Paris Plages celebrates its tenth birthday with extra tons of sand

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By: Sarah Elzas Follow 5 min

Every summer for the last ten years, the authorities have shut down the highway along the River Seine in the centre of Paris, and turned it into a beach. The tenth edition of ‘Paris Plages’ opens today, Thursday – with three times more sand to mark the anniversary. 6,000 tons were brought in by barges along the river, a mode of transport that is becoming more and more appealing to all kinds of transporters.