Paris Fun Facts

  • 1 billion metro journeys per year 
  • 20,000 light bulbs used to make the Eiffel Tower sparkle every hour from nightfall to 1am
  • 5,000 km per year, the lift at the Eiffel tour (3,100 miles)
  • 5,000 tons of sand at Paris Plages
  • 2,300 bottles of champagne uncorked every evening in Paris cabarets
  • 300 km of catacombs (187 miles)
  • 37 bridges
  • 16 ghost metro stations
  • 9 years of film shot in Paris every year
  • 5.75 m the shortest street: Rue des Degrés (227  inches)
  • 1.6 m the longest baguette (62 inches)

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