Seine bathing - activities

Baignade en Seine, toute une histoire: the Musée des Égouts de Paris small exhibition

Once possible, swimming in the Seine was banned in 1923 for health reasons. But 102 years on, Parisians may well set foot in it again! A history explored by the Musée des Egouts, until December 31, 2024!

Swimming in the Seine: What are the health risks? What are the penalties?

Even though Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, dived into the Seine to hail the progress of the sanitation work underway, swimming remains banned due to health risks. Only athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be able to swim there under preventive measures. For Parisians, the river should be accessible during 2025. Until then, stay dry!

Anne Hidalgo will finally be swimming in the Seine this Wednesday, July 17

Will Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo finally bathe in the Seine, as promised? It seems so, this Wednesday, July 17, 2024, as she announced at a press conference.

Paris: three swimming areas in the Seine selected after the 2024 Olympics

The city of Paris assures that Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Three swimming areas will be left as a legacy of the event, for dipping in the river.

When will we be able to swim in the Seine? By 2025, according to the City of Paris!

Nobody wants to set foot in the Seine, let alone swim in it today! Bathing has been banned for a century, but Paris City Hall wants to make it possible by 2025, after the Olympic Games.

Paris wants to clean the Seine so one can bathe by the Olympics 2024

Bathing in the Seine: sweet utopia or real project? Paris has set up a sanitation plan of the river so that by the Olympics 2024, everyone can swim in it.