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To ensure the river was Olympic-ready, Paris invested $1.5 billion into the cleanup effort, known as the “Swimming Plan.” As ...
Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine, providing much-needed relief as summer temperatures break records.
The Seine River in Paris has reopened to the public for swimming for the first time in 100 years, following a $1.5 billion ...
First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for ...
Seine closes to swimmers a day after its historic reopening - Swimmers' Seine dreams were dampened after the river closed on ...
A year after the long-polluted River Seine was cleaned for the 2024 Paris Olympics, French officials opened multiple sites ...
The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics.
The French capital's iconic waterway has been largely closed to swimmers since 1923 due to pollution and risks from river ...
The iconic river reopened to the public for the first time in a century on Saturday, but was closed for swimming one day ...
For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists are getting ready to take a refreshing dip in the Seine.
Swimming in the Seine had been illegal since 1923, with a few exceptions, due to pollution and risks posed by river ...
Cries of "It is warm!" rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river -- legally -- for the ...