Cries of "It is warm!" rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians took a plunge in the river for the first time in more than 100 years. The French capital's iconic waterway has been ...
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. This summer, for the first time since the ...
Charlotte Brynn winter swimming in Lake Willoughby. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Brynn/CNS Kate Kampner is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & ...
The city will extend its experiment with public bathing in the river until mid-September. Swimming there had been banned for a century over health risks. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg If swimming in the River ...
PARIS — For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The long-polluted waterway is finally opening up as a summertime swim ...
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 ...
Amid the lavender-scented hills of Provence, against a backdrop of sienna and blue-green colors straight out of a postcard, there lies a shimmering oasis of crystalline water and white pebble beaches.
Young swimmers and their swim instructors waded into the wave pool at Wild Rivers on Thursday morning in hopes of breaking a world record. The Irvine water park hosted the participants for the World’s ...