A virtually empty morning inside the Gare du Nord train station in Paris as a mass strike over pension reform began nationwide on December 5, 2019. Sophie Gorman, FRANCE 24 Text by:Sophie GORMAN Eurostar trains to and from Paris were almost empty on Thursday December 5. Travellers had clearly decided to avoid any complications ensuing from … Continue reading ‘Where is everyone?’ Paris’s Gare du Nord eerily empty as travellers avoid national strike