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SWITZERLAND – This year you can catch the XLVI Super Bowl game LIVE on Swiss TV, even if you do not have cable or satellite TV. Just tune to TSR2 at midnight on Sunday 5 February.
This also means that you can go to any sports bar around Switzerland, ask them to tune to TSR2 and watch the game. However, once the bars closes at 2:00 you will be asked to leave.
If you’d rather hang out all night long with a few die-hard fans then visit:
- Mr. Pickwick in Geneva or Mr. Pickwick Basel. The bars will stay open all night long (or until 5:00 on Monday 6 February to be precise), serving hot dogs, chilli, buffalo wings and more
- Darling Pub or Le Zinc in Lausanne
- Bolgenschanze in Davos
Reports that the Super Bowl would be shown at the Marriott in Zurich seem unfounded. A clerk we spoke to said they would not be showing it there this year.
On the eve of this game and being a former resident of Secaucus, NJ (home to Giants Stadium), all I can say is: Let the game begin! And.. Go Giants!
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New route to include small comunes in canton Geneva - click to enlarge
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Prepare to run for a cause! The Geneva Marathon for Unicef, which until now has been staged around the city, has been re-routed to include ten communes in canton Geneva.
In 2010, Benjamin Chandelier, director of the Geneva marathon, said to GenevaLunch that the Organizing Committee wanted to introduce “a single 42km-loop for marathon runners” to attract international marathoners and make it one of the top-15 European marathons by 2015.
Marathon organizers have successfully taken the first step towards that goal and the 2011 race, taking place on 14 and 15 May proves so. The race will begin in Chene-Bourg and will then travel through the surrounding towns of Thonex, Choulex, Puplinge, Presinge, Jussy, Gy, Meinier, Collonge-Bellerive and Cologny before returning to the city and convening near the Palais Wilson.
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Great outdoor entertainment for all
Geneva, Switzerland – The warm season is upon us which can only mean one thing: it is time to take yourself and your family outdoors. Switzerland is a great place for outdoor activities but with so much to do it can get difficult to navigate through all the information available.
No worries, the Swiss office of tourism has laid out a listing that lets you pick a region, say the Alps or Geneva, level of difficulty and time requirement, (among other criteria), to help you fully enjoy your Swiss experience.
You may decide you want to combine hiking and dining, or touring a specific region while someone else carries your luggage. It doesn’t matter what your cuppa tea is, this is your one-stop site for everything you always wanted to know about hiking and trekking but were too afraid to ask!
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Tai Chi lessons offered by the city of Geneva - Photo Ville de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland – Play tennis, go cross-country skiing or take Tai-Chi lessons absolutely free. There are only two conditions that need to be met in order for you to take advantage of this offer. First, you must be a Geneva resident and second you must be 55 years of age or older.
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Too cold to go swimming outdoors
Geneva, Switzerland – The days are getting shorter by the minute and Geneva will soon be submerged in that “perma-gray” that makes us all a bit stir-crazy.
One good way to beat the blues is by exercising and adding new physical activities to our routine. What is there to do in Geneva proper during the winter months?
Swimming! Indoor pools in Geneva offer courses for adults and children all-year round.
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Swim away to a healthy end-of-summer
Geneva, Switzerland – Imagine dipping in the waters of Lake Geneva, overlooking some of the most expensive real estate in Switzerland and working on your crawl stroke in a one-to-one swimming lesson, all without breaking the bank.
The private instruction costs only 10 francs per adult/per lesson and just 5 francs for children’s lessons.
During the summer, the entrance fee to the Bains des Paquis is 2 francs per adult, and 1 franc per child. Thus the total bill for an individual swimming course for a parent and a child comes to less than 20 francs. That’s a great deal in Geneva.