Just one day after opening the Seine River to swimming for the first time in more than a century, French officials shut down the river due to concerns about pollution following heavy rainfall. Swim… ...

Paris has opened portions of the Rive Seine for swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of the 2024 Olympics.

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.

The famed Seine river in Paris opened to the public for swimming on Saturday for the first time in over a 100 years, a key victory for outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo.

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 ...

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First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in.

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 has been illegal since 1923, with a few exceptions, due to pollution and risks posed by river navigation. Taking a dip outside bathing areas is still banned for safety reasons.

Public swimming in Paris’ Seine River is set to return over a century after it was banned with just a few exceptions. (AP Video by Oleg Cetinic and Alex Turnbull, Production by Jeffrey Schaeffer ...