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Colleen's Paris
Colleen's Paris
  • Start Your Paris Visit
  • Exhibitions & Art
  • Life in Paris
    • Gardens, Parks & Zoos
    • History
    • Life in Paris & France
    • Neighborhoods & Walks
  • Paris Images
  • Day Trips Paris & Beyond
    • Châteaux
    • Giverny
    • Ile-de-France
    • London
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Colleen's Paris © 2026 by Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Free Things in Paris – A Partial List

Conversions

Bra sizes – Breasttalk

Currency converter

Clothing conversions – Europe-USA/UK Clothing Conversions

Fabrics, Montmartre area –  Marché Saint-Pierre

Miles to Kilometers and back

Size Measurement Conversions – quick reference

Fabrics and Needlework

Fabrics Moline –  Montmartre area (across the street from Dreyfus/Marché Saint-Pierre

Knitting, Needlework, Fabric Addresses

Knitting and sewing for girls and boys Les enfants de la droguerie

La Drogerie Addresses in France
Comments about La Droguerie

Mercerie – needlework, buttons – Ultramod

Other markets and stores

Book Stores (Partial list) – Books for and About Paris

Patchwork shop –  Le Rouvray 

Garden shops- Christmas Creches Vilmorin –  time, usually have good selection of mangers (creches) – garden shop
Delbard

Flower market on Ile de la Cité Le marché aux fleurs

Specialized markets in Paris – then visit the Paris Mayor’s office Website to locate the specialized markets by arrondissement – on their map.
On the market’s page is “Access” with hours, metro lines.
Further down the page you will find a list of types of products found in the market.

If you were familiar with a store that sold old magazines, posters, newspapers, and catalogs located at 51 rue Archives 75003 Paris Les Archives de la Presse is now closed for good.
Sports stores
GO Sport (several around Paris)

Decathlon (several around Paris) List of others

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Colleen's Paris
  • Start Your Paris Visit
  • Exhibitions & Art
  • Life in Paris
    • Gardens, Parks & Zoos
    • History
    • Life in Paris & France
    • Neighborhoods & Walks
  • Paris Images
  • Day Trips Paris & Beyond
    • Châteaux
    • Giverny
    • Ile-de-France
    • London
  • Contact me
  • About Colleen