Paris is described in the romantic comedy series Emily in Paris by the streaming service Netflix as so idyllic that it has made many foreigners even consider moving to the city.
*Emily in Paris* tourists want to eat at the restaurant featured in the series and take a selfie in front of the main character’s home in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. Some are dressed in brightly colored berets and minidresses in the style of the TV series.
\”Paris is presented as an amusement park where only the super rich live\”
Over-eager Emily poses in fashion creations and suffers from cultural differences and the cross pressure of rude French colleagues.
Emily in Paris is fiction, but its locations are real. However, they have been photographed without tourist traffic jams and piles of dog poop.
– The series depicts a city that never changes. Paris is presented in it as an amusement park where only the super rich live in uniformly classical buildings.
– The surface of that Instagram Paris has been smoothed out to be boring and flawless, Bellard stated in an interview with the newspaper Libération shortly after the third season of the series was released.
\”The real Paris is not as perfect, every place smells like piss\”
The Emily in Paris tourists who arrived in Paris, on the other hand, seem to appreciate the exaggerated romance of the series. Many say the TV series brought a welcome escape from reality during the holiday of war news and high electricity bills.
– Paris was a city we were already familiar with, but if you’ve only watched Netflix, the city’s everyday life and certain shabbiness can come as a bit of a shock, the German Jasmin adds.
Tourist congestion and rising prices annoy some of the city dwellers
The tourist traffic jams caused by the series have increased the prices of hotels and services, which also annoys some of the townspeople. For example, the bakery featured in the series is so popular these days that the real residents of the block can’t fit inside.
The Hamam of the Paris mosque, which appeared in the first production season of the series, has on the other hand doubled the price of its sauna sessions to curb the number of people.
– Earlier, this street was quite quiet and the coronavirus pandemic made it worse. The TV series has brought people to the block and suddenly the business is doing well, Serpil smiles.
Internet searches for apartments in Paris have increased tenfold
The TV series has made many foreigners even dream of moving to Paris.
According to French real estate agents, online searches for apartments in Paris increased tenfold in the week immediately following the release of the third season. The Americans and the British have been particularly interested.
The lift brought by the TV series is more visible in short-term rentals, but the US buyers are also enthusiastic.
According to Garnier, however, most of the enthusiasm generated by the TV series remains at the level of daydreaming.
\”Foreigners fantasize about moving to Paris, but internet searches done on the Emily drug are unlikely to materialize into action,\” says Garnier.
However, there is no quick end to the Emily and Paris addiction, as the series is already in its fourth season.