Beach
Plage des Eaux-Vives
Lakefront bathing site with pebble shore, grassy dunes, and a small marina along Lake Geneva.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Plage des Eaux-Vives in Geneva starts with a simple promise made in 2008 by state councillor Robert Cramer to build a stretch of sand along the lake, and the twelve years it actually took to open. It follows a legal snag in Geneva's water law that stalled the whole project, and the WWF lawsuit in 2010 that finally forced the canton's hand in court. You'll hear how planners had to redraw their approach entirely before construction could even begin. Walk the four hundred meters of shoreline and consider everything that had to go right just to get sand here.
This audio guide was created using AI.