In sweltering Paris, the Seine River is now open for swimming at three officially designated—and water-quality ...

More than 50,000 people have been swimming in the Seine since the opening of three pools in Paris on 5 July, French sports ...

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The ...

Though the city has talked about cleaning up the Seine since the 1990s, the real push came in 2015 when Paris made a bid to host the 2024 Olympics. In that nine-year span, enough ...

Following the Olympic cleanup, the public can now swim in the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, or East Paris.

For the first time since 1923, the Seine is open for public swimming at three designated sites in Paris through Aug. 31, ...

PARIS — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime ...

Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine, providing much-needed relief as summer temperatures break records.

Rock en Seine returns to the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud from Wednesday August 20 to Sunday August 24, 2025, with a host ...

Weeks before the Olympic Games are set to begin in Paris, the River Seine is still not safe for swimming on most days due to high levels of E. Coli bacteria in the water, according to official data.

Triathlon and marathon swimming are to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. The water has tested unsafe in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days.

Further, an economic motivation looms large: cleaning the Seine was a cornerstone of Paris’ winning bid for the 2024 Olympics, an event that could generate up to €10.7 billion ($11.4 billion ...