This video shows the elevator ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, featuring interior views, observation decks, and panoramic cityscapes from the summit.

There are not many world records in sports which last for more than 23 years. Then again, there are not many records you look at and think “Where did someone even get the idea to do that?” ...

One of our ancient texts has it that every time you come-a come around my London London Bridge keeps going down. Wise words indeed—but what about the Eiffel Tower? Specifically, what happens when you ...

Gustave Eiffel did not design the Eiffel Tower himself Two of his senior engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, drafted the first version in 1884. At first, Eiffel wasn’t impressed by ...

Sutro Tower has stood for 52 years in San Francisco. In this profile, we explore how the broadcast site became a symbol of Bay Area civic pride.

But all that fabric, all that fussiness? Who is that woman?

Joshua Zarka, Israel's ambassador to France, was RFI's guest on Monday, 22 September – the day that France officially recognised the Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly, which ...

The band reaches its career peak with Saturday's Hollywood Bowl show, a remarkable achievement for the unassuming cosmic folk act.

The Tasmanian government has dismissed yet another report advising against building a stadium on Hobart’s waterfront, this time by its own planning commission.