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La Voie Bleue: European Cycle Route of the Year is in France
700km bike path linking Luxembourg and Lyon has been crowned winner of the 2026 title
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Before and after: Garonne river floods in south-west France
Satellite images show extent of flooding from back-to-back storms in February
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Home insurance increases expected in France after floods
Compensation costs for the recent storms and flooding across the west and south-west is estimated to be in the billions of euros
Paris metro zipline plan is a non-starter
Unusual ideas to change up the capital
Paris residents came up with some wacky ideas to improve the capital... like a zipline slide from Buttes-Chaumont to Laumière metro or a water tanker to spray people urinating in the street.
Other ideas to plant a tree in all arrondissements to ‘mark the secular state’ and setting up ‘voter ashtrays’ where smokers vote by choosing one or other ashtray could be approved.
