The most glam Olympics of all? Parisians are unimpressed
Plonking games venues among the city’s iconic monuments is an unprecedented experiment that will look grand on TV but its setup in causing street-level chaos.
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
Paris, as everyone knows, is a pretty extraordinary city: romantic, historic, hedonistic, sybaritic. So when the French capital decided to host the 2024 Olympics, there was no place more willing or able to add a unique twist.
The dome of Les Invalides nestled in the streets of Paris, where visitors can seek shade in the heat of the day. Bloomberg
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