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Paris plunge: daily queues after city opens cleaned-up canal to swimmers

Jul 23, 2017

Paris plunge: daily queues after city opens cleaned-up canal to swimmers

The Guardian reports: Standing in his swimming trunks, Gilles looked up at the modern grey apartment buildings and trees that lined the...

Paris Canal Swimming to Go Ahead 2017

May 31, 2017

Paris Canal Swimming to Go Ahead 2017

The Local FR reports: It’s official. The water in the Paris canal is clean enough to swim in meaning Parisians won’t have an excuse not...

Wild Swimmers to Return to the Seine – Paris

Jul 10, 2015

Wild Swimmers to Return to the Seine – Paris

The Telegraph reports: “Anne Hidalgo pledges to end a swimming ban for Parisians in place since 1923 by having residents of the French...

Paris Swim Cancelled

Sep 6, 2012

Paris Swim Cancelled

River races in Paris were once a regular part of life in the capital and Impressionist’s paintings remind us of the hay day of outdoor...