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Noisy Est, les Arcades shopping mall
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Les Arcades shopping mall is one of many shopping centers set along the way to Marne-La-Vallée
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La Défense's long standing merrygoround
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La Défense's Xmas market is again set on the large plaza at the feet of CNIT and Grande-Arche
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The plaza inside the Plaza/Esplanade
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One of the three main lanes feeding the market
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The market towered by La Grande-Arche
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Just 4 days left before the tavern returns to dormency for another year
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The choir on performence
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Back for airing some Xmas classic songs, the choir members accomodated themselves by the 30m/90ft tilted spike
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A brasserie's Xmas tree
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Paris, Champs-Elysées, by going towards Place de la Concorde
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Paris, Champs Elysees, still facing Place de la Concorde
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Paris, Champs Elysees, turning one's back and facing the Arch of Triumph
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Paris, Champs Elysees and Marignan round-about
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Champs-Elysées' Xmas market chalets were set along the part of avenue stretching from Concorde plaza to the roundabout of Marignan
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All chalets were white and came-up with elaborate ornamentation
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Another cluster of chalets
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Since one goes along "World's most beautiful avenue", even backyards had to be neat !
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More of the market
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The Roue de Paris is a 60-metre (200 ft) tall Ferris wheel,
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It is a Ronald Bussink series R60 wheel and needs no permanent foundations, instead 40,000 litres (8,800 imperial gallons) of water ballast provide a stable base.
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First sortie was for the 2000 millennium celebrations.
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The 42 gondolas can be loaded either 3 or 6 at a time, and each can accommodate 8 passengers.
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One could complement the "flight" on board the ferris wheel with a ride in either this "Tuk-Tuk" or a rickshaw
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The company's 2 avenue de l'Opéra is a priceless, strategic location
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Auber's vaulted connection corridor could not go without a Xmas market
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The businesses which rent the stands are often the same and venues are set up throughout the year at regular intervals
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Paris, Les Halles central atrium the days of which are numbered
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This year, Les Halles' Xmas tree goes again futuristic
