The reopening of the Seine for public swimming follows efforts by authorities to improve its water quality so it could be used for Olympic events last summer.

Cries of It is warm! rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river legally for the first ...

Cries of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — for the ...

The River Seine reopened to swimmers in Paris on Saturday morning, marking the first time since 1923 that bathers could take ...

Cries of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — for the first time in more than 100 years.      Public swimming was allowed in ...

The River Seine reopened to swimmers in Paris on Saturday morning, marking the first time since 1923 that bathers could take ...