intheareaof MUSÉE DE L’AIR ET DE L’ESPACE PARC DÉPARTEMENTAL DE LA COURNEUVE – GEORGES VALBON Extending over 410 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, MUSÉE playgrounds, ping-pong tables, a merry-go- round, a fitness trail and even an equestrian DE L’AIR ET centre. Enjoy walking, jogging, cycling, roll- erblading, boating … DE L’ESPACE 55 av. Waldeck Rochet. 93120 La Courneuve. https://parcsinfo.seine-saint-denis.fr 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 XI of the type used to cross the English MÉMORIAL DE LA SHOAH – DRANCY Channel on 25 July 1909 … Then, authen- This memorial is situated opposite the Cité tic aircraft used during the first World War de la Muette, infamous for its role in the (Caudron, Voisin, Spad,Bréguet, Fokker, and deportation of French Jews between 1942 even the gondola of a Zeppelin). Presented and 1944. The museum, a place of history next, airplanes of the interwar period, aero- and education, is housed in a discreet yet batic and record-breaking airplanes but light-filled building, and is home to a per- especially the first civilian airplanes. Hall manent exhibition retracing the history and 1939-1945 presents several German, Amer- workings of the Drancy Internment Camp. ican, British, Russian and French airplanes. 110-112 av. Jean Jaurès. 93700 Drancy. The visit continues with post-war (trans- 01 42 77 44 72. Sun to Thurs: 10am-6pm. portand fighter) aircraft, and then a ‘rotary Closed Fri, Sat, 1 Jan, 1 May, 14 July, Aug, 25 Dec, wings’ room devoted to civiland military end Dec and certain Jewish holidays. Free. helicopters.This exciting museum is the http://drancy.memorialdelashoah.org only one to have two supersonic Conordes,c which the public can visit, as well as a Boe- PARC FORESTIER DE LA POUDRERIE ing747. Space objects, including life-size This park takes its name from the gunpowder models of the rockets Ariane 1 ad 5,nmis- factory founded by Napoleon III, which pro- siles and space capsulesare also on sho.w duced ammunition from 1873 to … 1973! The Aéroport de Paris – Le Bourget. 93352 144-hectare wooded area is now a popular Le Bourget. RER B Le Bourget, then bus 152. place for recreation and leisure. Classed as 01 49 92 70 00. Daily: 10am-5pm a ‘natural zone of ecological interest, fauna (6pm from Apr to Sept), except Mon, 1 Jan and flora’,it is home to swallows, kestrels, and 25 Dec. Free (except activities). kingfishers, hawks, newts, salamanders … www.museeairespace.fr Allée Eugène Burlot. 93410 Vaujours. https://parcsinfo.seine-saint-denis.fr 60| IN AND AROUND MONTMARTRE