Olympic Games Paris 2024

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:30:37 +0000

Our beautiful country will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2024!

They will start on 26 July and finish on 11 August, but the Olympic Flame will start its journey well before that...

According to tradition, it will be lit on 16 April 2024 in Greece during a ceremony in the sanctuary of Olympia.

The French leg will start in Marseille on 8 May and finish in Paris on 26 July to officially announce the start of the 2024 Olympic Games!

Route of the Olympic flame

We have some very good news for you...

On its journey through Normandy, the Olympic Flame will pass through our lovely Abbaye de Jumièges on 5 July 2024!

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80th anniversary of D-Day

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:32:22 +0000

2024 will be an emotional year, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy!

Festivities

The coast will be ablaze with synchronised fireworks at the major D-Day landing sites, there will be a giant picnic on Omaha Beach, Liberation balls, and several hundred soldiers will parachute into the air over Sainte-Mère-Eglise. The festivities will be in full swing throughout the year, particularly around 6 June. It's a great way to join in this spirit of fraternity.

The D-Day Festival Normandy

It will run from 1 June 2024 to 16 June 2024 along the entire coastline of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.

Parachuting, parades, concerts, historical re-enactments, fireworks, exhibitions, projections, etc. The event features almost 100 tourist, popular, cultural and festive events.

The official ceremony

Official ceremonies and festivities are scheduled to honour the memory of those who landed on the Normandy coast and took part in the Battle of Normandy in 1944.