page_title: Parc de la Villette
section_title: Park attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Parc de la Villette / Park attractions
caption_attribution_description: Grande halle de La Villette
context_page_description: The Parc de la Villette is the third-largest park in Paris, 55.5 hectares in area, located at the northeastern edge of the city in the 19th arrondissement. The park houses one of the largest concentration of cultural venues in Paris, including the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, three major concert venues, and the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris.
  Parc de la Villette is served by Paris Métro stations Corentin Cariou on Line 7 and Porte de Pantin on Line 5.
context_section_description: The park houses museums, concert halls, live performance stages, and theatres, as well as playgrounds for children, and thirty-five architectural follies. These include:
  Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Science and Industry), the largest science museum in Europe; also home of Vill'Up, a shopping centre opened in November 2016 with the world largest indoor pulsed air free fall flight simulator of 14 m high and several cinemas (IMAX, 4DX and dynamic);
  La Géode, an IMAX theatre inside of a 36 metres (118 ft) diameter geodesic dome;
  Cité de la musique (City of Music), a museum of historical musical instruments with a concert hall, also home of the Conservatoire de Paris;
  Philharmonie de Paris, a new symphony hall with 2,400 seats for orchestral works, jazz, and world music designed by Jean Nouvel, opened since January 2015.
  Grande halle de la Villette, a historical cast iron & glass abattoir that now holds fairs, festive cultural events, and other programming;
  Le Zénith, a concert arena with 6,300 seats for rock and pop music;
  L'Argonaute, a 50 m long decommissioned military submarine;
  Cabaret Sauvage, a flexible small concert stage with 600 to 1,200 seats, designed by Méziane Azaïche in 1997;
  Le Trabendo, a contemporary venue for pop, rock, folk music, and jazz with 700 seats;
  Théâtre Paris-Villette, a small actors' theatre and acting workshop with 211 seats;
  Le Hall de la Chanson (at Pavillon du Charolais), theatre dedicated to French song with 140 seats
  WIP Villette, "Work In Progress–Maison de la Villette," a space dedicated to Hip-Hop culture, social theatre, art work initiatives, and cultural democracy;
  Espace Chapiteaux, a 4,200 square metres (45,000 sq ft) permanent space under a tent for contemporary circus, resident and touring companies perform;
  Pavillon Paul-Delouvrier, a chic contemporary event space for conferences, workshops, and social events designed by Oscar Tusquets;
  Centre équestre de la Villette, equestrian center with numerous year-round events.
  Cinéma en plein air, an outdoor movie theatre, site of an annual film festival;
  Le TARMAC (former Théâtre de l'Est Parisien), venue for world performance art and dance companies touring from "La Francophonie", has moved to 159 avenue Gambetta in the 20th arrondissement.
caption: The Grande halle de la Villette, site of fairs and cultural events and the Théâtre Paris-Villette on the left
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