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

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

Paris has reopened public swimming in the Seine River for the summer, allowing visitors to enjoy the waterway that was ...

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

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

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

Bathing sites will be located near the French capital’s Notre-Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and in eastern Paris.

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 ...

The Seine River remains a contaminated soup of E. coli and other potentially dangerous bacteria — despite Paris’ billion-dollar clean-up efforts ahead of next month’s Olympic games.

After swimming two laps in the Seine, a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) course, the athletes emerged from the water and ran up a set of stairs to jump on their bikes for a ride through the streets of Paris ...

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

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.