Paris reopens River Seine to public swimming after century-long ban
by Kate Connolly from on (#6YF0S)
About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after 1.4bn clean-up programme
Parisians and tourists flocked to take a dip in the Seine River this weekend after city authorities gave the green light for it to be used for public swimming for the first time in more than a century.
The opening followed a comprehensive clean-up programme sped up by its use as a venue in last year's Paris Olympics after people who regularly swam in it illegally lobbied for its transformation.
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