I swam in the Seine: Here's what happened
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
I jumped in the Seine river - an activity that's legal again for the first time in 100 years. Here's what happened.
Want to do it too? You have until August 31st, here's more info (in English).
Music: Sunset on the Seine, an original by Pres Maxson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Oliver G here from the Airful Tower and I did it. I jumped into the Sen River and |
| 0:07.6 | I had a little swim. That might sound completely crazy to you. That might sound like the most |
| 0:13.6 | normal thing in the world. Let me put some perspective into it. Let me explain what I did. Tell you |
| 0:19.0 | how you can do the same if you dare and if we're lucky |
| 0:22.6 | there might be some chiming in's chiming's in from my wife Lena who happens to be sitting |
| 0:28.0 | across for me right now lovely Lena how are you doing are you robing me into this why didn't |
| 0:34.0 | you jump in I someone had to watch the kids. |
| 0:39.6 | All this to come with more excuses. |
| 0:45.4 | But once again, the Yearful Tower, Oliver G, with Lina Norni, music from Pressmax, and that is perfectly fitting. |
| 0:47.1 | And here comes the story of how I legally, for the first time in 100 years, swam in the Sen River. Let's dive right in. |
| 0:56.7 | So, Lena, I jumped in. You didn't, can we just tackle this straight away? |
| 1:12.1 | Why, honestly, yes, you were looking after the children. |
| 1:15.7 | Yeah, let's not get into like a he said, she said. |
| 1:19.0 | He swam, she swam. |
| 1:20.3 | No, but really? |
| 1:21.3 | Was it? |
| 1:21.7 | I mean, I can imagine doing it. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm not against it at all. |
| 1:25.2 | I know a lot of people are like, don't want to do it because it's |
| 1:29.2 | bacteria or if it feels dirty or something I don't I don't know I don't really mind and I feel |
| 1:37.0 | like if someone the authorities if their authorities are checking it and it's got like the green |
| 1:42.8 | light totally fine with that |
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