On the left bank of the Seine at Quai Saint-Bernard between the Sully and Austerlitz bridges there is a park named after the Corsican singer and movie star Tino Rossi (1907-1983).

Unlike most Paris parks, which close at sunset, this one stays open all night and has developed into a tremendously popular venue for open-air dancing by the riverside.

It’s all free and spontaneous. Somebody brings a CD-player for the music, and anyone is welcome to join in. There are usually two or three different kinds of dancing going on in different parts of the park, the most active being the tango group. They give tango lessons in the early evening, and then all dance until late into the night.

Tango by the Seine

Understandably, the best tango dancers tend to be older Latin American couples, but people of all ages and all nationalities come to dance here.

A younger dancing group

In a different part of the park, near the Institute of the Arab World, there is an area where mainly young people come to dance. (Not the tango, in this case.)

Jardin Tino Rossi, Quai Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris
48°50’52.56″ North; 2°21’38.03″ East

My photos in this post are from 2007. I revised the text in 2019.

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