{"id":19839,"date":"2025-08-21T09:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/theres-an-app-for-that-finding-a-sunny-cafe-in-paris-the-city-of-light\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:37:59","slug":"theres-an-app-for-that-finding-a-sunny-cafe-in-paris-the-city-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/theres-an-app-for-that-finding-a-sunny-cafe-in-paris-the-city-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s an app for that: finding a sunny cafe in Paris, the city of light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jveuxdusoleil (I want sun) taps into a key part of Parisian culture: drinks on the terrasse, as many fear the extinction of the bistrot<\/p>\n<p>In August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/08\/31\/642575233\/when-paris-empties-out-in-august-some-are-happy-to-stay\">scatter<\/a> to the country\u2019s beaches and coasts for a yearly month of vacation. Businesses close and the city nearly grinds to a halt. Among those who remain, there is an eternal, quintessentially Parisian quest: hunting for a balmy <em>terrasse<\/em> bathed in sunlight for an evening ap\u00e9ritif.<\/p>\n<p>Finding the perfect seat on the pavement outside a cafe may be a matter of a chance stroll or a timely text from a friend. This summer, though, a digital solution has gained popularity in an extremely French instance of the old Apple slogan \u201cthere\u2019s an app for that\u201d: Jveuxdusoleil, an app that tracks the sun\u2019s movement through the city\u2019s maze of buildings to pinpoint exactly where you can claim a sunny spot on a terrace for your coffee. It arrives at a precarious moment for this particularly Parisian pursuit.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/aug\/21\/sunniest-cafe-paris-app-jveuxdusoleil\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b9663c54f4041454f4904274fd59eb7ee399b933\/999_0_5001_4000\/master\/5001.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4fe3169a0620c0f11ce667ff6abd97d0\" title=\"There\u2019s an app for that: finding a sunny cafe in Paris, the city of light\" \/>Jveuxdusoleil (I want sun) taps into a key part of Parisian culture: drinks on the terrasse, as many fear the extinction of the bistrot<br \/>\nIn August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents scatter to the country\u2019s beaches and coasts for a yearly month of vacation. Businesses close and the city nearly grinds to a halt. Among those who remain, there is an eternal, quintessentially Parisian quest: hunting for a balmy terrasse bathed in sunlight for an evening ap\u00e9ritif.<br \/>\nFinding the perfect seat on the pavement outside a cafe may be a matter of a chance stroll or a timely text from a friend. This summer, though, a digital solution has gained popularity in an extremely French instance of the old Apple slogan \u201cthere\u2019s an app for that\u201d: Jveuxdusoleil, an app that tracks the sun\u2019s movement through the city\u2019s maze of buildings to pinpoint exactly where you can claim a sunny spot on a terrace for your coffee. It arrives at a precarious moment for this particularly Parisian pursuit. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jveuxdusoleil (I want sun) taps into a key part of Parisian culture: drinks on the terrasse, as many fear the extinction of the bistrot In August, Paris is uncharacteristically quiet as hordes of residents scatter to the country\u2019s beaches and coasts for a yearly month of vacation. Businesses close and the city nearly grinds to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/theres-an-app-for-that-finding-a-sunny-cafe-in-paris-the-city-of-light\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There\u2019s an app for that: finding a sunny cafe in Paris, the city of light<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}