Jeux olympiques actualité guide - activities

Paris 2024: shops authorized to open on Sundays during the Olympic Games

Salespeople in the capital won't have a Sunday off, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! A derogation provides for Sunday opening of shops, to cope with the influx of tourists.

Paris 2024: a special transport fare for the Olympic Games, at 4 euros a ticket

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games aren't done changing the daily lives of Parisians, especially on public transport. For the duration of the competition, fares on the network will double!

Paris 2024: Parisians urged to stay at home to avoid traffic chaos

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are crystallizing many tensions, particularly on the subject of public transport in the Île-de-France region, which is already struggling to contain the usual influx. Ile-de-France residents who use them all year round are therefore invited to stay at home during the event.

Paris 2024 Olympics: metro stations closed in some areas of the capital

Getting around the capital during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will certainly be complicated. In an interview with Le Parisien, the Prefect of Paris, Laurent Nunez, announced that several metro stations would be closed for security reasons. We explain.

Paris 2024 Olympics: a special certificate to drive around Paris during the Games

QR codes, credentials, protection zones: during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it will be difficult to drive around the capital. Here are the main elements of the security plan, presented by Laurent Nuñez, Prefect of Police.

This flower, created especially for the Paris Olympics, will invade the capital's gardens in 2024.

Behind the scenes of preparations for the 2024 Olympics, an exceptional bloom is taking shape: the Olympic Games Dahlia. In brilliant red, this emblematic flower embodies Olympic passion, ready to light up Parisian gardens next summer. A vibrant floral tribute to the sporting event of the year!

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: discover the route of the torch relay in Île-de-France

As with the Olympic Games, a torch relay will take place before the Paralympics, and will pass through the whole of Ile-de-France on August 27, 2024, then end its journey the following day in the capital. Find out more!

Grand Palais: partial opening in 2024 for fencing and Taekwondo events at the Paris Olympics

Renovation work on the Grand Palais began on Friday, March 12, 2021, and will last a minimum of three years. An "ephemeral Grand Palais" installed on the Champ-de-Mars is to replace it during the period, before scheduled delivery in 2025. The Nave and surrounding galleries will be open during the Paris 2024 Olympics, hosting the fencing and Taekwondo events.

Paris 2024: 100 euros and Olympic tickets in exchange for accommodation for CROUS students

Due to the high demand for accommodation during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Crous is asking students living there to vacate over the summer period next year in exchange for 100 euros and tickets to the competition.

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: ticketing opens this Monday, October 9

After tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which were particularly difficult to obtain, it's time for sesames for the Paralympics, for which ticketing opens this October 9, 2023. This time, there's no draw!

Paris 2024: a car-free capital for six weeks during the Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games are shaping up to be a difficult time for Parisians' mobility, with the ring road cut by one lane and crowded public transport. A new proposal also calls for a car-free capital for the duration of the competition.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Russian athletes finally allowed to take part in the Paralympics

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the fate of Russian athletes has been the subject of much debate. The International Paralympic Committee has already decided not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, in retaliation (albeit minimal) for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, the participation of these same athletes in the Paris Paralympic Games is under particular scrutiny.

Champs-Elysées: discover the new terraces that will flourish on the avenue by 2024

Between now and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the capital is looking to change its face and offer tourists a more aesthetically pleasing city. On the Champs-Elysées, the world's most beautiful avenue, new rules will come into force next year.

2024 Paralympic Games: only 9% of metro stations accessible to people with disabilities

There's still a year to go before the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and yet public transport is still not accessible to disabled people in the capital, a situation that's causing concern.

Paris 2024: celebrate France's medallists at the Trocadéro Champions Park

Like Club France, Champions Park on the Trocadero, in front of the Eiffel Tower, aims to welcome French supporters and athletes during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: which athlete will be the last Olympic torchbearer?

It's the best-kept secret of these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, who could well be the last bearer a year from now to light the Olympic cauldron? The choice is vast, as many of our French athletes have already proved their worth!

LVMH becomes Premium Partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

LVMH, the French luxury giant, becomes Premium Partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, showcasing French creativity and expertise at this global sporting celebration. An exceptional and exciting alliance, illuminating the Games with the spirit of innovation and excellence à la française!

Paris: three swimming areas in the Seine selected after the 2024 Olympics

The city of Paris assures that Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Three swimming areas will be left as a legacy of the event, for dipping in the river.

Paris 2024: the route of the Olympic road cycling events in Paris and the Île-de-France region

After the route of the Olympic flame in the Île-de-France region, the route of the road cycling events has been unveiled, for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Trocadéro, Vallée de Chevreuse, Butte Montmartre, Bois de Vincennes, discover the route!

Paris 2024: discover the route of the Olympic Torch Relay in Paris and the Île-de-France region

Starting on May 8, 2024, the Olympic flame will cross the country and then the Île-de-France region, before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Château de Versailles, Stade Yves-du-Manoir, discover the sites where you can catch a glimpse of it near you!