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In the early 20 century, a popular piece of art for the fashionable French home was "L'Inconnue de la Seine" (translation: "The Unknown Woman of the Seine"), a completely creepy death-mask of a young ...

Long a symbol of pollution, the Seine is now swimmable thanks to a monumental cleanup. But it’s just one part of the city's audacious vision to balance millions of visitors with protecting its soul.

As the 2024 Olympic Games drew near, the promise of being able to swim in the Seine turned into a media countdown: first as part of the official sporting events and then for the general public. As ...

PARIS (AP) — Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have enjoyed a dip in the river ...

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Last summer, the city of Paris watched with a combination of disbelief and delight as mayor Anne Hidalgo zipped into a wetsuit and went swimming in the Seine—just nine days before the start of the ...

After a century, Paris has reopened the River Seine for public swimming, a legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The reopening follows a €1.4 billion cleanup. Parisians, including a 95-year-old, ...

People swim in the River Seine at the Bras Marie site, opened to swimmers marking the first public bathing session in the capital's historic waterway, in Paris, France, July 5, 2025. ABDUL SABOOR / ...

About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up programme Parisians and tourists flocked to take a dip in the Seine River this weekend after city ...

PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Parisians are allowed to swim in the River Seine legally for the first time since 1923. Three new swimming sites on the Paris riverbank are open — one close to Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral, another ...