Friendly local rivalries or a true hatred? Emma Albright looks at the complicated relationship between the inhabitants of the French capital and the rest of France.
Emma Albright - emma.albright@thelocal.com
Updated: Thu 27 Aug 2026 17:46 CET
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Tourists and Parisians sit in the Champ de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on August 21st, 2023. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
Friendly local rivalries or a true hatred? Emma Albright looks at the complicated relationship between the inhabitants of the French capital and the rest of France.
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