group, and dinner in Cours Julien with the people from the trail.
Avignon · 7 min readPeople of ProvenceA composite portrait of the hosts, growers and festival volunteers who keep Provence social — drawn from the kinds of people who host on the platform.
Paris · 5 min readSunday Along the SeineBook stalls, bridges and a picnic that grows from four people to fourteen.
Nantes · 6 min readMeet the People Behind a CercleA composite portrait of how a Thursday supper club works: the facilitator, the regulars, the newcomer and the rota.
Lille · 7 min readHow a Community StartsFrom a repair afternoon in a library to an association with a workshop and forty volunteers — the path, step by step.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 8 min readA Journey Through the AlpsSix strangers, a train to Annecy, a refuge above Chamonix and a lake swim at dawn.
Lille · 5 min readThe Braderie WeekendLille's giant flea market with a group of first-timers: stalls at dawn, mussels at noon, dancing at night.People stories on film
Films published by their creators about the people who make French events happen.
People storyJournées européennes du patrimoine : venez rencontrer les ouvriers du chantier de Notre-Dame
People storyBraderie de Lille : au royaume des bradeux et des chineurs
Cultural storyFestival Interceltique de Lorient 2023 : les images de la Grande parade