Tourists in Paris can pack swimming trunks and bikini from July: in which it is, three outdoor swimming pools are set up, even in the immediate vicinity of the Eiffel Tower.
It starts on July 5, when the three outdoor swimming pools are open opposite the Swan Island at the Eiffel Tower, not far from the Notre-Dame cathedral and one near the National Library. These have changing rooms and showers, are monitored by bathing masters and also offer space for sunbathing.
“Everyone should be able to swim from this summer,” said the French Minister of Sport Marie Barsacq proudly. During the Olympic Games last summer, competitions could have already taken place in the river, which showed that investments had paid off in a better water quality.
Water quality is constantly checked
At the Eiffel Tower there must also be swimming options, especially for families and children. The bathrooms must be used in the summer, for which installations such as floating pontoons and containers are used that are removed in the winter. The water quality is constantly checked because the swimmers dive directly into the Seine and do not swim in the swimming pools that are left in the water, as is possible in the Bassin de la Villette Channel in Paris.
“Given the climate change and the coming hot summer, we also need cooling places,” said the Minister of Sport with a view to the outdoor swimming pools. Regarding an expected temperature rise in Paris, the quality of life in the city is also about the quality of life, said Mayor Anne Hidalgo. The first step to make the river more accessible to the population was the blocking of the roads that run directly on the couch for car traffic.
Back in his swimming is a long -term wish in the French capital. This was officially forbidden in 1923, but swimming was still practiced in the early 1960s.
Source: Krone
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