Notre Dame is on the Île de la Cité in the very center of Paris. We live a little over a mile away and when it is nice out I will often walk past the cathedral on my way to other places in the city. There is always a long line of people waiting at the entrance, so the only times I've been in the cathedral while living here have been when we've had visitors.
On one of the very few rain-free, blue-skied days we had in January, I went a little out of the way while running errands to walk by Notre Dame. Apparently 5:30 pm on a weekday in January is not a peak time for visitors as there was no line to go in. I decided that an impromptu cathedral visit was in order.
I had never visited Notre Dame in the evening and it was really lovely, quieter and less crowded. They have chandeliers and spotlights illuminating the cathedral both day and night, but with only the last bits of daylight filtering through the stained glass the atmosphere was a little more mysterious.
No line at the entrance!
The line at the entrance over the summer stretches across the whole picture
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