Place
Bains des Pâquis
Lakeside bathing complex with saunas, a hammam and a lighthouse, home to a wintertime swim ritual.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Bains des Pâquis in Geneva turns on one December morning in nineteen thirty-four, when a member of Geneva's swim club called a handful of swimmers into the freezing lake, inspired by a similar dare he had seen on the Seine in Paris. You will hear how that morning grew into the costumed race still held on this jetty each December. Best heard from the rail near the lighthouse, where swimmers still round the point.
This audio guide was created using AI.