intheareaof Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Parc Départemental de la Courneuve – Georges Valbon Extending over 400 hectares, this park offers a rich variety of natural environments to local wildlife: more than 140 bird species have made it their home! The park has an apiary, a rose garden and a herb garden, playgrounds, ping-pong tables, a merry-go- Musée round, a fitness trail and even an equestrian centre. Enjoy walking, jogging, cycling, roll- erblading, boating ... de l’Air et https://parcsinfo.seinesaintdenis.fr55 av. Waldeck Rochet. 93120 La Courneuve. de l’Espace This is the oldest aviation museum in the world, and one of the biggest! Visitors can see more than 150 original French and for- eign aircraft. The visit begins with a pres- entation of the beginnings of aviation, from the first flying machines (end 19th cen- tury) to planes of the early-20th century: a Voisin-Farman airplane from 1907, a Blériot Mémorial de la Shoah – Drancy XI of the type used to cross the English This memorial is situated opposite the Cité Channelon 25 July 1909 ... Then, authen- de la Muette, infamous for its role in the tic aircraft used during the first World War deportation of French Jews between 1942 (Caudron, Voisin, Spad, Bréguet, Fokker, and and 1944. The museum, a place of history even the gondola of a Zeppelin). Presented and education, is housed in a discreet yet next, airplanes of the interwar period, aero- light-filled building, and is home to a per- batic and record-breaking airplanes but manent exhibition retracing the history and especially the first civilian airplanes. Hall workings of the Drancy Internment Camp. 1939-1945 presents several German, Amer- 110-112 av. Jean Jaurès. 93700 Drancy. ican, British, Russian and French airplanes. 01 42 77 44 72. Sun to Thurs: 10am-6pm. The visit continues with post-war (trans- Closed Fri, Sat, 1 Jan, 1 May, 14 July, Aug, 25 Dec, port and fighter) aircraft, and then a ‘rotary end Dec and certain Jewish holidays. Free. wings’ room devoted to civil and military http://drancy.memorialdelashoah.org helicopters.This exciting museum is the only one to have two supersonic Concordes, Parc Forestier de la Poudrerie which the public can visit, as well as a Boe- This park takes its name from the gunpowder ing 747. Space objects, including life-size factory founded by Napoleon III, which pro- models of the rockets Ariane 1 and 5, mis- duced ammunition from 1873 to ... 1973! The siles and space capsules are also on show. 137-hectare wooded area is now a popular Aéroport de Paris – Le Bourget. 93352 place for recreation and leisure. Classed as Le Bourget. RER B Le Bourget, then bus 152. a ‘natural zone of ecological interest, fauna 01 49 92 70 00. Daily: 10am-5pm and flora’,it is home to swallows, kestrels, (6pm from 1 Apr to 30 Sept), except Mon, kingfishers, hawks, newts, salamanders ... 1 Jan and 25 Dec.Free (except attractions). Allée Eugène Burlot. 93410 Vaujours. www.museeairespace.fr https://parcsinfo.seinesaintdenis.fr IN AND AROUND MONTMARTRE 55