Paris is in Europe.
The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . Gare du Nord . By the number of travellers , at around 214 million per year , it is the busiest railway station in Europe , the 24th busiest in the world and the busiest outside Japan . The Musée d'Orsay ( [ myze dɔʁsɛ ] ) is a museum in Paris , France , on the left bank of the Seine . Paris . Notably , Paris Gare du Nord is the busiest railway station in the world outside of Japan , with 262 millions passengers in 2015 .