What neighborhoods in Paris are the least commercialized?

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If you want to experience a bit of the "real Paris". Wake up at 6 on Saturday and go to the many "Brocantes" around paris. Start with a coffee and a croissant in the nearby cafe and enjoy. The nicest things are sold in the early hours, which attracts the most colourful parisian to those markets in the early hours. You can find a listing at "evous". Search for "Brocantes et vide-greniers à Paris". Brocantes is French for Flea market and "Vide-greniers" are garage sales.

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There are countless places you could go but the paradox is that looking for the “authentic” side of the city is a very touristy thing to do in itself.

A few ideas nonetheless:

  • Do a visit with a Paris Greeter or a balade urbaine in Seine-Saint-Denis.
  • Take the RER to the cité des 4000 in La Courneuve (a prominent example of grand ensemble or chemin de grue architecture), Cergy-Pontoise (a ville nouvelle from the 1960s) or another banlieue. Some people might tell you it's dangerous.
  • If you did not already plan it for your transit, go to the gare du Nord.

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