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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Nouvian

Swimmers plunge into the river Seine after 100-year ban lifts

Cheers of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians legally plunged into the river for the first time in more than a century.

Public swimming was permitted in designated zones, including two newly constructed wooden decks near the Eiffel Tower and the Île Saint-Louis (Island in the Seine) in central Paris.

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