At the Art Nouveau entrance of Abbesses, the *deepest station in Paris, small scenes of the city gather around the stairwell, a couple consulting their route, a stroller paused, and the sweet drift of crêpes from the nearby kiosk. The green canopy cups the light like a theatre set, and Montmartre watches on.

Métro entrances are both threshold and theatre, a quick meeting, a hurried goodbye, a private gesture folded into a public place. Here these moments feel visible, tender, and oddly cinematic but then it is Paris!

*Before being surpassed by Villejuif–Gustave Roussy in 2025.

“Lundi à Paris — Abbesses, un escalier vers le cœur”

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Part of the “Métro Mondays” Series

Each Monday we travel beneath Paris — tracing its stories, moods, and motion through stations that carry the week into being.

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