Lupin Filming Locations in Paris: Where to Follow Assane Diop

Lupin turned Paris into a heist map. Netflix’s French series follows Assane Diop, played by Omar Sy, whose father was wrongly accused of stealing a necklace that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, 25 years earlier. Assane sets out to steal the same necklace and clear his father’s name, using the tricks of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc’s novels. The series has become one of the most-watched non-English shows on Netflix, and Part 4 arrived on 23 October 2026.

I’ve watched all four parts, and I’ve been to every Paris location in this post. This hub covers the key locations, grouped by area so they’re easy to walk between, with the scene that put each one on screen and what it’s like to visit. Each part of the series will get its own, more detailed post.

A quick note before we start: the scene descriptions below give away some plot points from Parts 1 to 4.

Lupin Filming Locations in Paris at a Glance
🎬 The heist opener · Assane robs the Louvre in Part 1 — though the moment the necklace is snatched was filmed in the Petit Palais, not the museum.
🗺️ Walk it in clusters · The Louvre, Pont des Arts and Palais-Royal sit minutes apart; the Palais Garnier, Galeries Lafayette and Place Vendôme form a second group.
🎟️ Free or ticketed · The Palais-Royal, the Luxembourg and the Galeries Lafayette rooftop are free; the Louvre, the Orsay and Les Invalides need tickets.
🚉 Spot the goofs · The Trocadéro metro scene is on Line 14, and Assane surfaces at Pyramides, two lines away.
🌊 Beyond Paris · Part 1 ends at Étretat on the Normandy coast, home of Leblanc’s Hollow Needle.
📺 Part 4 · Landed 23 October 2026, finally giving the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides their scenes.

The Louvre and the Seine

The Louvre (Part 1)

The series opens with its most famous heist. Assane slips into the Louvre disguised as a cleaner, admires the paintings like any visitor, then steals the necklace from under everyone’s noses. One detail fooled plenty of viewers: the scene where the necklace is actually snatched after the auction was filmed in the lower lobby of the Petit Palais, not the Louvre.

Standing under the glass pyramid, it’s easy to see why the series opened here. Book a timed ticket in advance, since every visitor needs one, and remember that the museum is closed on Tuesdays.

The Pont des Arts (Part 1)

At the end of the first episode, Assane gives his son, Raoul, an Arsène Lupin book as they walk across the Pont des Arts. It’s the same novel Assane’s own father gave him, and the moment ties the whole series together. The footbridge links the Louvre with the Institut de France, with views along the Seine to the Île de la Cité, just steps from the museum.

The Palais-Royal (Part 3)

In the first chapter of Part 3, Assane meets Claire under the covered walkways around the Cour d’Honneur of the Palais-Royal, the courtyard filled with Daniel Buren’s striped columns. It’s a few minutes’ walk north of the Louvre and free to enter, and the garden beyond the courtyard is a beautiful hidden gem of Paris.

The Left Bank

The Musée d’Orsay (Part 2)

In Part 2, Assane meets Juliette Pellegrini at the Musée d’Orsay. The series makes the most of the museum’s giant clock, which serves as a window looking out across Paris. Head up to the top floor to find it and recognise the shot. The museum is closed on Mondays.

The Jardin du Luxembourg (Part 1)

In the second episode, Assane disguises himself as a bike courier to meet Juliette in the Jardin du Luxembourg. When the police close in, the garden fills with bike couriers, and he escapes among them. It’s one of the scenes people remember most from Part 1.

The garden itself is beautifully manicured, a legacy of its Medici origins, but it’s also laid back and perfect for a stroll. It’s an oasis in the heart of Paris, with the Luxembourg Palace at one end and the Grand Bassin in the middle, and in summer there are food and drink stands among the trees. Entry is free.

The Opéra District

The Palais Garnier (Parts 2 and 3)

The Palais Garnier first appears in Part 2, in a drive past the opera house, and Part 3’s finale reaches its grand staircase. The building has a second Lupin connection too. In December 2022, the Opéra national de Paris launched “Arsène Lupin et le secret de l’Opéra”, an investigation game set inside the building, and when I visited in June 2023 a banner for it hung on the side of the opera house.

Galeries Lafayette (Part 3)

In Chapter 6 of Part 3, Claire goes to Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, the department store across the street from the Palais Garnier, to buy Raoul a pair of basketball shoes. Assane calls her, still posing as “Alex”, Raoul’s basketball coach. When he spots one of the villain’s men following her through the store, he stays on the line and guides her out by a quick exit. What Assane doesn’t know is that Claire has already worked out who “Alex” really is, so she spends the whole call teasing him by flirting.

