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Seine to open for public swimming after Paris Olympics, mayor says

Three monitored river bathing zones in the French capital will open in 2025, said the mayor, Anne Hidalgo

The Guardian - UK

Rogue swimmers reject Seine pollution fears as Olympic swimmers prepare to take the plunge

While the 2024 Olympics will stage events in the Seine river from the ornate Alexandre III bridge, a proud declaration of the waterway's environmental renewal, many swimmers in the capital are already defying decades-long bans to take the plunge.

France 24

Chanel haute couture makes a subdued ode to Parisian elegance in fall-winter collection

The cobblestoned banks of the Seine served as the stage for Chanel’s fall-winter runway show and celebrated the soul of Paris

The Independent UK

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Chanel haute couture show is a postcard from idealised Paris

A charming cobblestoned stretch of the Seine is the scene for ‘sophistication and simplicity’

The Guardian - UK

Podcast: wheat on the Seine, denim goes home to Nimes, forgotten first woman filmmaker

How Rouen, a city on the Seine, far from the open sea, became France's largest grain port; denim production returns to its place of birth in Nimes; and the story of Alice Guy, the world's first woman director, forgotten by history.

Radio France Internationale

How to follow Paris’s secret Bièvre river to see a different side to the French capital

Thought the Seine was the only river in town? Think again, says Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, who suggests you take a tour of the city’s alternative, hidden waterway

The Independent UK

‘The first feeling is fear’: the daredevil group bringing ropewalking and climbing to the theatre

It started with a tightrope walk over the Seine: now Rachid Ouramdane has coaxed highliner Nathan Paulin and free climber Nina Caprez into sharing their high-adrenaline experiences and unique relationship to the elements

The Guardian - UK

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Art Institute’s new Van Gogh exhibit a showcase for works we barely know

A new exhibition takes the first-ever in-depth look at artworks created by Van Gogh and four of his fellow Post-Impressionists in Asnières and other nearby locales along the Seine River just outside of Paris.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The cycling was a breeze’: following the Seine through Normandy

The Seine à Vélo cycle route follows minor roads to major attractions, including a medieval chateau, Monet’s garden and Rouen cathedral

The Guardian - UK

Turning the tide: Olympic organisers hope to make murky Seine swimmable again

A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine in the French capital just in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The city and its region aim to turn the Seine's clouded waters into a venue for outdoor swimming events.

Radio France Internationale

Fancy a dip? An Olympic reboot for Paris' toxic River Seine

A costly and complex clean-up is resuscitating the River Seine just in time for it to play a starring role in the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

David Mylchreest: Normandy veteran and one of the first Allied soldiers to cross the Seine in 1944

At just 20 years old, Mylchreest helped liberate the key town of Vernon and took part in some of the fiercest battles of the Normandy campaign

The Independent UK

Paris in the springtime: 10 of the best hotels with a view

From buzzy rooftop bars taking in the Eiffel Tower to sunsets on the Seine, these are some of the best vantage points looking out over this ‘timeless town’

The Guardian - UK

Macron launches 500-day countdown to Paris Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched the 500-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

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Paris Olympics organisers urged to cut numbers for river Seine opening ceremony

Transport chiefs for the zones around Paris are urging 2024 Olympic Games organisers to limit the crowds for the lavish opening ceremony along the river Seine to 500,000.

Bangkok Post

500 days before the Paris Olympics, the race is on

PARIS - In 500 days on Tuesday, the 2024 Summer Olympics will burst into life in Paris as the teams float down the River Seine on barges in a unique opening ceremony.

The Guardian - UK

On the Adamant review – Berlin winner offers art and soul aboard a floating Parisian day-care centre

Nicolas Philibert’s warm and sympathetic documentary about a boat for mental-health patients on the Seine is a worthy winner of the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear

Radio France Internationale

French documentary wins top prize at Berlin film festival

French director Nicolas Philibert's documentary "On the Adamant", about a floating day-care centre on the Seine in Paris, won the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize on Saturday.

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French Documentary, Spanish Girl Clinch Top Prizes at Berlinale

The Berlin film festival on Saturday awarded its Golden Bear top prize to a documentary by French director Nicolas Philibert and its best acting award to an eight-year-old girl in what jury chief Kristen Stewart described as a "boundary-pushing" event. "On the Adamant", coming more than 20 years after Philibert's…

The Conversation

The French-Algerian war: 60 years on, what is behind France's reconciliation agenda?

If you cross the Seine in the centre of Paris at the iconic Pont Saint-Michel and walk along the promenade, you may glimpse a small plaque on your way towards the steps that lead down to the riverbank. Placed not on the actual bridge itself, but on a wall to…

France 24

France to deploy 35,000 guards with 600,000 expected for Paris Olympics

Paris expects a crowd of 600,000 at the 2024 summer Olympics’ opening ceremony which is to take place on the river Seine, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday.

The Conversation

Why 'mercy' killing wild animals is so controversial

Two wild animals that strayed from their ordinary habitats and into close proximity to humans were recently killed in high-profile cases. The life of Freya the walrus was ended by officials in Oslo on August 14 2022, reportedly because the animal posed a threat to humans. Four days earlier, the…

Radio France Internationale

Tests to take place on corpse of beluga whale stranded in France's river Seine

Tests were underway on Thursday on the body of the beluga whale that was euthanised while being transported from the river Seine to the open sea.

Daily Mirror

Beluga whale who got stuck in River Seine dies despite massive rescue operation

Rescue divers overnight guided the beluga whale into a net before a crane lifted the mammal from the River Seine in France in an operation which lasted six hours but the mammal later died

The Guardian - UK

American tourist raped in public toilet in central Paris

Man charged after attack on woman in heart of French capital’s tourist district by River Seine

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