After messing about by the river for a while we’re ready to check out Paris by night!
The Eiffel Tower gets event prettier by night – it sparkles!!!!
Every evening, the Eiffel Tower sparkles for five minutes every hour on the hour, while a beaming shaft of light emits from the top.
It is also lit by more than 300 spotlights arranged along its girders giving the tower a gold sheen as soon as night falls.
20,000 bulbs twinkle and light up the tower in a spectacular choreography every hour.
The installation was designed to commemorate the new year in 2000 but has since been made permanent.
In June 2007 the 336 light bulbs were replaced with duplicates.
There is also a beacon from the top of the tower that sends out two light beams with a reach of 80 kilometres.
Pretty huh? Apparently however taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower at night is technically illegal as the light show is still under copyright to the original artist.
But as long as you’re not selling the images to make money then you’re ok . . I think!