Transport chiefs for the zones around Paris are urging 2024 Olympic Games organisers to limit the crowds for the lavish opening ceremony along the river Seine to 500,000.
On 26 July at 8:24 pm, more than 100 boats loaded with athletes from across the world will start the six-kilometre voyage on the water from the Pont d'Austerlitz in the east and travel past iconic monuments such as Notre Dame cathedral and the Louvre to the Pont d'Iéna in between Trocadéro and the Eiffel Tower.
