Canal Saint-Denis Street Art Avenue
David Darrault – La Seine à Vélo
Canal Saint-Denis et la Street Art Avenue
David Darrault–La Seine à Vélo

Street Art Avenue

An urban artery given new life by rich and varied artistic additions!

Created along the Canal Saint-Denis for the Euro 2016 UEFA Football Championship, since that time, the project Street Art Avenue has seen many new works added along the way. Varied artists have contributed their creations in the neighbourhoods the Avenue crosses, from La Villette, via Aubervilliers up to Saint-Denis. Plus, on further sections of walls given over to free artistic expression, you can witness yet more artists at work. So, the Canal Saint-Denis, a vital artery crossing north from central Paris to rejoin a later section of the Seine, has become an unmissable venue encouraging urban art. Artists such as Seth, Zest, Tarek Benaoum and Telmo Miel took part in the third season. The fourth edition called upon Case Maclaim, Fabio Petani, Roid and Kazy Usclef to add further to the enjoyment of cyclists, walkers and locals beside the Canal Saint-Denis!

 

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Paris / Chatou

1 Paris / Chatou

30 km
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The square in front of Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral counts as kilometre-zero in France; it’s where the Seine à Vélo cycle route officially begins. The way first leads you peacefully north out of the capital via the Canal Saint-Martin and its iconic, trendy quarter, offering a cliché of romantic Paris, before you branch off along the Canal Saint-Denis, with its startling Street Art Avenue outdoor art. Notre-Dame’s great sister church, the Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Denis, holds the tombs of France’s royals. The route continues to Gennevilliers, a major river port for the Ile-de-France Region (around Paris), joining the Seine and its c.10km-long Promenade Bleue, using the river’s former towpaths. The Seine-side landscapes, partly industrial, partly rustic, inspired great Impressionist artists. Pause on the Ile des Impressionnistes at Chatou, at the terrace where Renoir painted Le Déjeuner des Canotiers, or at the iconic restaurant terrace of Les Rives de la Courtille, or then at the Hameau Fournaise. This first stage ends on the border between the counties of Hauts-de-Seine and Yvelines.