Apart from the painfully pleased with itself Nouveau Casino (109 rue Oberkampf, 11e), this is Paris after dark at its least affected.

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He lives with a friend on a boat on the Seine and at night is the social one, hanging out at Les Enfants de Paris, a restaurant and bar in the trendy Oberkampf area.

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Held on varying weekends throughout each month in a warehouse off Paris's trendy rue Oberkampf (with a new, larger location to be revealed soon), the market also features fashion from eras past, often in excellent condition.

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