The Seine in Paris is open for swimming. Tourists and residents embrace it as temperatures soar
People enjoy the sun after a swim in the Seine river, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
PARIS (AP) — Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have enjoyed a dip in the river since three public bathing sites opened last month, the first in over a century.
The swimming areas are expected to get even more crowded as a heatwave arrives in the region on Tuesday. Paris has been placed under “high vigilance” by national weather service Meteo France, with temperatures up to 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) expected.
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