"Several hundred thousand" spectators will attend the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for free, Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday. The figure of 400,000 has been circulating for a few months.

The ceremony on the Seine will start at 20:24, on July 26, 2024, and will last "three hours" On six kilometers of the river, 115 boats will sail, with the delegations of athletes, in the presence of heads of state and government from around the world.