How can I find a way to climb on a rooftop in Paris and just to chill out there?

garage_greg

I love Paris views but not a fan of those rooftop bars. Inspired by a blog post , I'd love to chill in Paris rooftop next time when I go there. I wonder if it's possible if I don't stay in one of the apartments with rooftop, I wonder if there's any buildings with public access to their rooftop (which isn't built into rooftop cocktail bars etc), any suggestions? Sample picture from the blog post:

Originally asked by Joythewanderer on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I think your best bet will be to befriend locals. As it is not easy to meet the right people by accident, you can try the online meeting places. I would personally start with any members of any groups I am already part of who happen to live in Paris, but that depends on being part of an international or French organization. If you are not (yet) you may look if your hobby has regional or local groups with online presence, as you will have your hobby to talk about (rather than just begging access to their roofs.) Next are the sites that are specially made for meeting people, couch surfing among others, and sites where people who travel hang out, (I am told the Lonely Planet site has one that...

Full answer by Willeke: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/156871 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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