Paris to bring back swimming in River Seine after 100 years
WEBJul 26, 2023 · CNN — Paris plans to make the Seine the centerpiece of the 2024 Olympic Games, with long-term efforts to clean up the river allowing swimming events to take place in its waters. When the French...
Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years - BBC
WEBWith a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine.
How Paris Made Seine River Swimmable for 2024 Olympics - NBC
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Swimming or bathing in the Seine has been banned since 1923 when the river was deemed unsafe. But all of that is changing thanks to a $1.5 billion project to clean up the Seine in advance of...
For the First Time in a Century, Paris Is Making the Seine Swimmable
WEBMay 17, 2023 · Since 1923, however, swimming in Paris’ Seine river has been banned to protect swimmers from currents, river traffic and water pollution. Now, the city is hoping to return the river to its...
Here's what to know about Seine River water quality during the …
WEBJul 30, 2024 · Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to try to clean it up.
Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Clean Up the Seine | TIME
WEBMar 13, 2023 · Once the €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) project is finished—by next spring, if all goes to plan—Parisians will be legally allowed to swim in the river for the first time in a century.
Paris mayor swims in the Seine to show the long-polluted river is …
WEBJul 17, 2024 · Under blue skies and bright sunshine, curious Parisians and gathered along the right bank of the Seine River to see the French capital's mayor plunge into the River Seine.
Cleaning up the Seine: the Olympics boosts a Parisian dream, but …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · French authorities vow that cleanup efforts on the Seine River will allow Parisians to finally open up as a summertime swim spot.
Paris mayor swims in Seine River before Olympics : NPR
WEBJul 17, 2024 · PARIS — After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline.
‘After the Games, we will have a swimming pool in the river’: Paris ...
WEBJul 17, 2024 · Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the city’s River Seine on Wednesday in a bid to demonstrate the cleanliness of the river for the Olympics.