For the first time in more than 100 years, the Seine River in Paris has opened for swimming and recreation, following a $1.5 ...

Just one day after opening the Seine River to swimming for the first time in more than a century, French officials shut down the river due to concerns about pollution following heavy rainfall.

Explore the Seine River, the lifeblood of Paris, in this visual tour along its most iconic bridges and surrounding monuments.

Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine as the authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on by it being used as a ...

First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in.

Parisians on Saturday jumped into the river Seine —legally—for the first time in more than 100 years, with cries of "woo" and "it is warm!" ringing out across the Seine.

rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — for the first time ... who lives atop the riverbanks and observed the scene from a bridge above. “I’ve seen ...

Cheers of "It is warm!" rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians legally plunged into the river for the first time in over a century. Public swimming was permitted in designated ...

The River Seine reopened to swimmers on Saturday for the first time since 1923, with dozens of people waiting for a dip in the historic waterway ahead of its opening time.

The River Seine in Paris has reopened publicly to swimmers for the first time since 1923 after a century-long ban. The seasonal opening of the Seine for swimming is viewed as a key legacy of the ...

River Seine reopens to Paris swimmers, after Olympics, century-long ban Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.