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Dozens of people arrived early in the morning on Saturday to paddle into the once-polluted water, following a clean-up ...
Paris locals and visitors witnessed the reopening of the Seine River, marking its first accessibility since 1923. This event ...
On Sunday morning, Paris officials raised red flags, the same as those used on beaches, barring swimmers from entering the ...
Paris reportedly spent billions of dollars to fix the Seine and to improve the quality of water, making it fit for public use ...
Explore the Seine River, the lifeblood of Paris, in this visual tour along its most iconic bridges and surrounding monuments.
The closures came just a day after the river's triumphant reopening, which capped a years-long effort to clean up the Seine, ...
The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics.
For the first time in 100 years, Parisians and tourists enjoyed swimming in the Seine River. The river had been closed to ...
Paris has opened portions of the Rive Seine for swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of ...
France's capital Paris reopened the Seine River to swimmers on Saturday for the first time in over a century. AFP news agency said dozens of swimmers were present for the opening at 8:00 a.m. (0600 ...
With scorching heatwaves throughout Europe, the iconic river that flows through Paris welcomed back swimmers after a ...