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Paris The Final Journey, in the Footsteps of Louis XVI 21 January 1793 · one hundred and ten minutes, from the Temple to the scaffold ▶ Listen 23 min of listening Paris The Storming of the Bastille, in the Shoes of a Paris Carpenter 14 July 1789 · from the fortress to the Hôtel de Ville ▶ Listen 22 min of listening Rome The Colosseum: Inside the Skin of a Gladiator 107 · The One Hundred and Twenty-Three Days of Trajan ▶ Listen 27 min of listening Florence Vinci: Into the Mind of Leonardo 1504 · The Year of the Duel with Michelangelo ▶ Listen 14 min of listening Prague Kafka: In the Shoes of an Insurance Lawyer 1911 · Before He Was Kafka ▶ Listen 14 min of listening Vienna Mozart, in His Own Skin 1786 · The Year of The Marriage of Figaro, and the Peak He Doesn't See ▶ Listen 13 min of listening London Sherlock Holmes: In the Shoes of a Consulting Detective 1891 · Tracing the Path of a Man Who Never Was ▶ Listen 16 min of listening

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Paris 20 walks

FreeThe Final Journey, in the Footsteps of Louis XVI21 January 1793 · one hundred and ten minutes, from the Temple to the scaffoldFreeThe Storming of the Bastille, in the Shoes of a Paris Carpenter14 July 1789 · from the fortress to the Hôtel de Ville

Arsène Lupin, in the Guise of a Gentleman-Thief1905 · the year he was born, in the neighbourhood he plunders

Hemingway: In Ernest's Shoes1922 · twenty-three years old, no running water, nothing published

Henry IV: In the Shoes of His Valet1610 · The Final Twelve Minutes

Jim Morrison: In the Skin of a Man Who Wanted to Be Forgotten1971 · Three and a Half Months to Vanish

Les Misérables: In Victor Hugo's Shoes5 June 1832 · The Day He Found Himself Caught Between Two Barricades

Montmartre, in the Shoes of a ModelAutumn 1889 · from the Moulin Rouge to the Sacré-Cœur under construction

Montmartre: In the Footsteps of Amélie Poulain2001 · The Film's Neighbourhood and the Real One

Napoleon Bonaparte, in the Shoes of a Gunner5 October 1795 · The Day He Fires on Paris

Notre-Dame on Fire: Inside a Firefighter's Experience15 April 2019 · the Four Hours That Changed Everything

Notre-Dame, in the Shoes of a Stonemason1163 · the first stone

Perfume, in the Shoes of a Child of the Innocents1738 · from the largest charnel house in Paris to the first perfumers

The Covered Passages: Inside the World of a MillinerJuly 1830 · The First Gas-Lit Paris

The Eiffel Tower, in the Shoes of a Riveter1889 · seven hundred days at three hundred metres

The Flame of Alma, Through the Eyes of a Local1997 · A Franco-American Monument Turned Memorial

The Games of Paris: Inside the Life of a Volunteer26 July 2024 · six kilometres of river, under the rain

The Liberation of Paris: In the Shoes of a Courier19-25 August 1944 · six days, one bicycle, no weapons

Van Gogh, in Vincent’s Shoes1890 · seventy days, seventy canvases

Édith Piaf, in the shoes of the Belleville sparrow1935 · one metre forty-two, and the year everything changes

Rome 5 walks

FreeThe Colosseum: Inside the Skin of a Gladiator107 · The One Hundred and Twenty-Three Days of Trajan

Inside the Colosseum Construction Site, Through the Eyes of a Judean Prisoner75 AD · A Hundred Thousand Cubic Metres, and Spoils of War

The First Jubilee: Walking in a Pilgrim's Shoes1300 · Two Hundred Thousand People, One Bridge

The Great Fire: In the Eyes of a Watchman64 AD · Six Days, Seven Nights, and a Whispered Rumour

The Model Market: In the Shoes of a Ciociara1870 · Three Hours Still, Two Lire

Florence 5 walks

FreeVinci: Into the Mind of Leonardo1504 · The Year of the Duel with Michelangelo

Galileo, in the Shoes of His Scribe1633 · condemned, blind, and he dictates

Six Strikes of the Cord, Inside Machiavelli's Skin1513 · Deposed, Tortured, and Writing

The Dome: Inside the Skin of a Mason1420 · forty-five metres, without scaffolding

The Medici, in the Shoes of Their Bookkeeper1439 · Seven Hundred Greeks, and Who Foots the Bill

Prague 5 walks

FreeKafka: In the Shoes of an Insurance Lawyer1911 · Before He Was Kafka

Charles Bridge: In the Shoes of Its Master Builder1357 · Sixteen Arches, Forty-Five Years

The Court of Wonders, In the Shoes of a Bellows Operator1600 · Keeping a Fire Alive for Forty Days

The First Pilsner, Through the Brewer's Eyes1842 · The Day We Could See Through It

The Golem: In the Shoes of the Synagogue Keeper1580 · The Keyholder of the Attic

Vienna 5 walks

FreeMozart, in His Own Skin1786 · The Year of The Marriage of Figaro, and the Peak He Doesn't See

Beethoven: Through the Eyes of His Landlord1802 · The Summer He Realises He Is Going Deaf

Empress Sissi: In the Footsteps of Her Hairdresser1867 · Three Hours of Hairdressing Each Day, Every Day

Gustav Klimt: In the Shoes of His Framer1900 · Eighty-Seven Signatures Against a Painting

Sigmund Freud: In the Shoes of a Patient1900 · fifty-five minutes, six times a week

London 5 walks

FreeSherlock Holmes: In the Shoes of a Consulting Detective1891 · Tracing the Path of a Man Who Never Was

Ten Minutes of Traffic Stopped: In the Shoes of an Officer8 August 1969 · Six Shots, and Nobody Knew Why

The Bubble: Inside the Life of an Alley Broker1720 · 128 pounds in January, 1,000 in August, 124 in December

The Cat and Mouse Act: In the Shoes of a Suffragette1913 · Freed only to be Captured Again

The Second Great Fire, Through the Eyes of an Auxiliary29 December 1940 · A Sunday, and Low Tide

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