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The Seine River reopens after 100 years. Three free swimming areas launch in July, including one with Eiffel Tower views—part of Paris’s climate plan to reclaim the river for public use.
The only water we’re drinking over here on Germophobe Island is Evian and Perrier ... floating blissfully down the river on a hot summer day. A clean Seine would be quite a legacy project ...
One of Ratel's post-Impressionist paintings shows lots of water, water lilies and a river full of blossoming ... paints and heads to the nearby islands in the Seine. For Ratel, Impressionism ...
PARIS — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip Wednesday in the Seine River, fulfilling a promise to show that the long-polluted waterway was clean enough to host swimming competitions during the ...
The Seine River is one of the most famous rivers in the world, stretching about 483 miles from its source in France to the English Channel. It flows through several French cities, including Troyes ...
PARIS — Curious onlookers gathered on bridges as dozens of boats snaked along the Seine river on Monday in a rehearsal for the Paris Olympics' unique opening ceremony next month. A total of 55 ...
PARIS — At the Paris Olympics, whether the water quality in the Seine River is safe enough to host some swimming events has been a major question. Bacteria levels in the river fluctuate ...