Cultural Olympiad Paris 2024: embassies and cultural institutes take you on a journey

Want to travel around the world for a day? That's what the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad is offering on July 20. On this exceptional day, embassies, cultural centers and institutes open their doors to celebrate art and sport.

On July 20, theOlympiade culturelle de Paris 2024 will take you on a journey with its Le Tour du Monde en une journée project. The initiative, coordinated by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Forum des Instituts Culturels Étrangers, now has more than 20 structures taking part to bring the public an exceptional day out.

The concept? Link art and sport, and discover the world's different cultures, thanks to four different routes. Each route takes you to different embassies, cultural centers and institutes along four different paths. They start at Unesco for an opening ceremony from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and end at Station Afrique to bring this Cultural Olympiad to a close.

The journey will be short but intense during this Cultural Olympiad! The public will have the opportunity to discover artists from all over the world and their works of art, echoing the athletes from all over the world coming together for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Each stop at one of the cultural venues shows you something different: concerts, workshops, guided tours, and even culinary workshops are on the program!

The Paris 2024Cultural Olympiad offers four routes, but spectators are free to choose their own itineraries and go wherever they wish for the duration of the day. Most cultural institutes and embassies will be open all day.

Free tickets for each stop can be purchased online from the official website, where you'll also find a detailed program.

The Around the World in a Day program

WEST COURSE - THE MARATHON FOR THE MOST ATHLETIC

10 to 11:30 am: Unesco (opening ceremony)
12:15pm to 1:15pm: Estonian Embassy
2:30 pm to 3:20 pm: Korean Cultural Center
3:30 pm to 4 pm: Bulgarian Cultural Institute
4.15pm to 5pm: Canadian Cultural Center
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Cervantes Institute
8 to 9:30 pm: Station Afrique (closing ceremony)

PARCOURS SUD - PLAYING FOR TIME

10 to 11:30 am: Unesco (opening ceremony)
12:30 pm to 1:15 pm: Italian Cultural Institute
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Iranian Cultural Center
2pm to 5pm: Japanese House of Culture
6pm to 7pm: Danish Foundation x Le Bricolore
22h à 23h30 : Institut Liszt Paris x Centre Tchèque de Paris

NORTHERN ROUTE - STAGES OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE

10 to 11:30 am: Unesco (opening ceremony)
12:15pm to 2pm: Maison des Camerounais de France
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: Korean Cultural Center
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Embassies of the United States x Philarmonie de Paris
5:30pm to 7pm: Embassy of the United States
8 to 9:30 pm: Station Afrique (closing ceremony)

CENTRAL ROUTE - TO THE RHYTHM OF THE SEINE

10 to 11:30 am: Unesco (opening ceremony)
11am to 12pm: Australian Embassy
12:30 pm to 1:15 pm: Italian Cultural Institute
2pm to 3pm: Polish Institute of Paris
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Cervantes Institute
5pm to 6pm: Mexican Cultural Center
6 to 7.30pm: Ecuadorian Embassy
8 to 9:30pm: Station Afrique (closing ceremony)

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