Olympic cleanup: swimming in the Seine • FRANCE 24 English

Swimming in the Seine has long been forbidden but taking a dip in the iconic river could soon become a reality. Just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris has embarked on its most ambitious bid yet to clean up one the world’s busiest waterways.
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[@deepbluedivingexploration]

Great to see that the investments for hosting the Olympics are contributing to such clean up efforts with lasting effects.

[@jebbo-c1l]

you can swim in Copenhagen Harbour after it was cleaned in the 90s. I hope Parisians will be able to enjoy this too soon

[@hu6284]

The first clean up will be the hardest, maintenance, waste/pollution restrictions, shower washrooms, can make it a scenic open air outdoor pool.

[@touchofgrey5372]

Adding fresh water clams would help filter the water at no cost and no harm to the environment! Also, a hefty fine for throwing garbage in to the river - or any body of water - would go a long way keeping them clean! It's a win - win situation.

[@angelikalindenau943]

Definitely the best thing I have ever heard in connection with Olympics. And I used to walk through what's now the Olympic Park in Munich on my way to the ice skating hall while the project of landscaping was underway - endless tons of pebbles were carted in to convert a flat grassy area into the hills that accommodate the sports facilities. Meanwhile the nature of living in Munich went to hell for the majority of people as the games of 1972 also opened up the neverending economic cycle of speculation and exploitation with the single goal of profit maximizing. Ever since it has been hard to just live there as the mad race has infested almost every aspect of life, but especially accommodation, never mind property prices.

[@squirrelvert]

The tap water there isn't anything to write home about, either. I lived in Paris for several months in college and wound up with an ear infection from taking showers right before bed (and wearing foam earplugs overnight). I'd done the same at home, in the U.S., for for many years. (Before you attack me, I love Paris and France and plan to do a study sabbatical there in the next several years!)

[@michaeltepaurel2257]

1:57 there’s many ducks on the river

[@jonhayden6235]

Well done, FRANCE 24 English: excellent reporting on this topic, regardless of one's political views.

[@DC9848]

I would also wish the local tourist boats would be converted into electric instead of gasoline ones. They make several million euros a year and surely the gasoline costs nowadays more than converting the boat to battery powered (short distance tours, over 30 min waiting times when loading new passengers enables easy charging)

[@iLLuzion1st]

I think it is great that instead of massive strain on the local economy by erecting useless buildings they are utilizing and improving current facilities and resources. Instead of a billions on a new stadium spend it on cleaning up the water to be safe again.

[@michaela6016]

👍well done, Paris! Why focus on the costs of 1,4 Mrd €? The quality of live of Pariseans will grow immensiley. I loved the pictures of the wooden pool plattforms in the river. Also, a clean & beautiful Seine will attract even more tourists

[@MrMountainchris]

Good coverage! Isn't it sad that it takes an economic opportunity like the Olympics to clean up an environment that they knew was polluted for a century?

[@szurketaltos2693]

They've been working on it before the bid was accepted, but the Olympics gives a firmer deadline.

[@jessesmith-garcia5313]

very ambitious plan, hopefully it goes well for the people of Paris.

[@joshyboy1983]

From what I've been seeing around the interwebs, this cleanup is gonna cost a BILLION+ euros/dollars & is likely the largest part of the cost to do the Olympics. Can someone confirm?

[@angus10292]

Can they do it in time ? It remains to be 'seine'

[@salviaofficinalis02]

I'd rather do anything else than swim in the Seine, the water must be so polluted!

[@hofmannwaves1525]

i jumped from a bridge a few years ago. still here!

[@-HustleUnion-]

pretty damn foul letting get that bad in the first place, and doing nothing for a century.

[@BrianLarin]

They will never get it cleaned, it a sewer. Build a swimming pool.

[@tomso9246]

My guess... this will be embarrassing for Paris when people get sick... just like in Brazil... If they wanted to clean it they would not have waited until CAMERAS were going to be there.

[@hofmannwaves1525]

cool beans bro

[@amiboacid7183]

THIS. Finally someone said. The only comments with a functioning brain.

[@Patmorgan235Us]

Did you not watch the video?They've been working a long time on cleaning up the sein. The Olympics are an excuse to accelerate the project to finish the last pieces needed to make the river swimmable again.

[@richmck007]

An Olympic task in itself. A shame this event had to be a ‘’if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it scenario…’’ Ironic, isn’t it!?!

[@andmos1001]

I like what Paris are doing with their oppertunity to the global stage: instead of building things that only a few or noone will use, they focus on the sustaiability and wider use. VIVE LA FRANCE

[@maginot2u]

How much cleaner is swimming in the olympic swimming pool? A dirty secret was recently revealed by some Olympic competitors: Everybody pees in the pool!!

[@ReginaJune]

Thanks Pierre - you’re looking sexy at work today! 😂

[@jonjap8363]

Scary

[@urrea9994]

This video did not aged well :(

[@mathaithomas8958]

God bless 20/20 Ex Olympian Mission.please implement Olympics lotto or raffle for Ex Olympian Mission.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

the water of the Seine is clean now, we are already well below the toxic thresholds, and the latest installations of the project will further improve this greatly by the time of the Olympic Games.

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

dumping sewage in river. so it is not that developed at all. french getting stink reputation again!!

[@АннаНовикова-и6р]

Russians, Belarusians and some people in the West, including International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, say Russian and Belarusians athletes should not be banned because sport units and promotes peace. How does sport bring people together? For example, in Russia , there was the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and the football World Cup in 2018, and who did this unite, how did it contribute to peace? As Russia committed aggression, as nothing has changed. And after the Beijing Olympics, Russia unleashed a full-scale war, attacking Ukraine, bombing and shelling its cities and villages, destroying civilian infrastructure, killing Ukrainians, including children. Is it is "unification" and "promoting peace" ?

[@presbiteroo]

If Russians want peace they should ask and protest for peace. Not ask to participate in the games.