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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.
French authorities have opened the River Seine in Paris to public swimming for the first time in about 100 years.
Parisians celebrated the reopening of the Seine for public swimming on Saturday, a century after it was banned in 1923. Spurred by the Paris Olympics, extensive clean-up efforts have transformed the ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...