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When arriving at Europe's largest Metro station
Chatelet-lesHalles.com
just follow the signs "Sortie 1 Marguerite de Navarre"






- RER A St Germain en Laye to Disneyland
- RER B Airport Roissy CDG (30 min - always take a direct train) via Orly (30 min) and Gare du Nord (4 min) to Saint Remy
- RER D Creil to Melun

- Metro 1 automatic Defense to Vincennes via Champs Elysees (15 min)
- Metro 4 soon automatic Clignacourt to Montrouge - via Gare de l'Est (15 min) Gare Montparnasse (19 min)
- Metro 7 Courneuve to Ivry
- Metro 11 Châtelet to Lilas
- Metro 14 automatic - Olympiades to Saint Ouen via Gare de Lyon (8 min) Gare Saint Lazare (9 min).


The subway exit Chatalet les Halles / sortie 1 faces the Cremeries de Paris,
N°1, N°2, N°6 , N°9 Pop Up Stores and N°3, N°4, N°7, N°8 Pop Up Cafes
It is only 200 m from the Samaritaine


on the way to Samaritaine
rest a moment in front of Cremerie de Paris N°1 and have a view into our magic courtyard
seven centuries of history are right there:

it's where the Villeroys, State advisers lived
it's where Marguerite de Navarre and all the Bourbons, Kings of France came to visit,

it's where Louis XIV spend parts of his childhood,
it's where a lost David by Micheangelo was located,
it's where Louis Leon Pajot organised the Royal French Postal services,
it's where Marie Antoinette came for cocktail parties
it's where Vincent van Gogh had a friend to help him sell the Red Vineyard

it's where all the Romanov children wanted to come
it's where Coco Chanel and Dmitri Romanov invented N°5
it's where Aimee de Heeren and Patrick J Kennedy Jr fell in Love
it's where Lady Diana came to discover the latest Sony products

it's where we opened the first internet cafe in Paris running into many US Tech Pioneers
it's where the Pokemon had their first store in Europe
it's where Amazon, Microsoft, Nike and the most famous brands have their Pop Ups

it's the home of VB.com,
since 1370

decouvrez les
Cremerie
Pop Up Stores
un peu partout
dans le
Phone Book
of the World.com

discover the
Cremerie de Paris
Brands

To help Cremerie de Paris become a
"Meeting Place for the World's most famous Brands"
a spectacular Metro Exit, Marguerite de Navarre
was constructed just in between the Cremeries

The initial Project by Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti


Initial project with a glass cupola which did not go through security controls


2012 june 05 Nike, first brand to set up a Pop Up Store at Cremerie de Paris N°1
An iconic Barbershop imagined by Antoine Leca attracts other world famous brands.


2013 April Shooting of the Any d'Avray TV commercial with Marguerite de Navarre under construction


2013 June 14 Start of the Marguerite de Navarre construction


2013 July 10 Casio Pop Up Store during the start of construction of the Marguerite de Navarre


2013 Oct 01 Start of the Marguerite de Navarre construction


2013 Oct 23 Omo Pop Up Store during the start of construction of the Marguerite de Navarre


2014 June 29 Pokemon Center Paris during the construction
organised by Thierry Bisseliches and Junichi Masuda


2014 Oct 24 Vicomtesse de Perthuis visiting the site


2014 Nov 18 Acer Pop Up Store


2015 Feb 12 CGT union on strike


2015 Feb 26 Renault Pop Up Store for Twingo 3 imagined by Charlos Ghosn


2015 Feb 27 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2015 March 12 Dismanteling the previous Novotel parking


2015 March 15 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2015 July 30 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2015 Aug 20 Leveling of the roadway going into the car park tunnel


2015 Aug 26 Opening of the Konami Pop Up Store to Launch of Metal Gear V
organised by Francois Linh Hoang and Julien Bouaziz
Removal of the Construction Crane


2015 Oct 15 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2015 Nov 16 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 Feb ... finally walking for the first time over the new monumental staircase
still under construction


2016 April 07 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit
Opening of Cremerie de Paris N°7, N°8 (Brasserie Maison Rouge)


2016 April 16 Opening of the Canope du Forum des Halles, time lapse video by Frank Badaire


2016 Mai 27 Only for two days Starbucks Pop Up Café at Cremerie N°1
Presentation to the world press of Starbucks Chilled Classics.


