by Parisian and tourists flocked this weekend after the city authorities founded the green light for public swimming for the first time in more than a century to recharge your batteries.
The opening was followed by a comprehensive cleanup program, which was illegally swimming illegally for their transformation through use as an event location at the Olympic Games of the past year for people who regularly swam.
The outgoing mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, also helped to master the plans and jumped into the river even before the Olympic Games.
Around 1,000 swimmers a day can access three bathing facilities on the banks of the Seine free of charge by the end of August.
Around EUR 1.4 billion (1.2 billion GBP) were invested in the project, including the disorder of more than 20,000 houses in the sewage system (which had previously been unloaded directly into the SEE), the improvement of water treatment plants and the structure of significant rainwater storage storms, which are superfluous through the rain between the rain -hardening.
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The efforts of Paris have been partially inspired and have contributed to inspiring similar popular projects in cities in Europe in which activists fought to regain waterways for swimming.
The concerns of their arguments were the concerns that the city dwellers can cool off in the increasing summer temperatures.
Despite health concerns that influenced some Olympic training sessions last summer and the men’s triathlon event, the races went as planned and increasing the trust in public swimming plans.
The tourist authorities assume that it will become one of the most discussed time -offs in the season and will act as a magnet for visitors. The bathing spots are located near the Eiffel Tower, which focuses on swimming for families with small children – the Notre Dame -Cathedral and the National Library.
Rescue swimmers are present and change and shower facilities are available. The water quality is tested daily by the health authorities and a flag system will indicate how safe it is to be able to swim. Diving is not permitted due to the flatness of the water.
In addition to the three locations in Paris, 14 bathing spaces behind the city are planned on the rivers. Two on Marne, opened in June.
French President Emmanuel Macron now has no excuse not to fulfill one of his promises to the electorate – one day he would bathe in his his if possible.
