Street hockey at Les Invalides

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On some unused areas of tarmac close to Les Invalides and the grand boulevards that surround it, by the banks of the Seine, there are frequent games of street hockey. On an earlier visit to Paris I'd assumed this was a one-off, but every time we visited again and went back to Les Invalides, the street hockey guys were there, playing what is surely one of the world's most picturesque games of street sport.
In this recording you can hear rollerskates, sticks, ball thwacks and shouting among the players, all with the backdrop of busy roads in this touristy - but majestic - area of the city. A great example of public space being used for the public good.
UNESCO listing: Paris, Banks of the Seine
Recorded by Cities and Memory.
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