Nuit Blanche Paris 2027: The All Night Arts Festival on 5 June

For one night in June, Paris stays up. Nuit Blanche returns on Saturday 5 June 2027, when artists take over streets, squares and landmarks across the whole city from dusk into the small hours, and public transport runs all night to carry you between them.

It is the easiest event in this guide to join and the hardest to plan minute by minute, because the city itself is the venue. This post covers what the Paris tourism board has published for the 2027 night, plus the arrival plan from Charles de Gaulle.

The tourism board describes a city handed over to artists for the night: installations, exhibitions, concerts, performances, walking tours and scenographic displays exploring contemporary art, spread across every corner of Paris rather than gathered in one ground.

Nuit Blanche launched in 2002 and has since spread to other French cities and European capitals. Public transportation stays in service all night long, which is what makes the format work: you build your own route between dozens of projects instead of buying a seat in one place.

That freedom is the planning point. Pick a district or two, start at dusk, and let the night pull you between works rather than chasing a checklist across town. The metro running all night means your hotel base matters less than your shoes.

The ride in is the same whatever brings you to Paris. The RER B is the guide pick for speed and price, taxis run on a flat fare, and a booked transfer removes the thinking after a long flight. See our CDG to Paris transfer guide for every option, priced and compared. Land in daylight if you can: a normal first afternoon, a rest, then the night itself is a much better shape than flying in and going straight out until dawn.

For a Splurge, Hotel Lutetia, at 45 Boulevard Raspail, is the Left Bank grand dame, reborn in Saint-Germain, with a jazz bar, a spa and rooms looking over the rooftops of the 6th. For Sweet spot, Hotel Malte Astotel, at 63 Rue de Richelieu, is a cheerful, well run hotel a short walk from the Opera and the Louvre, with an open snack bar and a sauna. For Budget, Grand Hotel Leveque, at 29 Rue Cler, is a small three star hotel on the Rue Cler market street, four minutes from the Champ de Mars and six from Les Invalides.

For getting back after the night, all three picks sit in the center, where the all night transport converges. The RER B reaches CDG in 35 to 50 minutes for the flight home, and the flat fare taxi covers a departure at an hour when nobody wants to think about trains.

Get connected before you fly: the guide names an Airalo eSIM for France, with Saily as a good alternative, and free Wi-Fi is standard in cafes and most hotels. A local SIM has to be registered to your passport under French law, so the eSIM is the simpler start.

Cards work almost everywhere, including the metro gates. Use bank ATMs such as BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and La Banque Postale, pay in euros when the machine offers a conversion, and keep €20 to €30 in cash for markets and small boulangeries. The tourist tax runs €5 to €10 per night depending on hotel category, collected at the hotel.

For a first meal, the guide sends you to a still warm croissant and a cafe creme at a cafe terrace, standing at the counter for the local price. Book Louvre and Eiffel Tower tickets before you fly, as the guide directs, and keep the day of the event itself light: a slow morning after a late arrival is the right warm up for a night that ends at sunrise.

One night, the whole city, and no ticket desk: Nuit Blanche is Paris at its most generous. Browse the events calendar for what else is on while you are in town, and use plan your trip to line up the days around it.