Date, time, order and how to watch on the BBC - here is everything you need to know about the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
In a first for the Games, the spectacle will not be in a stadium, instead taking place on Paris' famous River Seine.The eye-catching ceremony will take place across a 6km route along the Seine. It will begin at Austerlitz bridge and end among the gardens, fountains and palaces in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at Trocadero.
The boats will transport the athletes in the parade but also be used in the artistic part of the ceremony, which will showcase the history and culture of Paris and France.Thousands of people are still expected to line the river and the streets with millions more watching on television around the world.
"Illustrate the richness and plurality shaped by its history, which has been influenced and inspired by the diverse cultures that have passed through it, while itself serving as a source of inspiration."
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