Les Halles, Paris

Les Halles in central Paris is now the site of Westfield Forum des Halles, a sweeping shopping center with trendy stores, an indoor swimming pool and 30-cinema multiplex, several restaurants, bars, and the largest underground station in the world.

The shopping mall observes around 150,000 visitors a day. It is directly linked to the colossal RER and métro transit hub of Châtelet–Les Halles. Also, the surrounding streets - Rue Montorgueil, Rue Tiquetonne, and Rue Quincampoix offer an enjoyable walk along this area. Les Halles was a fresh food market in Paris. It operated last on January 12, 1973, after which it was demolished. It was then replaced by an underground shopping center. Unfortunately, the largely unsuccessful 1960s modern infrastructure along with the unappealing 1980s contemporary garden atop the center was demolished again in 2010. This time it was replaced by the Forum des Halles, a contemporary shopping mall constructed hugely underground by Westfield.