Belleville was a working-class village annexed by Paris in 1860, and it has stayed the city's most consistently multicultural neighborhood ever since — waves of Armenian, Jewish, Chinese, and North African immigration left behind a density of good, cheap, genuinely diverse food that wealthier arrondissements can't match. Édith Piaf was born here, and street art now covers walls that used to just be walls.
- Parc de Belleville has one of the best panoramic views in Paris, and none of the queues of Sacré-Cœur or the Eiffel Tower
- Belleville's Chinatown, distinct from the larger one in the 13th arrondissement, centers on Rue de Belleville itself
- The neighborhood hosts one of Paris's largest concentrations of street art — organized walking tours exist, but wandering works too
- Hours
- Neighborhood always open
- Price
- Free to wander
- Tip
- Come for dinner rather than lunch — Belleville's food scene is better in the evening, when its many small restaurants fill up.
Nearby
- P Parc de Belleville · park
- C Canal Saint-Martin · neighborhood
- P Père Lachaise · cemetery