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Paris 2024 Olympics: a stroll through history and Olympic venues in the streets of the capital

Want to learn all about the Olympic Games before they kick off in Paris? Here's a walk you won't want to miss, to discover the Parisian sites of the competition and learn more about how it works!

Paris 2024 Olympics: everything you need to know about basketball, its history, its rules, its athletes

Fans of the orange ball are in for a treat: two basketball events are being organized at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Here's everything you need to know about the sport before enjoying the games, this summer, in Paris.

Olympics: discover the medals of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

This Thursday morning, the medals for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled, with an impressive feature: each one contains a piece of the Eiffel Tower!

RATP strike: notice from February 5 to September 9, Olympic Games under threat?

Wage increases, reorganization of working hours, job bonuses: the CGT has issued strike notice at RATP to make its demands heard. We take stock.

Paris 2024: no July 14th military parade on the Champs-Elysées, moved to avenue Foch

A change of program for the July 14 parade in 2024! Due to the Paris Olympic Games, the traditional procession has been moved to a neighboring avenue, and will carry the Olympic flame.

Our hopes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the BMX Race with Axelle Etienne - video

Check out our interview with Axelle Etienne, BMX Race rider and French Olympic athlete, who is aiming to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and bring home a medal in this discipline!

Réflex 2024: the photo exhibition on sport in Parisian swimming pools in the run-up to the Olympic Games

In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, sports-related exhibitions are multiplying in the capital. Five Parisian swimming pools welcome you to discover an unusual photo exhibition, starting January 26!

Cultural Olympiad 2024: the program of festivities leading up to the Games in Paris and the Paris Region

The Cultural Olympiad, this extraordinary event that prepares the public for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, promises great entertainment between sport and culture, accessible to all until the deadline, throughout the region.

Drag Games 2024 in Paris: sport, entertainment and solidarity at Parc de la Villette

Join the most sparkling and supportive party in Paris! Drag Games 2024, in partnership with Tinder and Sidragtion, promises a weekend of unforgettable celebrations on January 26 and 27, 2024. This charity event, combining drag queen performances and sporting competitions, aims to raise crucial funds for Sidaction. Get ready for two days where diversity, inclusion and entertainment unite for a vital cause!

Olympic Games 2024: take part in the Grande randonnée vers Paris, the sporting event across France

To coincide with the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris this summer 2024, the French Hiking Federation (FFR) is organizing a major event, accessible to all, with the idea of linking Paris from the rest of France at the heart of the project.

Our hopes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: breaking with Khalil Chabouni - video

Discover our interview with Khalil Chabouni, breakdancer and Olympic athlete from Montpellier, who is hoping to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and bring home a medal in this discipline, for the first time on the program!

Paris 2024: how many tourists are expected to visit the capital during the Olympic Games?

In addition to the usual tourists who choose Paris as their summer destination, special Olympics holidaymakers will be populating the streets of the capital. How many are expected this summer during the Olympic Games?

Paris 2024: film and TV shoots in the capital on hold during the Games

For almost two months, the Olympic Games will totally disrupt life in Paris. No concerts, festivals, film shoots or series during the competition!

Marathon pour Tous: become a pacemaker on the legendary race of the Paris 2024 Olympics

Calling all running enthusiasts: the Marathon pour Tous is now recruiting pacemakers!

Paris: towards a VTC strike during the Olympic Games?

Last Thursday, Parisian VTCs carried out a snail operation on the Paris ring road to protest against their ban on using the Olympic lane during the Paris 2024 Games. If the situation remains unchanged, they intend to "block all Olympic events".

Paris 2024: shops authorized to open on Sundays during the Olympic Games

Salespeople in the capital won't have a Sunday off, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! A derogation provides for Sunday opening of shops, to cope with the influx of tourists.

Paris 2024: a special transport fare for the Olympic Games, at 4 euros a ticket

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games aren't done changing the daily lives of Parisians, especially on public transport. For the duration of the competition, fares on the network will double!

Paris 2024: Parisians urged to stay at home to avoid traffic chaos

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are crystallizing many tensions, particularly on the subject of public transport in the Île-de-France region, which is already struggling to contain the usual influx. Ile-de-France residents who use them all year round are therefore invited to stay at home during the event.

Winter Olympics: the French Alps, likely venue for the 2030 Winter Games

The International Olympic Committee has selected only one valid bid to host the 2030 Winter Games: the French Alps will almost certainly host the next Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paris 2024: 100 euros and Olympic tickets in exchange for accommodation for CROUS students

Due to the high demand for accommodation during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Crous is asking students living there to vacate over the summer period next year in exchange for 100 euros and tickets to the competition.