When Paris hosted the Summer Olympics in 2024, the topic of swimming in the Seine river certainly generated a lot of discussion. Sports fans (and generally curious people) watched from around the world to see if the city would be able to improve the river’s water quality to a level sufficient for safe long-distance swimming. Miraculously they achieved their goal, and the following year (this summer!) they opened three section of the Seine for public swimming. As a fearless female traveler in Paris, I knew I had to swim in the Seine for myself!