Wasteland guide - activities

Jardin des Traverses: a space for relaxation and urban agriculture on the Little Belt

The Petite Ceinture continues to come back to life with the arrival of the Jardin des Traverses, a space open to all, combining an educational greenhouse, a market garden, a community bar and a cultural stage!

Jardin21: a green, festive and family-friendly wasteland along the Canal de l'Ourcq

Along the banks of the Canal de l'Ourcq, between Pantin and de la Villette, Jardin21 is the spot not to be missed this summer. DJ sets on Wednesdays, dance parties on Thursdays, children's workshops on Saturdays and Sundays... there's no doubt that everyone is welcome at Jardin 21: families with baby carriages, party-goers looking for a good bass, teenagers!

La guinguette du Grand Parquet, free games for children and DJ sets at Jardins d'Éole

Head for the Grand Parquet to enjoy its bucolic guinguette, from July 10 to 12, 2024. The program includes free games for children and DJ sets in the Jardins d'Éole!

Kilomètre25: open-air techno and house parties back under the ring road, next dates

From May 3, 2024, get ready for Kilometre25, the open-air venue located under the Paris ring road between Paris and Pantin. On the program, as last year, are techno and house nights with a bang, mixing international figures and Parisian collectives!

The TLM, the new living space on the Petite Ceinture in the 19th district, accessible and supportive of others

TLM is the spot that's waking up the Little Belt in Paris's 19th arrondissement. After closing for renovation, the TLM, located at 105 rue Curial in Paris's 19th arrondissement, reopened on March 26, 2024. This project, initiated by the Au fil du Rail collective following a call for projects from the SNCF, transforms a former railway hall into a living space dedicated to culture, sustainable fashion and responsible food, with the ultimate aim of bringing together all publics from all walks of life.

La Prairie du Canal, Bobigny: the eco-open-air elecro farm reopens for the summer season

Bobigny's Prairie du Canal returns on April 6, 2024 for another sunny season! On Saturdays and some Sundays, this Ephemeral Ecological Farm hosts open airs, flea markets, workshops, concerts, biodiversity areas and events of all kinds, just outside Paris, to the delight of budding gardeners, children and adults alike!

Césure: the Plateau Urbain and Yes We Camp third-location project in Paris

Plateau Urbain and Yes We Camp finally unveil to the public a new third-place in Paris. What's it called? Césure. This time, the two co-founders of Grands Voisins and Bercy Beaucoup are temporarily occupying the former Censier site of the Université Paris-III Sorbonne-Nouvelle. So get in now to enjoy a soft opening of the spot, before the grand opening announced for September.

Vive les Groues, the 9000m2 urban garden in Nanterre reopens for the summer

Vive les Groues, the famous wasteland rehabilitated by the Yes We Camp collective, announces its return on May 10th 2023. See you in Nanterre to discover these 9000m2 of greenery, with this year a new guinguette animated by Berliner Wunderbar!

Bercy Beaucoup : the third place of the 12th district in Paris is back !

Bercy Beaucoup is a third-party space in the south-east of the capital signed Yes We Camp, Aurore, Coup de pousses and Petite Lune. Taking over a wasteland in the 12th arrondissement, Bercy Beaucoup is back on April 27, 2023 with a nice program.

A stroll along the 18th arrondissement's "Petite Ceinture": the Hasard Ludique and the REcyclerie, the must-sees

The capital abounds in beautiful natural spots, notably on the Petite Ceinture, a former railway line hidden from view. In Paris's 18th arrondissement, two must-see spots allow you to visit its rails: Hasard Ludique and REcyclerie.

Les Amarres, the third-place community center in the tradition of Les Grands Voisins

Following in the footsteps of Les Grands Voisins, Les Amarres is the 13th arrondissement's third-location center. During the day, social workers and volunteers help people in precarious situations. In the evening, a program of music and solidarity around the refreshment bar is organized for residents and Parisians alike!

Poinçon, a living space in a former railway station in Paris

Looking for something new this summer? You're in for a treat, as the 14th arrondissement of Paris is getting a new place to live. The name? Poinçon. Conceived by Renaud Barillet and Fabrice Martinez, already behind La Bellevilloise, it's a place to eat, share and socialize, all in a former railway station on the "petite ceinture".

La Cité Fertile: a little corner of paradise at the gates of Paris

Since August 15, 2018, a new place of life has opened its doors in Pantin: the Cité Fertile. For three years, this new third place, a former SNCF wasteland, will host festive, cultural or even economic activities for a beautiful broth of culture intended to imagine the city of tomorrow. A city that fights against waste, green and pleasant.

The REcyclerie in Paris : bar, restaurant, workshops...

A place that creates opportunities! This is how the REcyclerie describes itself, this totally atypical project nestled in the former Ornano Station of the Petite Ceinture. A real place of life, this space includes a restaurant, a bar as well as a cultural and social program centered on the concepts of "better living" and "better consuming" which seems to have already found many followers!