Though the city has talked about cleaning up the Seine since the 1990s, the real push came in 2015 when Paris made a bid to ...

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

Three sites will be able to welcome over 1,000 swimmers daily until August 31, local officials said, to the delight of the ...

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

PARIS — Cries of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — ...

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists are getting ready to take a refreshing dip in the Seine.

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 ...

Swimming in the Seine had been illegal since 1923, with a few exceptions, due to pollution and risks posed by river ...

For the first time since the 1920s, Parisians can legally bathe in their river. Despite the naysayers’ grim warnings, our hesitant columnist tests the waters ...

Three outdoor bathing areas opened to the public this weekend amid a searing heatwave, though authorities had to temporarily ...

Paris locals and visitors witnessed the reopening of the Seine River, marking its first accessibility since 1923. This event ...