Though the city has talked about cleaning up the Seine since the 1990s, the real push came in 2015 when Paris made a bid to host the 2024 Olympics. In that nine-year span, enough

Seine closes to swimmers a day after its historic reopening - Swimmers' Seine dreams were dampened after the river closed on its second day of reopening to bathers for first time in a century

For the first time in over a century, Parisians and tourists are getting ready to take a refreshing dip in the Seine.