Apgils - Scandinavian licenced guides in Paris, France

21/09/2022

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We think this must be the most beautiful photo we have ever seen of Mont Saint Michel. It is possible to visit Mont Saint Michel in a day tour from Paris, or include it in a longer visit of wonderful Normandy.
Many of our guides know their way around that region. Just contact us!

La beauté du Mont St Michel 😍🏰🇫🇷

17/02/2022

Just for info, there will be partial strike in Parisian metro Friday February 18th.

Lines 2, 3bis, 5, 7bis, 8, 10, 11 og 12 will not be working.
Lines 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13 og 14 will be working, but sometimes only half or third of usual traffic.

You can see it here: https://www.ratp.fr/infos-trafic

Découvrez en temps réel l'état du trafic RATP dans le métro, RER, bus, Tramway et le Transilien.

04/01/2022

In addition to the formal meetings scheduled in Brussels and Luxembourg, close to 400 events will be held throughout France over the course of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

23/10/2021

We highly recommend the Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) exhibition in the delightful Musée de Montmartre, until January 2nd 2022.
https://museedemontmartre.fr/
What monuments do you recognize in his work? We guess the Eiffel tower will not be difficult to point out. But can you spot out other monuments?

10/09/2021

Here you have a link to the streaming of the conception af the Project Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped by Christo and Jeanne Claude.
This project has been postponed several times, but now it's finally happening.
Christo passed away in 2020, so this will be his last project for Paris. His wrapping of the Pont Neuf brigde in 1985 was a huge success. If you wish to see the Arc de Triumph wrapped with your own eyes, you have to visit Paris between the 18th of September and 3d of October this year.
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/programme/exhibitions-museum/the-arc-de-triomphe-wrapped

Conçu par Christo dès 1962, le projet d'empaquetage de l'Arc de Triomphe à Paris se concrétise enfin, et sous nos yeux !

22/05/2021

Museum visits in Paris is not only about Louvre and Orsay:-)
Why not visit one of the 14 museums of the city of Paris?
Most are already open and the rest will open during the summer.
Several, like Victor Hugo's House and the Carnavalet Museum have undergone extensive renovations. Some of our guides personal favourite museums are in this list below and many are free for individual visitors.
Rediscover Paris with your guide!

http://www.parismusees.paris.fr/en

Palais Galliera
Paris Museum of Modern Art
Liberation of Paris Museum ‐ General Leclerc ‐ Jean Moulin Museum
Balzac’s House
Petit Palais
Cernuschi Museum
Cognacq‐Jay Museum
Museum of Romantic Life
Paris Catacombs
Victor Hugo’s House on the Place des Vosges
Zadkine Museum
Bourdelle Museum
The Carnavalet Museum ‐ History of Paris
Île de la Cité Archaeological Crypt

19/05/2021

Today is a big day in France. Our terrasses that have been closed since October will reopen. You can feel the excitement in the air, French cities will regain a part of "normal life" again and people are organizing their day around this event.

04/05/2021

Tomorrow, May 5, it will be exactly 200 years since the death of Napoleon I. The emperor of the French died on the island of Saint Helena, where he lived in exile for six years. His remains were sent to Paris 19 years after his death, at the request of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French. These remains entered Paris with great fanfare followed by thousands of Parisians. A monumental tomb was designed by Visconti in his honor at the Invalides. Napoleon could finally find rest among the Parisians he had loved so much. Yet so many mysteries still surround the death of this extraordinary character: Did he really die naturally? Does he really rest at the Invalides? Next time you visit Paris, follow us on a fascinating tour with a guide in one of the Scandinavian languages ! 😃
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Demain le 5 mai, il fera 200 ans jour pour jour de la mort de Napoléon Ier, survenu sur l’ile de Sainte Hélène où il vivait en exil pendant six ans. Sa dépouille sera expédié à Paris 19 ans après sa mort, à la demande de Louis-Philippe 1er, roi des Français. Elle entrera à Paris en grande pompe suivi par des milliers de Parisiens. Un tombeau monumental sera dessiné par Visconti en son honneur aux Invalides. L’Empereur des Français pouvait ainsi trouver repos au milieu des Parisiens qu’il avait tant aimé. Pourtant tant de mystères entourent encore la mort de ce personnage hors du commun : Est-il vraiment mort d’une façon naturelle ? Repose-t-il véritablement aux Invalides ? Partez à la découverte fascinante de l’histoire de sa vie avec les guides en langues scandinaves ! , ,

22/04/2021

Deux photos de Larmor Plage à Lorient, Morbihan pour célébrer la journée de la Terre.

