A small blue bar on the Villette basin that lends out pétanque boules against an ID. You can't play pétanque on your own, which is more or less the whole point.

Every Thursday in summer, a barge moored at Port de la Rapée switches to open-air disco mode: DJ set, tacos off the plancha, and a dance crew teaching funk-disco steps to anyone willing. Free entry.

A cultural space open to everyone, built around the craft trades and creation, at Place Skanderbeg. Gallery, exhibitions, café, incredible pizzas and a culture garden: a standout between art, transmission and chill.

A hotel that turned into a bar without quite saying so. Under a large glass roof hidden in a small courtyard in the 5th, Bibie is one of those places you feel like you discovered all by yourself.

A literary barge facing Notre-Dame. You come for the books, you stay for the conversation.

A summer guinguette on a Seine barge: string lights, containers, focaccias and craft beer on tap. Open every day from 5pm, and nobody comes here to stay quiet.