As well as the three sites within Paris, 14 swimming areas outside the capital's boundaries will be set up on the Seine and the Marne rivers. Two of those already opened on the Marne in June.

The July 5 re-opening arrived after a major push to clean up the once-polluted river ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where events like men's and women’s triathlon were set to take place.

Water pollution levels in Paris’s River Seine remain much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed on Friday, one month before the Olympics in which the capital’s landmark waterway is ...

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly ...

"It's great for the environment, it's great for the city, it's great for the people that live here. So very good initiative." As well as the three sites within Paris, 14 swimming areas outside the ...

PARIS - Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday (July 5) as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on ...

People swim in the River Seine, with the Eiffel tower in the background, at the Grenelle site, in Paris, France, July 5. — Reuters Listen to article 1.2x 1.5x Join our Whatsapp channel ...