Two pics from Larmor beach in Lorient, Morbihan to celebrate the Earth Day.

19/04/2021

The press are writing about APGILS again, this time from Finland talking about tourism, the future of tourism and Notre Dame. The article was made for the 2 year anniversary of the fire of the Notre Dame cathedral the 15th of april.

07/04/2021

Swedish press is talking about APGILS!
For those of you you cannot read swedish ;-) we are talking about the difficult times for tourism but that we are hopeful that it will restart! And also about our pride to all be licensed guides with a formal gouverment issued card that allows us to guide you everywhere, including all museums!







https://www.gp.se/nyheter/världen/turismen-har-rasat-i-paris-nu-kommer-bokningarna-igen-1.44132163

Paris förlorade över 150 miljarder kronor i turistintäkter under 2020. – Turistnäringen ligger i ruiner, säger Parisguiden Leif Karlsson som jobbat noll dagar i år. Kollegan Birgitta Guit Montella ser dock med optimism på framtiden. – Turismen kommer att explodera igen, tror hon bergsäke...

22/03/2021

INTERNATIONAL WATER DAY -💦💦💦
The Wallace fountains, these beautiful green cast iron fountains that we regularly come across while strolling in the streets of Paris. Follow their story :
Parisians have just experienced one of the worst winters in their history, followed by the insurrection of the Commune 150 years ago ! For months, they lacked food, but also water because many aqueducts were destroyed during the war and the price of water consequently rose.
The English collector Richard Wallace, had lived in Paris for several years. He wondered what he could do to help. He decided to offer fountains to the City of Paris, so that its inhabitants may quench their thirst. 💦💦💦
But Richard wanted these fountains to be as practical as they are beautiful. And for that he called on the sculptor Charles-Auguste Lebourg. Wallace, together with Eugène Belgrand, the father of the Paris sewer system, defined the strategic locations of these fountains.
Still today, about a hundred Wallace fountains stand strong in the capital and function as on the first day. During the high season, they provide good quality drinking water to Parisians and tourists alike.
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HAVE A HAPPY WEEK ! 😊

08/03/2021

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 💃💃💃
Let’s bring a providential woman out of the shadows !
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Madame Carpentier and Auguste Renoir
The Carpentier couple is less known as mecene of Impressionist painters than Paul Durand-Ruel or Ambroise Vollard. Nevertheless, it was Marguerite Carpentier's order that brought Renoir out of poverty. 🌹🌹🌹
Auguste Renoir, together with the other representatives of the very innovative movement called Impressionism, had difficulty in selling his paintings. The family lived in poverty, helped by a few more fortunate painter friends. 🌹🌹🌹
Renoir exhibits at the Salon, one of his small canvases "The Chocolate Cup" in the hope of receiving a few orders. But customers do not rush. It was at this time that Marguerite Carpentier, belonging to an upper middle-class family under the Second Empire and wife of Georges Charpentier, amateur painter and director of the publishing house issuing works written by Zola, Flaubert, de Maupassant, orders a canvas from him. This large canvas represents Madame Carpentier with her children in the living room of their Parisian mansion. Thanks to the insistence and networks of influence of Madame Carpentier, this painting was received at the annual Salon at the Palais de l'Industrie on the Champs Elysées. 🌹🌹🌹
And the praises were there ! Pissarro exclaimed: I think Renoir is up for it. So much the better! Misery is so hard!

From now on, Renoir could paint peacefully with a smile on his face and his brush singing.

What would have become Renoir's work without the support of Madame Marguerite Carpentier?

