The Good Life France Magazine January/February 2015 | Page 64

Spring carnivals in France

Most of us associate carnivals in France with spring, sunshine and the south but carnivals take place all over the country and one of our favourites is in the north where it’s just as likely to be snowing and most certainly cold…

Dunkerque Carnival - the noisiest in France

Carnival de Paris, Sunday 15th February

A parade winds its way across Paris from Place Gambetta to the Hôtel de Ville. The cow at the head of the procession evokes the Promenade du Bœuf-Gras, the other name for the Paris Carnival in days gone by.