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Cyrille Bruneau spent two years searching for a small café with big windows and lots of plants.
Then a barge came up for sale on the Canal de l'Ourcq (the canal that runs through the northeast of Paris into the 19th arrondissement), and he bought it instead.
That barge is now L'Eau et les Rêves ("Water and Dreams") — the only floating botanical bookshop in Paris, moored at 9 Quai de l'Oise.
The collection is built around nature in all its forms: botany, forests, ecology, gardens, trees. Books for adults and kids, new and secondhand, with author events and exhibitions throughout the year.
The café side serves homemade food using fresh, seasonal produce — small plates, fish, cakes — plus a Sunday brunch on the 1,076-square-foot (100 m²) outdoor deck that hangs over the water.
Open Wednesday to Sunday.
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