Underground & cool · Artists' studios in a cold-store · € · 13e · Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles
Les Frigos
A 1920s refrigerated railway warehouse squatted by artists in the 1980s, now roughly 80 studios behind corridors layered in graffiti, over 7,000 m² along the Seine. The ground-floor L'Aiguillage gallery shows year-round.
Studios open to the public for the late-May portes ouvertes; outside those, visits are by appointment. The hidden canteen-bar is part of the draw.
Getting there
- Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Emile Durkheim14RER C290 m · 5 min walk
- Cour Saint-Emilion14570 m · 11 min walk
- Quai de la Gare6800 m · 15 min walk
Within a few minutes' walk
The district · 13e
Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles — Asia and street artParis's Chinatown of tower blocks and excellent Southeast-Asian kitchens, the village-like Butte-aux-Cailles with its Art-Deco pool, and a riverfront of street-art murals and barge clubs.
Best for: Eaters chasing pho and bo bun, and anyone bored of the centre.
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