able to get outside, to see all of these amazing plants, all of these amazing animals. it helps me to feel more connected to what s around me. french accordion music plays. now, paris is a city that s rightly proud of its traditional image but battlelines are being drawn over what truly makes it look and feel so uniquely parisian. upfor grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we set emeline nsingi nkosi to see two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells toll. you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through 10
french accordion music plays now, paris is a city that s rightly proud of its traditional image, but battle lines are being drawn over what truly makes it look and feel so uniquely parisian. up for grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette, or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to watch two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells chime you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through ten billion of them every year. jaunty music plays it s no wonder, then, that the quality of the humble breadstick is
and feel so uniquely parisian. upfor grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to see two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells toll. you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through 10 billion of them every year. jaunty music plays. it s no wonder, then, that the quality of the humble breadstick is taken so seriously, there is even an annual competition to be named the best baguette in paris. that one there. that looks good. and this place has won the award twice.
emperor napoleon iii enlisted georges eugene haussmann to completely redesign the city in one of the most ambitious plans of renovation in any city anywhere. inspired by london, a lighter, clean and safer paris soon emerged. the zinc rooftops became a symbol of the city s regeneration, covering around 75% of the roofs in paris. that s a lot of roofs! with not a lot of roofers to maintain them. now, several years since we tried to win this candidature, because it is very important to save the roofs of paris because each 50 or 60 years, you have to change the zinc. now, unfortunately, we have a terrible lack of well trained roofers. why do you think there aren t enough young people who want to become roofers? young people think when you are on the roof,
upfor grabs, unesco world heritage status. so, will it be the crusty baguette or those distinctive blue grey zinc rooftops that will triumph? we sent emeline nsingi nkosi to see two rivals slug it out for the honours. bells toll you can t walk more than a street in paris without seeing someone with a baguette under their arm. i m told the french get through 10 billion of them every year. jaunty music plays it s no wonder, then, that the quality of the humble breadstick is taken so seriously, there is even an annual competition to be named the best baguette in paris. that one there. that looks good. and this place has won the award twice.