Inside, under its glass dome, it’s hard to stop looking up. Before leaving, ride up to the rooftop terrace, which is free and looks straight across at the opera house.

Place Vendôme (Part 3)

Part 3 opens with a heist at a jewellery house on Place Vendôme, filmed at Christmas with the square lined with trees, and Assane directs the whole operation from the top of the Vendôme column.

The square is home to the legendary Ritz, to jewellers and to high society in general, a hub of luxury fashion houses. What struck me most was the sheer number of luxury houses, and how much security there was all around them.

The West

The Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe (Part 3)

In Part 3, Assane rides a motorbike past the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs-Élysées. The avenue is beautiful, and it ends at the Arc de Triomphe, which is even more majestic from across the street, standing in the heart of the intersection. Climb to the top of the arch for the view down the avenues.

The Trocadéro (Part 3)

In Part 3, Assane snatches a briefcase in the metro after a scene set at Trocadéro station. Parisians spotted the mistake straight away. Trocadéro is on Lines 6 and 9, but the train in the scene is on Line 14, and Assane comes out at Pyramides.

The Trocadéro itself sits across the Pont d’Iéna from the Eiffel Tower, and the view of it from the tower’s second floor is worth the climb.

Montmartre

Sacré-Cœur (Parts 1 and 3)

Montmartre runs through the whole series. In Part 1, Assane escapes onto a rooftop with Sacré-Cœur rising behind him, and in Part 3 the carousel at the foot of the hill gets its own scene. My photo of the basilica happens to include that same carousel. Take Line 2 to Anvers, then climb the steps or ride the funicular, which costs a single metro ticket.

Beyond Paris: Étretat (Part 1)

Part 1 ends in Étretat, on the Normandy coast, where Assane, Claire and Raoul travel for a Lupin festival. The festival is invented, but the town’s link to Arsène Lupin is real. In Leblanc’s 1909 novel The Hollow Needle, Lupin hides the lost treasure of the French kings inside the needle-shaped rock off Étretat’s cliffs. Leblanc’s former house in the town is now the Clos Lupin, a museum dedicated to the gentleman thief.

Part 4: Les Invalides and Beyond

Part 4 begins four years after the end of Part 3, with Assane still in prison. When a copycat starts committing thefts in his style, he has to escape and put on the Lupin costume again to clear his name.

Part 4 was filmed in Paris between May and September 2025, and it brings in new locations. The Eiffel Tower finally gets a big scene, Omar Sy gallops through the streets on horseback, and the Musée de l’Armée at Les Invalides hosts one of the funniest scenes of the series, full of characters in general’s uniforms. The museum shares the Invalides complex with Napoleon‘s tomb, beneath the gilded dome.

Bubbly Tips

• Walk the locations in clusters. The Louvre, the Pont des Arts and the Palais-Royal are all within a few minutes of each other. The Palais Garnier, Galeries Lafayette and Place Vendôme make a second cluster, and the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and the Trocadéro a third.
• Watch first, then walk. Spotting a location is far more fun when the scene is fresh in your mind, so rewatch the relevant part before you go.
• Check the Lupin game at the Palais Garnier. “Arsène Lupin et le secret de l’Opéra” launched in December 2022. Check the Opéra national de Paris website to see whether it’s still running before you plan around it.
• Go to Place Vendôme at Christmas. Part 3’s heist was filmed with the square lined with Christmas trees, so a December visit looks just like the show.
• See the Arc de Triomphe from across the street. It looks its most majestic from the edge of the roundabout, with the traffic circling around it.
• Visit the Luxembourg in summer. The food and drink stands make it easy to stay for a picnic and a stroll.
• Pair Les Invalides with the Eiffel Tower. Both Part 4 locations are in the 7th arrondissement, so they fit into the same afternoon.
• Leave time for Étretat. It’s a day trip from Paris, and the Clos Lupin is worth adding to the cliffs and the beach.

Final Thoughts

Most of the time, Lupin lets Paris play itself. The Louvre, the Luxembourg and Place Vendôme are exactly what they look like on screen, and every one of them can be visited. The Petit Palais standing in for the Louvre, and Line 14 standing in for Trocadéro, are the rare exceptions.

Watch the series first, then walk it. The Louvre, the Pont des Arts and the Palais-Royal alone make a perfect Lupin morning.

Until next time!

xoxo,
Bubbly 🎈