Olympic cauldron

Paris 2024: the Olympic cauldron must shine in Paris every summer until 2027

It had caused a sensation during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and it flew over the Tuileries Gardens again during the summer of 2025. The Olympic cauldron will be on display in Paris every summer until 2027.

Le Céleste, the exceptional Rooftop at Cheval Blanc Paris, unveils its summer terrace

A confidential rooftop with an exceptional view over the whole of Paris? Let's go to Céleste at Cheval Blanc Paris, which is opening exceptionally for the summer season. Cocktails and aperitifs by Arnaud Donckele await you as you admire the sunset from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower via the vasque rise.

Vasque Paris 2024: what time can you see it rise into the sky today?

At last, it's back all summer long! The vasque de Paris 2024 (that's its name now) is back to amaze Parisians, Ile-de-France residents and tourists every day, from June 21 to September 14, 2025. A hot-air balloon accessible to all, free of charge, during the day, and which you'll once again be able to see soaring into the sky every evening. But you still need to know when to see it take flight... What's the best time to see it in the sky? Here's the answer...

Paris 2024: the Olympic cauldron will disappear from the Tuileries, dismantling has begun

All good things must come to an end... After the athletes' parade, the Olympic cauldron must say goodbye to the Tuileries and the Parisians, perhaps temporarily. Its dismantling will take five days.

Paris 2024: will the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron go up this Saturday evening?

While the celebrations of the champions are in full swing, to finish off these Paris 2024 Games in style, here's the rumor spreading, notably by numerous journalists and France 2 hosts, live, as to the raising of the cauldron for a final time, this evening. What's the latest? We give you the lowdown!

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: these symbols preserved after the Games

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games could well leave a legacy in the capital and beyond. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, along with other municipalities across the country, has made no secret of her desire to retain certain Olympic and Paralympic symbols after the Games. But which ones and where? We take stock!

Paralympic Games: where can you see the cauldron take off at the end of the ceremony on Wednesday?

This Wednesday, August 28, 2024, it's time for the opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games, with an evening announced on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and then on the Place de la Concorde. At the end of the ceremony, the cauldron will return to the Tuileries skyline. So, when and where can you see the cauldron take flight? In view of the security perimeters set up around the ceremony, the Préfecture de police de Paris has issued a few tips for this evening.

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: The Olympic Vasque in the shape of a hot-air balloon is back!

The Paralympic Games keep the party going! La Vasque Olympique, the golden hot-air balloon imagined by Mathieu Lehanneur, is set to soar once again from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, after the opening ceremony on August 28, 2024.

Olympic Games 2024: why are flags not allowed near the Olympic cauldron?

If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to see the Olympic cauldron in the heart of the Jardin des Tuileries, you'll surely have spotted the flags, left out before security.

Paris 2024 Olympics: where has the REAL Olympic flame gone?

If that's not real fire in the Olympic cauldron at the Paris 2024 Olympics, then where's the real Olympia flame? Rest assured, this emblematic symbol of the Olympic Games is not missing, and you can even go and admire it!

Paris 2024 Olympics: the Olympic cauldron will not rise tonight, Tuesday, July 30, 2024

The Olympic cauldron designed by Mathieu Lehanneur will not rise into the air this Tuesday, July 30, 2024 due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Paris 2024 Olympics: will the Olympic cauldron remain in the capital after the Games?

Will the Olympic cauldron, housed under an impressive hot-air balloon, remain in Paris after the Olympic Games? At least, that's the wish of Mathieu Lehanneur, its designer, who is campaigning for it to remain after the Paris Olympics.