Parisians and tourists dove into the joy of swimming in the Seine on Saturday as three free, supervised sites created for the 2024 Olympic Games reopened in a welcome respite after a record-breaking heatwave.

Parisiens et touristes ont retrouvé samedi les joies de la baignade dans la Seine, avec la réouverture pour l’été de trois sites surveillés et gratuits, hérités des Jeux…

For a century, swimming in the dirty Seine was unthinkable. Now, a $1.6-billion engineering marvel has turned the French capital’s river into its ultimate summer escape.