French National Day (Bastille Day)
14 July 2026 — Long live the holiday! Dance under the fireworks! Dance under the fireworks!
On 14 July France celebrates its national day. The date recalls 14 July 1789, when Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress, and the Fête de la Fédération of 14 July 1790, which symbolised the unity of the nation. The day was made an official national holiday by law in 1880. In the morning there is a military parade along the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and in the evening the sky fills with fireworks, the best known of them around the Eiffel Tower. Across the country, village squares and fire stations host public dance balls with music, often featuring an accordion. The holiday has a fixed calendar date and does not depend on the Moon, but warm July evenings are a good time to watch the sky. When the fireworks fade, look up: the summer night has its own natural lights.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, like a constellation: a flowing ribbon with faint hints of blue, white and red that drifts across the sky and bursts into a sparkling firework of star points
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