As twilight fell on October 5th, Paris shed its daytime skin to become something extraordinary. The 22nd edition of Nuit Blanche (White Night) saw the City of Light transform into an open-air fever dream, where 2 million nocturnal flâneurs wandered through a living gallery stretching from Père Lachaise to the Grande Arche.
This year's theme—"Métamorphoses"—came to life in jaw-dropping ways:
- The Seine became a liquid canvas as Brazilian artist Vik Muniz floated giant photographic negatives that developed in real-time under moonlight
- At Hôtel de Ville, visitors queued to enter a mirrored infinity room where their reflections aged rapidly through AI projection
- The ghostly sound of Marie Antoinette's harpsichord echoed through Place de la Concorde, played by robotic hammers on invisible strings
Midnight Secrets of the Savvy:
- The best installations weren't on the official map—like the pop-up puppet theater in a laundromat near Rue de Rivoli
- 3AM was the golden hour—when tourist crowds thinned but artists were still performing impromptu acts
- Real Parisians fueled up at Les Deux Magots, which served espresso and absinthe cocktails until sunrise
PrestigeFly's After-Hours Access
We arranged:
✓ Private viewings of pre-dawn installation teardowns (when the magic happens)
✓ Business class "Red Eye Specials" with onboard VR previews of next year's artworks
✓ A sunrise champagne breakfast atop the Institut du Monde Arabe with participating artists
Illuminate your Parisian nights with PrestigeFly