Residents of the French capital tend to flee the city in the summer months, which is too bad, because Paris takes on a gentler, more peaceful air, particularly on the Seine river.
Over a million visitors attended the SAIL Amsterdam maritime festival in August. The event began in 1970 to mark the 700th year of Dutch maritime history and takes place every five years.
Teenager with no feet finishes 110-km cycle race
The Tour de France may be the most famous cycle race in the world, but the biggest, by number of competitors, was held on Sunday in Cape Town.