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Geneva Overview

Geneva is Switzerland’s largest city, also known to be a neutral city for many decades has meant that international organizations have set themselves at home for some time now such as the United Nation European Headquarters, the International Committee of Red Cross and the World Health Organisation.

As well as being an international diplomatic city with major bank head offices, Geneva is also a very welcoming city with a wide choice of attractions such as museums and its old part of town.

Geneva is still known to be an expensive city to live in and work in with most of its workers living on the outskirts.

This city is renowned for its cleanliness, tidiness and pure aspects with the wonderful and very big Lac Leman shrugging the city centre.

Geneva Guide - Fast Facts

Country/Location: Southwestern of Lac Leman
Language: French/ Suisse German
Size: 282 sq km
Population: 178,400
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Nearest Ferry Port: Dieppe
Train Stations: Gare de Cornevin
Airport: International Airport of Geneva
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Food and Drink in Geneva

Geneva hosts some world-wide known restaurants. With more than 1,000 restaurants you will be able
to find what you are looking for, however the gastronomy is heavily influenced by its neighbouring countries especially France. Most restaurants will seem to be quite expensive,along the line of the high priced Parisian restaurants, however if you look a little more and research
before going out there, there are a wide range of affordable restaurants ranging from the Italian, and
Africa influenced restaurants around the city as well as cafes from which you can order snacks.

Nightlife in Geneva

Unfortunately for the people looking for clubs or vibrant places to go out in Geneva does not have anything similar or close to this. Due to its very business and diplomatic like aspect, Geneva hosts more classy bars, cabarets, hostess-bars or dinner dances as well as very high profile opera and classical concerts. The city also hosts festivals; however these are on the classical side rather
than the up and coming music. This city is not ideal for the young and going people unless you visit the nearby town of Lausanne where the younger population congregates in the evening.

Shopping in Geneva

At the heart of all fashion countries (France & Italy), Geneva has a range of small boutiques as well as
markets worth visiting. Even though Geneva is also known to be an expensive city, there is nothing
wrong with window shopping amongst its 3,600 shops and finding the odd item which you would not be able to find
elsewhere! Antique shops can found in the Old Town and shopping facilities around rue du Rhône,
rue de la Confédération, du Marché and de la Croix-d’Or as well as Rue du Mont-Blanc.

Attractions in Geneva

Any new visitor to Geneva will first of all see the amazing ‘jet d’eau’ (water jet) which is a 140
meters high monument in the lake. As well as the jet d’eau and its lake, there is plenty more to Geneva, with its walks along the lakes, its museums and parks as well as its very quaint and pretty old town.

Geneva Transportation

Geneva is like almost all big cities and is well served with the usual public transport: Buses, Trains, trams and boats that go across the lake. This city is also a city to visit by foot to experience its beauty, architecture and garden properly