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Looking for something completely different? Those willing to brave the city’s lesser-known neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves will find some unusual boutiques and excellent deals. Rue des Taillandiers, Rue de Charonne and Rue Keller (11th, M° Ledru-Rollin) are full of punk and skate shops, DJ record stores and funky vintage-clothing boutiques. Rue Oberkampf and Rue J.P. Timbaud (11th, M° Parmentier) are full of edgy young designers, discount shops, and typical Parisian butchers, bakeries and bistros. Toward Rue de Ménilmontant and all along Boulevard de Belleville (11th/20th, M° Ménilmontant) are North African bazaars and French Caribbean food markets. Rue de Belleville (19th/20th, M° Belleville) is lined with Chinese gift shops and grocery stores. Venture in to the African clothing boutiques, Moroccan music shops and Algerian delis around métro Barbès-Rochechouart (18th), including Rue Dejean and Rue de la Goutte d’Or.

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