Heritage Days 2024 in Urbex mode: surprising and mysterious spots to explore

Published by Rizhlaine de Sortiraparis · Photos by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Published on August 19, 2024 at 09:26 p.m.
During the Journées du Patrimoine 2024, many surprising treasures are on offer. For urbex enthusiasts looking for something off the beaten track, it's the perfect opportunity to legally explore hidden or disused sites. Discover the mysterious spots waiting for you in the Paris region.

Do you loveurbex, and the mysterious places that urban explorers bring to light? As part of the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days), we're offering you the chance to live this experience to the full, by discovering disused spots, ruins and buildings usually off-limits to the public, whose secrets arouse our curiosity. You'll be able to explore the underbelly of the region without risk, and even set out to conquer those places that are the source of unanswered questions, and which you may regularly pass by without ever being able to enter.

The Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days) are an opportunity for enthusiasts and the curious alike to take advantage of a wide range of cultural opportunities. Paris and the surrounding region will not miss this opportunity to showcase its finest treasures through a vast program of free visits, new experiences andexceptional openings. Over the course of a weekend, the general public is invited to visit museums, monuments, castles, embassies, ministries, libraries, fashion houses and much more, to discover their stories and behind-the-scenes stories. With guided tours, special events and workshops for young and old, there's no shortage of imagination for a weekend of discovery. The next and 41st edition awaits you on the weekend of September 21 and 22, 2024.

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Dates and Opening Time
From September 21, 2024 to September 22, 2024

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