What’s big, glowing and no longer Olympic? Paris has the answer


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Saturday, 14 Jun 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the site of the reinstallation of the Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France, 12 June 2025. YOAN VALAT/Pool via REUTERS

The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising - just don’t call it Olympic.

The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital's skyline during the 2024 Games is making a dramatic comeback to the Tuileries Gardens, reborn as the "Paris Cauldron.”

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