10 interesting facts about Paris

1. "Paris syndrome" is the name of a mental disorder that manifests itself primarily in Japanese tourists. It is expressed in a depressive state, dizziness and even hallucinations, provoked by the discrepancy between the ideal image of Paris, drawn in films and magazines, and the real city.

2. The nickname "City of Light" was given to Paris not because of the electric lighting, but because of the intelligentsia living here.

3. The oldest bridge in Paris, oddly enough, is called the "New Bridge" (Pont Neuf)

4. The most visited attraction in Paris is not the Eiffel Tower (about 5.5 million tourists a year) or the Louvre (5 million), but Disneyland, which is visited by 13 million tourists a year.

5. Paris has the largest percentage of restaurants awarded with Michelin stars.

6. The Eiffel Tower, installed for the World's Fair in 1889, was going to be dismantled 20 years after its construction. It was saved, first of all, by the era of radio: telegraph antennas were installed on the tower. And as tourist interest increased, all talks about the demolition of the tower subsided completely.

7. The Eiffel Tower did not delight everyone at one time. Thus, Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupassant, the architect of the Paris opera Charles Garnier, Lecomte de Lisle and many others signed the famous protest of the Eiffel Tower, which, according to them, allegedly disfigures Paris.

8. Parisians are crazy about dogs: according to statistics, there are more four-legged friends in the city than children!

9. In Paris, you can drink water directly from the tap. The water purification system in this city is beyond praise.

10. The Paris metro map is one of the densest in the world. From anywhere in the city, the distance to the metro station does not exceed half a kilometer!