Laila Rodriguez
Lawn chairs, parks and fun in Geneva - Photo by Gabriela RRB
Geneva, Switzerland - Geneva is a city of parks. There are 310 hectares of green areas divided in 800 small and large plots, which according to the Department of Social Cohesion, Youth and Sports, represents 20% of the urban territory.
Since 2003, the City has been offering free lawn chairs in parks around town during the summer.
This year the nine participating municipal parks are:
- Bastions Park, in the City center
- Baby-Plage, in Eaux-Vives
- Bertrand Park, in Champel/Florissant
- Trembley Park, near Nations
- Acacias Park, in Acacias
- Beaulieu Park, in Grottes
- Promeneur Solitaire Park, in Saint-Jean/Charmilles
- Bois-de-la-Bâtie, including La Terrasse du Troc, in Saint-Georges
Lawn chairs available, Promeneur Solitaire Park, Geneva
The chairs are available, free of charge, 7 days a week, 6 hours per day. Youth are in charge of the chairs and recycling efforts, which includes informing visitors about Geneva’s recycling program.
If you have not yet taken advantage of this opportunity do so quickly as the lawn chairs initiative ends August 23rd.
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Filed under: Sports/outdoors
Tags: activities for families with children, activities for kids, free pleasures/on the cheap, new to Geneva, picnic, summer outdoors
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July 29th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
[...] Bring a picnic blanket or get there early to take advantage of the free lawn-chairs (read about the free lawn-chair program in Geneva’s public parks in a previous blog.) [...]
August 16th, 2010 at 5:43 am
Can imagine myself sitting on one of those deck chairs taking in the beautiful views of lake & mountains. Can’t think of a nicer way to spend the days.
August 16th, 2010 at 5:46 am
I think the free deck chairs are a wonderful idea.