The VINGT Paris Podcast: Recent Episodes

Susie HOLLANDS

VINGT Paris, your favorite local real-estate agency in Paris, launches innovative Paris podcast series. Discover in eight episodes the real Paris with super talented and inspiring guests and get all the practical informations on buying an apartment in the French capital! Updated monthly, subscribe now to receive the episodes.

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For the final episode of our VINGT Paris podcast series, presenter Jo Youle and company founder and CEO Susie Hollands explore the swanky side of Paris – starting with the beautiful department store, Le Bon Marché, where the crème de la crème of the Left Bank do their Saturday shopping…

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Next up in the VINGT Paris podcast series, presenter Jo Youle and company founder and CEO Susie Hollands meet a recent buyer on the Left Bank to hear about his own Paris property journey – and discover some of his top tips for others thinking of buying in the French capital...

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Back on their bicycles again, presenter Jo Youle and company founder and CEO Susie Hollands take a tour around one of the most popular parts of Paris, the Marais, and reveal some of the hottest spots in the district – before enjoying a catch-up with a local artist…

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For the latest instalment of our VINGT Paris podcast series, presenter Jo Youle joins company founder and CEO Susie Hollands to meet one of the most important people you’re likely to encounter if you’re buying a property in Paris – the notaire…

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For episode four of the VINGT Paris podcast series, presenter Jo Youle and company founder and CEO Susie Hollands explore the east of Paris – and also take time out for a coffee with best-selling author and Paris resident Lisa Anselmo who has just launched a very important campaign…

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In episode three of the VINGT Paris podcast series, presenter Jo Youle and company founder and CEO Susie Hollands hop on their bicycles to discover the wonders of the Left Bank – and stop off at the famous café, Les Des Magots, to meet author, historian and Paris resident Andrew Hussey OBE…

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Welcome to the second episode of the VINGT Paris podcast series! This time round, presenter Jo Youle heads to the company’s beautiful offices, on the prestigious rue Saint-Honoré, to meet the talented team – and to hear what they love most about living and working in the French capital…

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In the very first episode, presenter Jo Youle meets Susie in the iconic park, le Jardin du Luxembourg, on the border of Saint-Germain-des-Prés – and finds out why everyone wants to live in this amazing city… We wish you a good listening. Subscribe to receive the following episodes. All the addresses are listed below:

Jardin de Luxembourg: Nowhere more quintessentially Parisian – great cross section of people

La Table Luxembourg: Good place to get more teas, Nutella crepes and vin chaud

The Merry-Go-Round: Caught in a timewarp Paris type of thing; remnant from another age

Saint-Germain-de-Prés: People want to be near the parc – views, jogging etc

Nuit Blanche: All-night art event with installations all over the city

Jim Haynes dinner: A legend in his own lifetime; a great way to meet people

Walk around the 20 arrondissements: Walk through every arrondissement each July 

The catacombs: Network of tunnels under the city accessed through 14th arrondissements

The cemetaries: Père Lachaise, Montparnasse and Montmartre – dig your Morrissey 

Nightlife: Paris outskirts a good place to go – so Montreuil, Pantin

Nightlife: Club called Concrete on a boat near Bastille

Shopping arcades: Network of 19th-century passages, Les passages, through the 9th, 10th and the 2nd

Palais-Royal: The royal palace – amazing classical architecture; alleys of lime trees; where they plotted to start the revolution  

Art installation by Daniel Buren: Interactive art installation of black and white striped humbug pillars

Yves Saint-Laurent showroom in gardens of Palais-Royal

Paris Plage: Beaches by the river for Parisians with sand, deckchairs and boules 

Boxing gym, around the corner of the Palais-Royal, called the Temple Noble Art – great place to decompress

Running: Run along the banks of the Seine and down to the Louvre

Yoga: Sevam Yoga at the Carreaux du Temple in the Marais 

Great coffee: Fondation Café or The Broken Arm for a coffee, both around the corner from Carreaux de Temple in the Marais

Market: Marche d’Aligre: A great daily market with covered area in the centre – quite rare in Paris

Barbès: African Paris with an exotic market and interesting shops 

Square du Temple: Where a lot goes on in the third

Film recommendation: Les Enfants du Paradis shot in 1939 under occupation; love story and a thriller   

Paris Photo at le Grand Palais; Fashion Week: FIAC (contemporary art)

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Your favorite local real-estate agency in Paris, launches innovative Paris podcast series. Discover in eight episodes the real Paris with super talented and inspiring guests and get all the practical informations on buying an apartment in the French capital!