PARIS — France’s audacious plan to open the Paris Olympic Games on the Seine raised plenty of eyebrows before Friday night’s ...

You won’t have much trouble finding the Seine, as it flows directly through the heart of Paris. The river is perhaps one of the most famous waterways in the world and an attraction in itself.

Reasons to be Cheerful reports on river Seine, the storied French waterway that was once nearly biologically dead but is not ...

The bomb was discovered around 4 a.m. by workers doing earth-moving work near the tracks in the Seine-Saint-Denis ...

France has poured €1.4 billion ($1.49 billion) into cleaning up the Seine in time for the Games, with the state contributing €700 million, the city of Paris €150 million and the remaining ...

Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau Reims Inscribed on the World Heritage List in1991 - Paris, Banks of the Seine Inscribed on the World Heritage List in1991 - Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay ...

art and science in France and it is considered one of the country’s most significant cultural sites. The Seine will be a major hub during the Paris Olympics, hosting not only the open-water swimming ...

Gare du Nord, located in the north of Paris, is the busiest rail station in France, serving approximately 700,000 passengers ...

the stakes for France were immense. Dozens of heads of state and government were in town, and the world was watching as Paris turned itself into a giant open-air theater. Along the Seine ...

Athletes dive into the Seine River from the Alexander III Bridge on the start of the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris Olympics this past summer. (Michel Euler/AP ...