To the joy of the Olympic cauldron, every evening, at the Tuileries
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Return of the Olympic Cauldron to the Tuileries Gardens in Paris on June 24, 2025. JULIEN MATTIA / Le Pictorium/MAXPPP
The Olympic cauldron has made its grand return to the Tuileries Gardens. Since June 21, every evening at 10:30 p.m., the golden ball has attracted several thousand spectators. An opportunity to relive the magic of the Games. And a challenge for its designers, who envisioned it as a recyclable, more sustainable object.
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I subscribeAs the sun sets and night gradually falls over Paris, a light comes on in the Tuileries Gardens. It's windy, a storm is brewing, and yet, several hundred people are gathered behind the barriers. Their eyes fixed on the Olympic cauldron, they await takeoff. Three silhouettes bustle around the giant balloon, untie it, and at 10:30 p.m., it takes flight. Silence among the crowd. Heads follow the vertical movement, faces light up. The flame reaches its highest point, to thunderous applause.
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