now on bbc news, the travel show. on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year, they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and para
hour. now on bbc news, the travel show. on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and
paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and paralympic week. merci, monsieur. more than 4,000 children have gathered to try their hand at a range of activities, including para sports. i bet none of these kids have played sitting volleyball before. i mean, i never played wheelchair rugby before my injury. it s been a while since i captained team gb at london 2012, and i m here to meet another former athlete. hey! hello, steve! how are you? are you well? ludivine won 12 medals for swimming. it s just my second moment in english since my life. no! yes, it is, so. well, you re doing very well. she s now the head of paralympic integration at this year s games. it s a very amazing opportunity. my name of myjob is how i can integrate the olympic and paralympic competition. like two parts of the same competition. yes. and is t
these are the eiffel towers that you see the tourists buy. so not very much age there, but this looks far older. what s that? it s supposed to be a lantern. that was in the beginning of the last century to light the horse cart. how does it feel when you pull something like that out on your magnet? very exciting, like, sometimes to start to. what s happened ? yeah. what s happened ? over the years, they estimate they ve pulled well over 30 tonnes of waste from the seine, including dozens of bicycles! but some of the objects are a bit more sinister.
in a top secret location. ..raf and alex stow a selection of their most interesting finds. raf, this is some amazing bits. tell me about what we ve got on the table. these are the eiffel towers that you see the tourists buy. so not very much age there, but this looks far older. what s that? it s supposed to be a lantern. that was in the beginning of the last century to light the horse cart. how does it feel when you pull something like that out on your magnet? very exciting, like, sometimes to start to. what s happened ? yeah. what s happened ?