Olympic Cauldron Set to Soar Over Paris Again! (Returning in the summers until LA2028)
I have so many amazing memories from attending Paris2024 where I was lucky to attend many epic sporting events with truly incredible seats.
But many of the times that it really felt like a dream (that I was hoping no one would wake me up from) was when I would be walking around Paris and seeing how intertwined it had become with the Olympics. Of course there was the Eiffel Tower decorated with Olympic rings.
And then there was the Olympic Cauldron – and now you will be able to see it for yourself if you visit the city of lights during the summer! Starting on June 21 -Music Day in France-through mid-September, the iconic symbol returns to the Tuileries Gardens next to the Louvre Museum.

Mathieu Lehanneur designed the 30 meter-high helium filled balloon with a 7 meter diameter ring as the first in Olympic history to not use fossil fuels. It instead used water and LED lights to create the clouds of mist and the flame. The concept was done as a homage to the Montgolfier brothers whose first hot air balloon was launched from the same gardens in 1783.
I think I stopped every single time I saw the cauldron to admire it (and most of the time to snap a photo) – it’s stunning and many times I would hear audible gasps from those seeing it for the first time. It was beautiful in the daylight, at sunset (when it would rise more than 60 meters above the ground) and during the night when it would float high in the sky. It was ticketed to get into the Tuileries Gardens (that quickly sold out) so I was never able to see it as up close as I would have liked but luckily it’s so large that I hopefully didn’t miss out too much.