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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 5: (L-R) Ian Brossat, Deputy Mayor of Paris, Laurent Nuñez, Prefect of Police of Paris, Marie Barsacq, Minister of Sports, Youth and Life, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, Nicolas Frochot ,Prefect of the Paris department, and Pierre Rabadan, Deputy Mayor of Paris take photos on a pontoon as people swim in the Seine River at the Baignade Bras Marie station on its opening day on July 5, 2025 in Paris, France. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is visiting three bathing sites as the city launches its inaugural season of public swimming in the River Seine for the first time in just over a hundred years. Hidalgo had made it a promise of her time in office to make the Seine swimmable again ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the city investing 1.4 billion euros in a clean-up project. Swimming in the Seine had been banned since 1923, due to the dangers of boat traffic and poor water quality. The new bathing areas offer changing areas and will be monitored by life guards for the swimming season, from July 5 to August 31. (Footage by Photo and Co/Getty Images)