From April’s spire‑statue return to June’s group tours and nightly organ marathons, see what 2025 holds for the newly reopened Notre‑Dame de Paris.
Eight hundred and sixty years young and five years after the blaze, Notre‑Dame de Paris reopened on 8 December 2024—but 2025 is when the real show begins.
Forget dusty recap pieces: this is your forward‑looking guide to the cathedral’s Notre‑Dame 2025 activities, from bronze bells to VR pilgrimages and the much‑anticipated group‑tour restart at Pentecost.
Viollet‑le‑Duc’s 16 copper apostles and evangelists, exiled to the Cité de l’Architecture during restoration, glided back up the spire base in April 2025. For two weeks they rested in the nave at eye‑level—selfie gold—before cranes hoist them skyward.
Up to 25 visitors (guide included) can finally book timed slots starting Pentecost Monday, 9 June 2025. Reservations open 15 May and are expected to evaporate faster than croissants at dawn—act accordingly.
Scaffolding peels off the chevet and sacristy by late summer 2025, exposing freshly repointed stone and re‑gilded pinnacles. Expect pop‑up tours focusing on masonry craft and stained‑glass prep.
With its 8 652 pipes retuned, the Great Organ Listening Series expands: every Sunday 4 p.m. plus new Friday “Marathon Nights” (two‑hour recitals under low lighting). First date: 3 October 2025.
Monthly first Fridays from May onward Tip: book the 2 p.m. slot, then stay for the 5 p.m. vesper chants—acoustics are goosebump‑grade.
The immersive tour under the parvis now includes a 15‑minute add‑on simulating the 2024 reopening Mass. Multi‑language headsets, runs daily 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
50 concerts through December, then rolls straight into the next liturgical year.
Highlights: world‑premiere Requiem by Camille Pépin (27 May), London Symphony residency (October), and a December “Organ‑&‑Drone” experiment featuring Tim Hecker.
At Espace Notre‑Dame (6 rue de la Cité) until 8 June 2025. Free entry, panels in FR/EN, open 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
2026: Installation of the new contemporary stained‑glass cycle—competition shortlist drops in November 2025.
2027: Landscape architect Bas Smets unveils a tree‑lined forecourt with rain‑collecting paving that cools summer crowds by 3 ° C.
2024 gave us open doors; 2025 gives us motion—statues rising, choirs swelling, stonework re‑emerging. Whether you crave VR time‑travel, copper apostles at ground level, or the thunder of newly tuned bells, Notre‑Dame’s post‑phoenix chapter is only getting louder.
Book the June group slots, keep Fridays free for relic veneration, and watch Paris’s most resilient icon complete its metamorphosis—one milestone at a time.
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