2024-07-22 03:13:00
We won’t give them Olympic medals. Swimming in the Seine in a wetsuit in the middle of summer isn’t really the feat of the century.
Nonetheless, the breaststroke images of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra have had a beneficial impact around the world, in favor of image of Paris and was reassuring before the event. Jacques Chirac’s promise to swim in the Seine finally came true.
This will also be the main legacy of this planetary event. Commitments to clean up pollution in the Seine and Marne rivers as part of the Bathing Plan are paying off. Starting in the summer of 2025, we aim to allow three swimming pools to open: Bras Marie, Bras de Grenelle, between the Marais and Ile Saint-Louis and Yuai de Bercy.
Of course, we have to invest resources: 1.4 billion euros were spent cleaning up the river. At this price, we can at least hope we can all wear swimsuits instead of wetsuits.
In addition to jumping into the Seine, be careful: France’s canals and rivers are home to many accidents every year, often fatal. Go to the following website: french waterway It lists places where it’s safe to swim.
It’s time for us to take a break from summer vacation, and before stretching our legs it’s not recommended that you read the tips: roman river (Interallié Prize 2022) Philippe Humm’s hilarious account of three young men’s determined journey down the Seine from Paris in a second-hand canoe.
Happy holidays to all readers.
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