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ChangeSpot a mansard roof
Spot a zinc-tiled mansard roof with dormer windows, the grey angled roof that gives Paris its skyline silhouette. Photograph the rooftops.
Spot a Mona Lisa
Spot a Mona Lisa anywhere: a postcard rack, a souvenir-shop magnet, a parody mural, a metro poster, or the real painting if you brave the Louvre crowd. Photograph her enigmatic smile.
Spot a Parisian bicycle
Find a bicycle parked or being ridden, a Vélib bike-share, a vintage step-through or a courier on the move. Take a photo with the bike clearly in shot.
Spot a patisserie sign
Find a storefront with "Pâtisserie" lettered above the door (often combined with Boulangerie). Photograph the sign.
Spot a real beret
Spot a real beret worn by someone walking the street (not a souvenir-shop hat on a tourist costume photo). Take a candid photo.
Spot a tourist with a suitcase
Spot a tourist wheeling a suitcase down the street, especially near hotels, train stations or the Marais. Take a candid photo.
Spot a Wallace Fountain
Spot a Wallace Fountain, the 2-metre dark-green cast-iron drinking fountain with four caryatids supporting a dome. Around 100 of them dot the city. Photograph one.
Spot an airplane over Paris
Look up and catch a plane in the sky over Paris (Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget all send planes overhead). Photograph it with a Parisian rooftop or landmark in the frame.
Spot an Art Nouveau Métro entrance
Find one of the surviving Art Nouveau "Métropolitain" entrances by Hector Guimard (green wrought iron, lily-of-the-valley lamps). Photograph the entry sign.
Spot an éclair
Spot an éclair (chocolate, coffee or vanilla) in a patisserie window or on a plate. The long fluted pastry with glossy icing. Photograph it.
Spot macarons in a window
Find a patisserie with macarons stacked in the window. Ladurée and Pierre Hermé are the famous ones, but any patisserie display counts. Photograph the colours.
Spot Notre-Dame
Get a view of Notre-Dame cathedral from the Île de la Cité or the riverbanks. Photograph the towers (the spire is being reinstated).
Spot Parisian bistro chairs
Find a row of woven rattan bistro chairs facing the street outside a café (almost every café has them). Photograph them lined up.
Spot Parisian sunglasses
Find someone in stylish Parisian sunglasses, or a sunglasses shop window with a striking display. Photograph it.
Spot pétanque players
Find a group playing pétanque, the boules game with metal balls. The Place des Vosges, Jardin du Luxembourg and the Arènes de Lutèce are favourites. Photograph a throw or measurement.
Spot red lipstick
Spot red lipstick on someone passing, on a beauty-counter poster or as an advert in a metro corridor. The classic French signature.
Spot red wine on a café table
Spot a glass of red wine on a Parisian café table. Frame the glass front and centre with the café terrace blurred behind.
Spot the Arc de Triomphe in view
Catch a clear view of the Arc de Triomphe, ideally framed down a boulevard from one of the 12 avenues that radiate from it. Photograph it.
Spot the Eiffel Tower
Catch a clear view of the Eiffel Tower from anywhere in the city: a viewpoint, a side street, a reflection in a window. Photograph the tower in the frame.
Spot the French flag
Find a Tricolor flag flying on a building, balcony, museum facade or government building. Photograph the blue-white-red.
Spot the Moulin Rouge windmill
Find the red windmill of the Moulin Rouge in Pigalle, or a Moulin Rouge poster, sign or souvenir in any neighbourhood. The big red M tells you straight away.
Spot the Sacré-Cœur silhouette
Spot the white domes of Sacré-Cœur, either from Montmartre up close or as a silhouette on the northern horizon. Photograph it.
Trivia: Eiffel year
In what year was the Eiffel Tower completed?
Trivia: Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre. What is the Mona Lisa's real Italian name (the title used by Leonardo)?