L'Eté audonien 2025: fill up on free events this summer at Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Barely above Paris, the town of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is offering its residents (and other curious visitors) a fine Audonian summer, with a host of free events for all. If you're looking for a good deal on free swimming this summer, head for Saint-Ouen and its urban beach!

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Summer is here to stay in Seine-Saint-Denis: after the great return of theÉté du Canal with its river shuttles from La Villette to Sevran, theÉté Audonien brings the beach back home, with a swimming pool, water games to cool off in, sports workshops for senior citizens and canoe-kayak introductions from the Île-des-Vannes rowing base! There's plenty to do all summer long, for all ages, but above all, there's plenty to cool you down with the expected high temperatures.

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To keep you in the vacation spirit, an ephemeral guinguette is set up on the banks of the Seine throughout the summer vacations ! It's a not-to-be-missed spot to enjoy a drink with friends, dine with the family on the terrace, meet up with friends... And don't forget the open-air cinema screenings organized every two weeks or so in the town's various parks and sports complexes, the astronomy evenings, the sports village in the Grand Parc to let off steam all day long, the dance evenings to get your groove on or the unmissableAudonian Summer closing fireworks display.

Audonian Summer 2025 program:

Highlights

• Popular ball on July 13 with concerts and DJ sets in the GrandParc
• Bouquet finale, August 29

Other events :

• urban beach with pools for young and old
• sports, cultural and leisure activities
• open-air cinema
• refreshment stands and foodtrucks
• on the banks of the Seine: Brazilian guinguette, concerts, DJ sets, pétanque...
• the Audonian Summer program in detail

One thing's for sure: there's no chance of getting bored this summer in Saint-Ouen!

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