NYT > World News Paris Will Keep Seine River Open to Swimmers for 2 More Weeks Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg 27 août 2025 à 10:31 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. © Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York TimesSwimming at the Grenelle site on the River Seine in July.