2016 June 02 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit
Opening of Cremerie de Paris N°6


2016 June 15 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 June 29 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 July 28 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 Sep 23 Valerie Geburting in charge of the construction


2016 Feb 23 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 Oct 04 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 Oct 6 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2016 Oct 09 David Aaron Benali showing the site to Nathalia Brodskaja (Hermitage Museum)


2016 Nov 23 - Dec 1
Chocobo Photo shooting during Launch of Final Fantasy XV at Cremerie N°6, N°7 & N°8
Event organised by by Francois Linh Hoang and Julien Bouaziz


2016 Dec 13
Microsoft XBox Cocktail in the middle of the constructions
picture with Gilles Prat at Cremerie N°7 & N°8 (Maison Rouge)


2017 Jan 15 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit
Ben Solms and Frederic Mehdi (ex Sony) walking over the staircase at night


2017 Feb 11 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 March 09 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 March 14 11am Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 March 14 - 4pm Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 March 17 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 March 29 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 April 06 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 April 11 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 April 13 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 April 19 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


Opening of Exit Marguerite de Navarre

2017 Mai 5 5am - as if Coco Chanel had chosen the moment
Opening of the Soirtue Marguerite de Navarre


2017 July 11 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 July 15 Building the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit


2017 Sep 11-30 Weight Watchers Pop Up Café at Cremerie N°1 and N°6
Pavement of rue des Halles continues to be placed


2017 Oct 13- 15 Siemens Pop Up Store Connected Gallery
the first day the emprise de travaux is removed
Video of the Opening Night still shows the barriers


2017 Dec Fingabol Pop Up Store
Place Marguerite de Navarre almost finished


2018 Jan Shadow Pop Up Store Opening night
Pop Up organised by Clara Danos


2018 Feb Presentation of Specialzed Bikes de Navarre subway exit


Construction of the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit with Ben Soms from Cremerie de Paris


Reshaping Rue des Halles
facing the subway exit


2018 April - Opening of the Pop Up Restaurant Signature by Sodexo
Rue des Halles under complete renovation



2018 July 12 Rue des Halles is getting a new road surface



2018 Nov 22 - 3 pm Thank to Myriam Moll removal of the last remaining road works
just in time ... 3 h before the grand Opening of the Amazon Pop Up Store


2018 Nov 22 - 7 pm Grand Opening night for the Amazon Pop Up Store
@ Cremerie de Paris N°1, N°2, N°3, N°6, N°7
organised by Julie Joie and Marie Hélène Galet
with help of Stephane Coffi.


2019 Sep 5 - Launch of Video Game Gears 5 by Microsoft
Opening of new Cremerie de Paris N°9


2019 Dec 2 - Game of Thrones by Warner Bros @ Cremerie de Paris N°6


2020 Feb 17 - Last street works for the reopening of Samaritaine


2020 Mai estimated - Reopening of La Samaritaine


VB.com, a unique 2 Letter Domain,
acronym for Very Beautiful
or Villeroy Bourbon
gives a global visibility to Cremerie de Paris Pop Up Stores

