Lena Margriet

Lena Margriet

If you take Line 5 on the Métro from Gare d'Austerlitz, you can see

the Port de l'Arsenal from the Bastille platform window.

The boat with the red awning and table

is a regular in the port.

Lena Margriet - Port de l'Arsenal

75004, Paris

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal

From certain Bastille Métro platforms 

you can see the boats moored in Port de l'Arsenal.

This warm September day reveals a business meeting

on the deck of a boat.  The three look as if

this is "business as usual."

bon week-end

Port de l'Arsenal

75004, Paris

les bateaux de Bastille

Seen from one of many Bastille metro platforms,

the boats anchored along Port de l'Arsenal

provide insight to life on the water.

It is just a stone's throw from Opera Bastille

and the Colonne de Juillet.

Port de l'Arsenal

75004, Paris

Port de l'Arsenal

Port de l'Arsenal

From the above ground platform on Line 1 of the Bastille station, 

you have this view of Port de l'Arsenal.  

For many years I imagined this view was a narrow stretch of the Seine.  

When you look at a map it is simple to identify.  

This basin connects Canal St. Martin to the Seine 

and is a  part of France's national Voies navigables de France 

(VNF, Navigable Waterways of France) system.

Did you know that from Line 5 the remains of the Bastille can be seen?

Port de l'Arsenal

from Bastille station, Line 1

75004, Paris (the border between 4ième and 12ième)

Métro Bastille (bien sûr!)