Happy international womens day ! 🌹🌹🌹




PHOTO SOURCE : By Pierre-Auguste Renoir, metmuseum/ collection online/ Public Domain/ CC Wikimedia

01/03/2021

Paris is becoming the new Amsterdam, we are more every day to adopt the bike as our preferred transportation trough the city. This has lead to a bike deficiency in Parisian bike shops. But is it a good idea to order a bike online? At least, be careful who you deal with :D

https://www.leparisien.fr/video/video-on-a-achete-un-velo-de-course-a-93-eur-sur-ali-express-et-on-l-a-regrette-21-02-2021-8425700.php

Que vaut vraiment un vélo de route acheté à prix cassé sur le site de commerce en ligne chinois AliExpress ? Pour s’en faire une idée, nous

21/02/2021

INTERNATIONAL TOURIST GUIDE DAY 2021
Idag den 21 februari firar vi den internationella dagen för auktoriserade lokalguider över hela världen. Denna dag har firats sedan 1990 och brukar innebära att vi organiserar olika evenemang för lokalbefolkningen där vi bor och verkar. Idag är detta inte möjligt pga av den pâgâende pandemin sâ istället har FNGIC - den nationella franska guidefederationen som APGILS är medlem av, beslutat att erbjuda er en virtuell tur runt Frankrike med lokalguider frân olika regioner. Häng med pâ en Tour de France!

Today on February 21st, we celebrate the International Tourist Guide Day around the world. This day has been celebrated since 1990 and usually entails us organising various events for the locals in our communities. Today this is not possible due to the ongoing pandemic so instead FNGIC - the National French Federation of Licensed Guides of which APGILS is a member has decided to offer you a virtual tour around France with local guides from different regions. Join our Tour de France!





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🇫🇷Ce 21 février 2021 nous célébrons la journée internationale des guides à travers le monde.Malheureusement, la situation sanitaire ne nous permet pas de f...

15/02/2021

Three days ago we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls of Science. Let's pay a tribute to Marie Curie in this occasion : Marie Curie was a Polish-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and she won it twice in 1903 and in 1911 in two scientific fields, an achievement not reached by anyone else. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms by the use of radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institute in Paris and the Curie Institute in Warsaw; both remain major centers of medical research today. During World War I she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. She conducted this operation with her daughter Irene.
In addition to her Nobel Prizes, she received numerous other honors and tributes; in 1995 she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in Panthéon.

02/02/2021

KYNDELSMÄSSODAGEN / CHANDELEUR / CANDLEMAS
Idag firar vi Kyndelmässodagen som markerar slutet pâ jultiden och kallas Chandeleur pâ franska. Detta är en gammal judisk tradition, det nyfödda barnet bars fram i templet 40 dagar efter födseln. Det är ocksâ en ljusfest dâ man tänder och välsignar ljus. I Frankrike är det tradition att servera crepes denna dag. Det finns mânga förklaringar till denna urgamla tradition. En av dem är att den runda fomen av en crepe pâminner om solen och vi firar âterkomsten av ljuset till världen. Vill ni göra crepes pâ franskt manér sâ ha gärna i lite öl i er smet sâ blir de lätta och luftiga !
– 250g mjöl
– 3 ägg
– ½ liter mjölk
– 25 cl öl
Vanilj eller rom kan ocksâ läggas till efter smak 😉
Bon appetit!

Today we celebrate Candlemas Day which marks the end of the Christmas season and is called Chandeleur in French This is an old Jewish tradition, the newborn child was carried to the temple 40 days after birth. It is also a celebration of light where candles are lit and blessed. In France, it is a tradition to serve crepes on this day. There are many explanations for this ancient tradition. One of them is that the round shape of the crepe is reminds us of the sun and we celebrate the return of light in the world. If you want to make crepes the French way, add some beer to your batter and your crepes will be light and airy!
– 250g of flour
– 3 eggs
– ½ liter of milk
– 25 cl beer
Some rum or vanilla can be added as well, after your taste 😊
Bon appetit!