Tips for Paris for Rwc games

There is a restaurant near the moulin rouge called Bouillon pigalle.

great value traditional french food full of locals. Always a queue but it moves quickly.

I can't give advice on the stadium, but here's my general advice on the city itself

First off, it's an amazing city, I'd highly recommend seeing the major landmarks even if they are a bit pricey. Going early can help with avoiding the queues

Also, if you're under 25 and hold an EU passport you can get a discount, or even free entry into some of the landmarks. We got into the L'Arc de Triomphe for free this way (about 14 years ago 😭)

Okay, now the slightly less good. It's a city and not some managed tourist resort, so it has the same safety concerns like any other big city. Stay in a group, don't go into any streets alone, watch out for scam artists and pickpockets

I don't know if Paris is any more dangerous than other cities, but pickpockets are everywhere. One might even say getting robbed on the RER is part of the experience. If anyone stops you to talk, then you should probably just keep moving

Don't keep any valuables in your bags, leave your important paperwork in the safe in the hotel (locked of course) and if carrying cash use a cash pouch or other secure storage

Okay, I hope I haven't put you off at this point. I've been to the city twice and never had trouble, but it's just important to take the precautions and you'll be fine

For getting around, use the metro wherever possible. It's an absolutely fantastic service and very reasonably priced.

One of the lines (the M3, I think) has these weird rubber wheels driving the train. If you get on it, brace yourself, the thing accelerates like an F1 car and I'm pretty sure the drivers have a game to see how many tourists they can throw off their feet

The metro can get pretty packed, so give yourself extra time to get to the stadium. You'll also want to be wary of the buskers who hop onto the trains to play some music and beg for cash. They range from full 3 piece bands who can be pretty good, to absolutely awful one man acts. Dunno if it's still a thing but luckily noise cancelling headphones are more available now

For food and drink, there's no end to excellent restaurants around the city, but be prepared to pay. If you're anywhere near the major landmarks then expect to spend a lot. Think Temple bar prices multiplied by two (or three, since the RWC is on)

You can usually find places away from the landmarks that are more reasonable in my experience

Anyway, I hope this helps a bit, and enjoy the trip!

The best way to get to the stadium from the Boulevard de Clichy area is the Metro from Place de Clichy to St Denis Porte de Paris. Its only about 7 stops. The stadium isn't far from that stop. Boulevard de Clichy is the spot to be drinking in. It's not unsafe, as others are suggesting. I have been there loads of times, day and night.

I have been in this cafe-bar-restaurant in Les Halles, in the city centre, I think it is associated with rugby.

Three course meal = 20 euro, unreal value, but the seats are packed together.

L'Express Bar, rue du Rouge

And even if you were traveling on the saturday there would be knock on chaos from the prior day delays, because when the French controllers strike it means no over flights so its not just flights into France affected

indeed thats what has me hopeful the situation around stade de france specifically is going to be managed pretty smoothly. That being said rugby world cup and club football crowds are wildly different and while the police and not fans were responsible for the champions league problems id expect them to have very different management systems in place.