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Olympics Paris 2024: Games Pass and QR Code, how to get it, for whom and for what? We tell you all

With the Olympic Games just around the corner, you're wondering whether you'll need a Games Pass, and in particular its QR code, to get out and about in certain places, or to visit certain places. If a QR Code won't be compulsory for pedestrians in the red zone, what about the gray zone? Who is entitled to one, when and why?

Olympic Games: Ticketing Chaos? Last-minute cancellations and inconsistencies - check your tickets!

[UPDATE: the Olympic Games communications department points out that adjustments are underway] An Olympic Dream Shattered. For millions of fans around the world, attending the Olympic Games is a dream come true. The Opening Ceremony, in particular, is a spectacular event that marks the start of the festivities and brings together athletes from all nations. But for some spectators, this dream quickly turned into a nightmare.

Olympics Paris 2024 traffic restrictions: red, blue, grey, black zones, who can do what?

Paris is abuzz with excitement for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A colossal organization that comes with traffic restrictions that plunge some into confusion. So who can do what? Pedestrians, cyclists, cars or even two-wheelers, we take a look at the rules according to gray, black, blue or red zones.

Paris 2024 Olympics: schedule of metro stations closed during the games

During the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, some metro stations will be closed to passengers this summer. Here we reveal the schedule of closures according to RATP information on the Paris public transport network as part of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Opening of Olympic lanes Paris 2024, map and traffic restrictions

Olympic lanes, the reserved lanes on Paris and Ile-de-France roads and in particular on the ring road, for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, come into force this Monday, July 15. Who can use them? What not to do? Where are they located? We tell you all about it.

Paris 2024 Olympics: the largest official Olympic Games boutique opens on the Champs-Élysées

The Olympic Games are coming to the Champs-Élysées with the opening of the Paris 2024 megastore, from June 27 to September 15! Just a stone's throw from the Grand Palais and the Parc urbain de La Concorde, this new 1,000 m2 temple to shopping becomes the flagship store for the official Games boutiques, offering 1,000 references of iconic and exclusive products.

Eiffel Tower: reservation required to visit during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

You can now book your tickets or passes to visit the Eiffel Tower during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Due to expected crowds but also security restrictions, proof of reservation will be mandatory to visit the iconic Parisian monument, we tell you all about it.

An airport strike in Paris in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics?

In the run-up to the Olympic Games, the unions at Aéroports de Paris (ADP) are stepping up the pressure on their management, threatening strike action in early July if their demands are not met.

The Musée de l'Orangerie during the Paris Olympics: what you need to know to access the museum

The Musée de l'Orangerie overlooks the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Due to the Olympic events being held on this square, the museum must adapt its access conditions during the summer of 2024. We explain.

Paris 2024: Paris Musées offers cultural and sporting walks for the Olympic Games

There's plenty to do during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! Paris Musées offers you a unique experience combining sport and culture with the Cultural and Sports Walks, from June 29 to August 25, 2024. Set off to discover Parisian museums while keeping fit, and take part in the Games in your own way, through visits to iconic Parisian sites!

Fashion Week: Vogue World comes to Paris to celebrate the 2024 Olympic Games - video

For its next edition, Vogue World arrives in Paris on June 23, 2024, taking up residence at Place Vendôme! The worldwide event, broadcast live, promises a grandiose show where French fashion meets the Olympic Games, featuring the capital's emblematic fashion houses and designers. It will also mark the kick-off of Fashion Week Haute Couture.

Paris 2024: the list of French athletes qualified for the Olympic Games this summer

Who are the French athletes we'll be able to support during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on site or on TV? This list will be regularly updated until the end of the qualifying rounds.

Anne Hidalgo should finally take a dip in the Seine during the week of July 15.

Will Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo finally bathe in the Seine, as promised? It seems so, the week of July 15, 2024, as she announced at a press conference.

Olympics 2024: which channel to watch the opening ceremony and the Paris Olympics on?

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony and events will soon be in the news. If you don't have tickets to see them in person, they're obviously being broadcast on TV! On which channel?

A free art marathon at the Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres

This Saturday, June 22, 2024, the Musée de Sèvres is organizing a major Art Marathon open to all! From 2pm to 5pm, young and old alike are invited to explore the links between art and sport with manual, creative and fun activities on the theme of the body. It's free!

The summer terrace from the Eiffel Tower 2024 in sports and Olympic Games mode Paris 2024

Do you fancy relaxing and sunbathing from the 1ᵉʳ floor of the Eiffel Tower? All summer long, since this May 2024, you can climb 57 meters high to enjoy a perched terrace that puts sports in the spotlight of course, Jo Paris 2024 oblige.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Rafael Nadal & Carlos Alcaraz to play doubles at Olympic tennis tournament

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will form a doubles pair at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the news has well and truly been confirmed!

Paris Olympics: an Olympic and European carnival to be held in the capital on Saturday, June 15, 2024

This Saturday, June 15, 2024, Paris beats to the sound of its new carnival, organized in honor of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to come this summer.

Paris 2024 Olympics: meet Enzo Lefort, Olympic fencing champion, at Le Bon Marché rive gauche

To celebrate the release of the City Guide Paris 2024, signed Louis Vuitton, and its special issue dedicated to sport in the capital, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche invites you to a free talk with Enzo Lefort and Aude Walker, this Friday, June 14, 2024. With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just a few weeks away, find out more about this Olympic fencing champion's career and the behind-the-scenes story behind the creation of this new opus, and leave with your autographed copy!

Olympic Games 2024: the marathon medal for all unveiled in broad daylight

On Saturday, August 10, 2024, the Paris Games will draw to a close with the final sporting events. Among them, the women's and men's marathon, but also, the marathon for all, the only event in the history of the Games to be open to the general public.