Seine Swimming Pools Reopen as Brussels Campaigners Call for Similar Facilities
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Since 5 July, we have once again had the right to bathe in the Seine. But a society as regulated as ours cannot bear this new freedom, notes Frédéric Taddei, director of "Marianne". Even when she pretends to allow it, she rushes to affix the impetents with a ridiculous yellow buoy. Civilization is to erect prohibitions in the name of an ideal. Large program, which we have largely realized, but which we pay the price for.
The river Sena is open for baths this summer, after a deep cleaning due to the Olympic Games. On the second day, the spaces had to be closed because of the rain that fell over Paris.
A river is a giant living organism, composed of many life forms. Restoring the health of these great waterways is no simple task—nor is it quick. Therefore, when a river that has been polluted by humanity becomes clean and safe again, its return is a celebration. And that's what hundreds of people did when they took a dip in the Seine River, which flows through Paris, the capital of France. After more than a century, the swimming ban was lifted,…
The Seine baths in Paris had barely opened when heavy rains forced them to close for four days, fearing the water would become contaminated again. They reopened on Thursday ... ...
The bathing areas in the Seine in Paris reopened on Thursday, after having to be closed for four days after their inauguration over the weekend due to the risk of pollution caused by heavy rains, the municipality of the French capital announced.
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