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For the first time in over 100 years, Parisians and tourists can now swim in the Seine, following a 1.4 billion euro cleanup ...
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France's capital Paris reopened the Seine River to swimmers on Saturday for the first time in over a century. AFP news agency said dozens of swimmers were present for the opening at 8:00 a.m. (0600 ...
The term is nothing new: it was first coined by a Japanese psychiatrist working in France, Hiroaki Ota, in the 1980s. He, and ...
Paris has opened portions of the Rive Seine for swimming for the first time in more than a century, fulfilling a promise of ...
“Paris Plages” transforms the banks of the Seine over several kilometers (miles) into an open-air paradise with beach bars, ...
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 ...
Horrible water quality made it illegal to swim in the Seine for more than a century, but the Olympics pushed forward to hold ...
For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists will be able to take a refreshing dip in the River Seine. The ...