Paris lifted its century-long swimming ban over the weekend, only for the ban to be reinstated a day later after rainfall led ...

People enjoy the water at the Grenelle safe bathing site on the Seine River in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025.

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

Explore the Seine River, the lifeblood of Paris, in this visual tour along its most iconic bridges and surrounding monuments.

Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time ...

Parisians and visitors looking to cool off this summer can dive in -- weather permitting -- at three bathing sites.

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

Horrible water quality made it illegal to swim in the Seine for more than a century, but the Olympics pushed forward to hold ...

The French capital's iconic waterway has been largely closed to swimmers since 1923 due to pollution and risks from river ...

Lifeguards watch swimmers at the Bras Marie safe bathing site on the Seine river in Paris, France, Saturday, July 5, 2025, ...

Parisians have legally swum in the Seine River for the first time in more than 100 years. On Saturday morning, designated ...

The River Seine reopened to swimmers in Paris on Saturday morning, marking the first time since 1923 that bathers could take ...