--- title: Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes | TIME description: It was a rainy day in Paris on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, so some spectators took to Parisian cafes to stay dry while they watched the festivities on television screens. canonical: https://time.com/video/MPVeLU8b/ og:title: Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes og:description: It was a rainy day in Paris on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, so some spectators took to Parisian cafes to stay dry while they watched the festivities on television screens. og:url: https://time.com/video/MPVeLU8b/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MPVeLU8b/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes twitter:description: It was a rainy day in Paris on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, so some spectators took to Parisian cafes to stay dry while they watched the festivities on television screens. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MPVeLU8b/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Sports # Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes ## Video: Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes [Watch (HLS stream): Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MPVeLU8b.m3u8) (0:29)  _Published 2024-07-26. It was a rainy day in Paris on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, so some spectators took to Parisian cafes to stay dry while they watched the festivities on television screens._ --- Jul 26, 2024 11:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [](/video/lXJzkNFp/) 01:04 ### What it Looks Like to Have a Seat Along the Seine for the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremonies [](/video/f1ETyr59/) 00:34 ### A Look Ahead at the Opening Ceremonies at the 2024 Olympics in Paris [](/video/qZH3h2FT/) 01:27 ### The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Was Eerily Quiet With Few Spectators --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Spectators Stay Dry By Watching 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in Parisian Cafes","description":"It was a rainy day in Paris on Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, so some spectators took to Parisian cafes to stay dry while they watched the festivities on television screens.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MPVeLU8b/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-07-26T22:01:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MPVeLU8b.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/MPVeLU8b/","duration":"PT29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/MPVeLU8b/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```