Swim organized by the collective L'Appel de la Vienne in Limoges, July 6, 2024. THIERRY SALLAUD/PHOTOPQR/POPULAIRE DU CENTRE/MAXPPP
"We hope that Paris's example will encourage other cities in France and Europe to create open-water swimming areas," said Pierre Rabadan, deputy to the mayor of Paris in charge of the Seine. At the solarium at the Bercy swimming site on Wednesday, August 27, the official expressed this hope as the capital's swimming season had just been extended by two weeks.
The idea is not new, but the "popular success" of the Paris experiment – with nearly 100,000 swimmers since the beginning of summer – has brought it back to the forefront. "We feel that this is the right time to get our message across," said Julien Néméry, member of the Les Gens qui ont Chaud ("People Who Are Hot") collective, founded in May, which campaigns for the right to swim in open water in southeastern Grenoble.
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