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Paris without crowds.
This hub collects what we have counted at the famous places in Paris: the people in our own photos, each with its place, date and minute, set against sunrise times and official opening hours. Where we have no count, we say so. The first piece covers the Eiffel Tower at sunrise, from the Trocadéro and the Pont d'Iéna.
Every number in these pieces comes from one of our photos or from a source we name, and each count stands for the morning it was taken, not for every morning. We add a place when we hold dated frames from it, and we count again before we update a piece.
What have we counted so far?
An empty Eiffel Tower photo at sunrise? Our counts by spot Six of our frames at the Trocadéro, the Pont d’Iéna and Place de Varsovie on two mornings, from nobody on the side terrace at 06:27 to 19 people on the esplanade at 06:22, with sunrise times by month.
What if you want a famous place with a guide and your group only?
Our private tours in Paris are the sunrise tour, the Louvre evening tour and the Versailles afternoon tour, each with your own guide and your group only. For what each one costs and includes, see our private access in Paris hub.
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Every article on paris crowds.
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When is the Sacré-Cœur quietest? Our counts at sunrise Open from 06:30, free. On Sunday 2 February 2025 we counted 1 person on the lower staircase at 08:00 and 21 by the doors at 08:02, before sunrise.
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An empty Eiffel Tower photo at sunrise? Our counts by spot Our dated counts at the Trocadéro and the Pont d'Iéna: nobody on the side terrace at 06:27 on 28 April 2024, 19 people on the esplanade at 06:22 on 10 August 2023.
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