Do you know how many rivers there are in Paris? (hint: it’s a trick question)
There are two rivers in Paris: one overground and one underground
What is the name of the most famous river in Paris?
The Seine
Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Paris, Seine — 2014 — 1321” / CC BY-SA 4.0
What is the name of the hidden river in Paris?
The Bièvre. It was over the ground until it was buried in the beginning of the 20th century.
“Former bed of the Bièvre, only arm” – Photo: JLPC / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0
The Bièvre in ruelle des Gobelins – Photo: Wikimedia Commons CC0 (date unknown)
There’s even a Rue de Bièvre (that’s where our former president used to live, because he didn’t like the Elysée Palace)
Photo: Chabe01 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
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