På gång i Geneva (Geneve), Switzerland under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: The bise (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: The bise (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Watches and Wonders

  30 mar – 25 apr · vanligtvisMässveckaBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The bise (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Watches and Wonders (30 mar – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Geneva Marathon, Spring holidays i Switzerland

• Festival

  Geneva Marathon

  2–15 maj · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Caves ouvertes (open wine cellars)

  23 maj – 1 jun · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Bol d'Or du Leman regatta, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Bol d'Or du Leman regatta

  5–7 junSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Lake swimming season

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisHavet varmt nog

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Caves ouvertes (open wine cellars) (23 maj – 1 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Swiss National Day

  1 augNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lake swimming season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Swiss National Day, Summer holidays i Switzerland

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake swimming season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Swiss National Day (1 aug)

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Lake swimming season (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Autumn holidays i Switzerland, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  JazzContreBand

  1–31 oktMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas markets, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  The bise

  1 nov – 31 mar · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  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 dec · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas markets, Course de l'Escalade

• Festival

  Course de l'Escalade

  5–6 decSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Fete de l'Escalade

  11–13 decStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The bise (1 nov – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Christmas markets (18 nov – 24 dec (vanligtvis))