Maybe I should have formulated myself better. Like you say, it's self-imposed/self-enforced.
The danger is definitely real. If you don't know where you're going you might get lost and people get lost for good from time to time. In the more visited parts someone might find you, but if you take a wrong turn and fall in bad luck it's no good.
I don't want a random tourist go unprepared after reading this and have an accident or require medical assistance when it could have been avoided. Just like if you go hiking a mountain or spelunking.
Haha I'm not surprised that you've ventured down there.
Did you go the same way as in the article or via another entrance?
o hai :D
Different one.
You'll have to show me if I visit you in Paris ;)
I asked Nena if she'd ventured down there while she lived in Paris but she had only been top the ones open to the general public.
For sure! August is a great time to visit FWIW, Parisians flee the city for vacation (and the tourist load is always high here any time of the year anyway), so more quiet and calm.
The catacombs are constant temperature, so a great way to escape the heatwave ;)
Any idea about the crime rate downstairs versus upstairs?
(of course normalized by #people)
Re:An Invisible City Beneath Paris
by Scoundreller on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:00AM
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The pickpocket rates are lower, but the lost-wallet recovery rate is even lower ;)
Re:An Invisible City Beneath Paris
by JoeAltmaier on Monday May 27, 2019 @11:33AM
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...and those are some of the rules right there.
Your friend might have been been pulling your leg (or taking himself too seriously..)
There are no social codes. That's the appeal of the catacombs. The space imposes no rules or structure. It is a bubble of freedom. Anything you follow is self imposed.