The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympics took place in Paris. Celine Dion sang from the Eiffel Tower, and the Olympic flame was lit in a unique way.

The hot air balloon that served as the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron lifted off, while volunteers looked back at the special moments of the Games.

The Paris cauldron is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use of fossil fuels, instead using water and electric light. By The Associated Press • Published January 31, 2025 ...

Macron said the cauldron “will be back” from June 21 — Music Day in France — to mid-September until 2028. The Paris cauldron is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use of ...

Usually during Olympic opening ceremonies, the parade of athletes takes place during a pause in the razzmatazz. But Paris shattered that tradition by having the parade and pageantry at the same ...

The cauldron’s ascent may become a new rhythm of the Parisian summer, with special flights planned for Bastille Day on July 14 and the anniversary of the 2024 opening ceremony on July 26.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Friday that the cauldron balloon, one of the Paris Olympics ' most admired attractions, would float in the skies over the French capital every summer ...