SERIES. The Champs-Elysées, its luxury, its tourists and those who work there

It is nicknamed “the most beautiful avenue in the world” and this Sunday at 7:15 p.m., it will be lit up brightly for the end-of-year celebrations in front of a packed crowd. Tourists, businessmen, Parisians and… pickpockets rub shoulders there. The Champs Élysées remain the symbol of luxury. We have the survey. Meeting with the people of the Fields.

The Champs-Élysées… Its luxury, its tourists… And their pickpockets. To counter this scourge, the BAC Paris Center watches over the most beautiful avenue in the world all day long. Back-to-back theft, profile of the thief… During a stroll, at the top of this article, they give us some tricks of the trade.

Who says Champs-Élysées, says luxury. And when it comes to eating… French know-how answers the call: from Ladurée to Fouquet's, a look back at years of culinary history.

They are the eyes and ears of Paris… the kiosquiers! Sylvianne has been in the profession since 1983. Today, she passes the profession on to her 23-year-old grandson. Meeting in a kiosk on the Champs-Élysées.

Aptly named “the avenue of cinema” in the 1930s, the Champs-Élysées today struggles to keep culture alive. The Publicis is the last witness to the 7th art.

A series of reports by: Mélissa Genevois, Emie Stervinou, Méryl Loisel, Aude Blacher

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