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The city will extend its experiment with public bathing in the river until mid-September. Swimming there had been banned for a century over health risks.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg

If swimming in the River Seine in Paris was on your bucket list this summer, but you thought you might have missed the boat, don’t worry — there’s still time.

The city will extend its experiment with public bathing in the river for two more weeks, until mid-September, Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Wednesday.