Auvers-sur-Oise, about 45 minutes north of Paris, was the home of Van Gogh – he’s buried, alongside his devoted brother Theo (who only survived him by a year), in the small cemetery on the hill above the village. Near the cemetery are the fields where he painted many of his most famous works – and the crows he often depicted still come out at sunset and fly low over the grass. It’s an odly unspoilt and touching place – although close to Paris it’s hard to get to by train or bus, and so has been spared the worst of the tourist onslaught.