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Paris River Seine Reopens to Swimmers After Century-Long Ban

Paris River Seine Reopens to Swimmers After Century-Long Ban

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The River Seine in Paris has been reopened to swimmers after a 1.4 billion euro cleanup project, with three new swimming sites on the Paris riverbank open until August 31. The sites can accommodate over 1,000 swimmers daily and are a key legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics. However, swimming outside designated areas remains banned for safety reasons. The reopening is a welcome relief from the heat in the city, with a few dozen people arriving early on Saturday. The bathing sites are located near famous landmarks such as Notre-Dame cathedral and the Eiffel Tower.

Emmanuel Macron
Renaissance
1. One of my predecessors (Chirac), then mayor of Paris, dreamed of a Seine where everyone could swim.
Pierre Rabadan
1. I can't make a bet on the numbers of days when we'll have to close this summer, but water quality seems better than last year.
2. Green means the water quality is good. Red means that it's not good or that there's too much current.
3. We're especially happy to have proved the sceptics wrong and to be able to deliver on the commitments we initially made, on something that was very big and very complicated to achieve.
4. We're in a natural environment… so weather condition variations necessarily have an impact.

Paris River Seine Reopens to Swimmers After Century-Long Ban

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