Underground & cool · Eco arts space · € · 18e · Montmartre & Pigalle
La REcyclerie
A former Petite Ceinture station turned eco-hub, with an urban farm, a repair workshop and a canteen on the old platform — and hundreds of cheap or free events a year.
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It's near the Saint-Ouen flea market; pair them. Weekend club nights run late.
Getting there
- Porte de Clignancourt460 m · 1 min walk
- Simplon4440 m · 8 min walk
- Jules Joffrin12580 m · 11 min walk
Around the corner
Saint-Ouen flea market · 530 m away
The Saint-Ouen flea market, called marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen in French or simply St.-Ouen, and also known as the Clignancourt flea market, is a complex of flea markets in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, in the northern suburbs of Paris.
Wikipedia ↗Walks that pass nearby
- Sundays Onlystop 1 of 6 · 530 m
Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen
The largest antique market in the world — 1,700 dealers across seven distinct sub-markets, sprawling north of the Périphérique in Saint-Ouen. Open Saturday morning to Monday afternoon, but Sunday is the day Parisians actually go.
Métro Porte de Clignancourt (line 4); cross under the Périphérique. Avoid the big stalls at the entrance (mostly cheap clothes); the actual antique markets — Vernaison, Dauphine, Paul Bert, Serpette — are 200 m further north. Bring cash and time.
Where to stay near La REcyclerie
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The district · 18e
Montmartre & Pigalle — The butteSacré-Cœur and the artists' square up top; the back-streets of Abbesses and Lamarck below; Pigalle's neon and the Saint-Ouen flea market at the edge. Steep, photogenic, and busiest where the tour groups cluster.
Best for: View-chasers and night-owls who'll climb for it; pick the quieter north side.
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