Hva som skjer i Geneva (Geneve), Switzerland gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: The bise (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: The bise (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Watches and Wonders

  30. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisMesseukeBestill tidlig

  The watch industry's biggest fair takes over Palexpo for a week each April, with public days at the end. Hotel rates jump and rooms go months ahead, so avoid the week unless the watches are the reason you are coming. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The bise (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Easter holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Watches and Wonders (30. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Geneva Marathon, Spring holidays i Switzerland

• Festival

  Geneva Marathon

  2.–15. mai · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folk

  A weekend of marathon, half marathon and shorter races that start in the countryside around Cologny and finish beside the Jet d'Eau on the Pont du Mont-Blanc; lakeside roads close on race morning. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Caves ouvertes (open wine cellars)

  23. mai – 1. jun · vanligvisMat- og drikkefestival

  On a Saturday in late May, around 70 wineries across the canton open their cellars for tastings, from Satigny to Dardagny; the easiest day of the year to see Geneva's wine country without a car or a plan. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Bol d'Or du Leman regatta, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Bol d'Or du Leman regatta

  5.–7. junSportsarrangementMye folk

  Four hundred-odd boats start off Geneva for a lap of the lake to Le Bouveret and back, the biggest closed-water regatta anywhere. The quays are the grandstand and they are free. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Lake swimming season

  15. jun – 15. sep · vanligvisHavet er varmt nok

  The Bains des Paquis and the Geneve-Plage are how the city gets through July, and the lake holds its warmth into September after the crowds have gone back to work.

Fortsatt på gang: Caves ouvertes (open wine cellars) (23. mai – 1. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Swiss National Day

  1. augNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  1 August is a public holiday nationwide. Towns and villages hold speeches, lantern walks and bonfires, fireworks go up after dark unless a dry summer brings a ban, and most shops close. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Lake swimming season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Swiss National Day, Summer holidays i Switzerland

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Lake swimming season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis)), Swiss National Day (1. aug)

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Lake swimming season (15. jun – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Autumn holidays i Switzerland, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  JazzContreBand

  1.–31. oktMusikkfestival

  A month of jazz, soul and blues concerts shared by some forty venues in Geneva, Vaud and the neighbouring French departments, so plenty of the gigs are a short tram or bus ride across the border. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Christmas markets, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  The bise

  1. nov – 31. mar · vanligvisVindsesongRisiko

  The cold north-easterly funnels down the lake for days at a time in winter, freezing the spray onto the quay railings and taking several degrees off whatever the thermometer says.

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  18. nov – 24. des · vanligvisJul og nyttårMye folk

  The lakefront market on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, a village with a free rink in the Parc des Bastions, and a smaller artisan one over in Carouge, which is the better of them. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas markets, Course de l'Escalade

• Festival

  Course de l'Escalade

  5.–6. desSportsarrangementMye folk

  Forty thousand runners through the old town over a weekend in early December, in fancy dress for the later waves. The centre is closed to traffic both days. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Fete de l'Escalade

  11.–13. desStor festivalMye folk

  The city marks the failed Savoyard attack of 1602 with a torchlit procession in period dress, a marmite of chocolate smashed by the oldest and youngest present, and mulled wine. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: The bise (1. nov – 31. mar (vanligvis)), Christmas markets (18. nov – 24. des (vanligvis))