a little bit of history 1370 The Villeroy family, merchands at the Les Halles foodmarket settle at the Hotel de Villeroy 1530s Marguerite de Navarre comes to visit for litterature Meetings 1594 Sep 30 Nicolas IV de Villeroy becomes a minister for Henri IV, 1st Bourbon King of France 1646 grandson Nicolas V de Villeroy becomes the teacher of Louis XIV, 3rd Bourbon King of France 1853 A 27 years old fashionista interfers with the renovation project. Eugenie de Montijo wants to make Les Halles become the World's most beautiful food market. 1854 - 1870 Renovation of the old les Halles foodmarket by Victor Baltard under the direction of Empress Eugenie 1869 Opening of Samaritaine and several Cremeries along rue des Halles 1870 Empress Eugenie has to leave France, she transmits her Love for the Cremeries to children, one of them is the mother of Anastasia Romanov and a great great aunt of Ben Solms, Cremerie de Paris of today. 1910s The Romanov children and their cousins love the fairytales about Cremerie de Paris and young Louis XIV. All the children want to come to Paris to see the Cremeries and the beautiful food market. 1918 Most Romanov children are killed, but the legends about Cremerie de Paris survive with three of them, Dmitri Romanov, Carl and Friederike Solms. 1921 Dmitri Romanov escapes from Russia and shows Cremerie de Paris to Coco Chanel. Chanel falls in Love with both Romanov and Cremerie de Paris. What remains from their story is N°5 and a little jewel saved from Russia. 1938 Coco Chanel shows Cremerie de Paris to Aimee de Heeren, Brazilian secret service agent. 1939 Aimee de Heeren shows Cremerie de Paris to Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. 1960s When Coco Chanel cannot sleep she returns, sometimes in the company of Aimee de Heeren. End of a Story 1969 Mars 2 The Halles Centrales foodmarket leaves for Rungis. 1970 Dec 21 Coco Chanel leaves a little jewel to Aimée de Heeren while returning to the Cremerie staircase. 1971 Jan 10 Coco Chanel dies at the Ritz. 1971 Aug Demolishion of the beautiful Pavillons Baltard. 1971 - 1998 One by one the Cremeries close. 1979 Sep 4 Opening of the first Forum Les Halles. Return of a Story 1970 Carl Solms tells young Ben Solms the legends of Cremerie de Paris. 1985 Jacques Chirac names a square in honor of Marguerite de Navarre. 1986 Aimee de Heeren runs into a young student, he also knows the Russian fairytale stories about Cremerie de Paris. 1987 Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°2 as a small Sony Phone Boutique. 1993 Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°1 thanks to the Sony phones and the little jewel left by Coco Chanel. 1995 Cremerie de Paris N°1 becomes the first Internet Cafe in Paris. meeting with fascinating American Internet Pioneers results in the 2 Letter Domain VB.com and the invention of the Phone Book of the World.com 2000 Princess Soraya of Iran and the same Aimee de Heeren come for Internet Lessons. 2005 Feb 15 and June 15 Closing of the Cybercafe, Closing of Samaritaine interview in French by Emanuel Duprat (Adraqh) with help of Nicolas Martin-Lalande Return of a Story 2011 Cremerie de Paris N°1 converts into a Pop Up Store Location 2012 May Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°2 2013 May Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°3 (Gladines) 2016 April Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°6, N°7, N°8 2017 May 5 5am Opening of Marguerite de Navarre as if Coco Chanel had choosen the date 2019 April Reopening of Cremerie de Paris N°9 2020 April or Mai Reopening of Samaritaine 2020 June or July Reopening of Bourse de Commerce

Gare Meteor Chatelet les Halles


120 m Meteor / Metro 14 Olympiades - Saint Lazare
connection directe en avec Gare de Lyon (3 min) et Gare Saint Lazare (9 min)

Gare de Lyon

en sortant d´un TGV (Gare de Lyon) vous vous trouvez à la Cremerie de Paris en moins de 7 min ! En moins de 3 h depuis Marseille, Geneve

Gare Saint Lazare

Videos sur le Metro 14 Meteor

via sortie n°6 Place Saint Opportune
(les Cremeries se trouvent à 50m voir 70m de la sortie et on peut les voir)
100 m Metro 1 Chateau de Vincennes - La Defense
connection directe avec les Champs Elysees et La Defense


Champs Elysees, 10 m by Metro M1

sortie "Rue de la Lingerie"


via sortie
50 m Metro 4 Porte de Clignancourt - Porte d´Orleans
connection directe avec Gare de l´Est (15 min)
Gare du Nord (17 min) - Gare Montparnasse (17 min)

Gare de l´Est

en sortant d´un TGV (Gare de l´Est) vous vous trouvez à la Cremerie de Paris en moins de 20 min ! En moins de 3h30 depuis Strasbourg, Bordeaux

TGV Gare Montparnasse

Sortie 6 "Place Sainte Opportune"


via sortie n°6 Place Sainte Opportune
(les Cremeries se trouvent à 50m voir 70m de la sortie et on peut les voir)
300 m Metro 7 La Courneuve - Villejuif/Maire d´Ivry