Discover the International district, overlook Geneva and its lake!
1. UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband.
Today, over 70 years later, our organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world.
2. ITU: International Telecommunication Union
ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICT). Founded in 1865 with the aim of facilitating the international connectivity of communication networks, the ITU allocates radio frequencies and satellite orbits worldwide, develops technical standards that acquire the harmonious interconnection of networks and technologies and s’ strives to improve access to ICTs for underserved communities around the world. Every time you use your mobile phone, access the Internet or send an e-mail, you benefit from the work of ITU.
3. Nations Square
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4. WCC: World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures, and therefore seek to fulfil together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
It’s the most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity.
5. ERTO: European Radio and Television Organisation
The European Broadcasting Union is the largest public service media alliance in the world. Its members operate nearly 2,000 services – television, radio and online service – in more than 160 languages serving a potential audience of over one billion people. Among our activities are Eurovision and Euroradio.
6. ILO: International Labour Office
The ILO’s vocation is to promote social justice, human rights and internationally recognized rights at work, pursuing its founding mission: to work for social justice which is essential for lasting and universal peace. The only ‘tripartite’ agency of the United Nations, the ILO brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers from 187 member States to set international standards, develop policies and design programs aimed at promoting decent work for all men and women. women in the world.
7. WHO: World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization aims to improve the level of physical and mental health around the world, it develops the idea of universal health coverage. It also fights against global diseases such as AIDS, Malaria for example.
8. Statue Hidalgo y Costilla
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9. ICRC: International Committee of Red Cross
The ICRC provides protection and assistance to victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence, provides humanitarian aid in emergency situations, and works to promote respect for international humanitarian law and its integration into national legislation.
10. UN: United Nations Building
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Today it has 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles of its founding charter. was endowed by its founding members with a priority objective: the maintenance of peace and security.
11. WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property services, policies, information and cooperation. Our mission is to promote the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property system that fosters innovation and creativity for the benefit of society.
12. WMO: World Meteorological Organisation
This organization controls the state and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it generates, and the resulting distribution of water resources.
13. Botanical Garden
Huge natural space, 28 hectares in size, the Botanical Garden of Geneva is a true haven of peace. It offers a tranquility and a beauty proper to the promenade. On the other hand, since its creation in 1904, the Botanical Garden has developed an incredibly rich and varied flora, with its collection of 16,000 species from all over the world. The visit takes place through various sectors: the arboretum, greenhouses, animal space.
14. Monument: The Work
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15. WTO: World Trade Organisation
Center William Rappard, which houses the World Trade Organization. Witness to more than 90 years of international cooperation, the Center William Rappard (CWR) was conceived as part of the effort deployed after the First World War to create a League of Nations and other institutions that would have the role of encourage multilateral cooperation and the peaceful settlement of conflicts.
16. Parks: Mon-Repos, Barton and Perle du Lac
Center William Rappard, which houses the World Trade Organization. Witness to more than 90 years of international cooperation, the Center William Rappard (CWR) was conceived as part of the effort deployed after the First World War to create a League of Nations and other institutions that would have the role of encourage multilateral cooperation and the peaceful settlement of conflicts.
17. "Peace" Sculpture
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18. Palais Wilson
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is headquartered in the historic human rights building, Palais Wilson, in Geneva, Switzerland. The five-storey, 225-room building, located on the shores of Lake Geneva and built in 1873-1874, was originally the Hôtel National.
19. Sissi Statue, Austrian Empress
In 1898, Geneva became the last stop in the life of the intrepid Empress Sisi. She arrives from Montreux and crosses the lake in a paddle-wheel boat to visit Baroness de Rothschild. Sisi is spending the night at the Beau Rivage hotel. At the beginning of the afternoon of the following day, in front of the boat, Luigi Lucheni, an Italian anarchist, stabs the Empress with a sharp file, she will die in Geneva.
20. Brunswick Monument
The wealthy Duke Charles II of Brunswick died in Geneva in 1873 and bequeathed his fortune to the Genevans in exchange for the construction of this funeral monument in imitation of that of the “Scaligeri in Verona”.
21. Rousseau Island
An island of greenery in the middle of the waters, the romantic Île Rousseau is located in the geographical center of Geneva. Its bastion splits the waves and transforms the lake into the Rhône. Dedicated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the island with its statue of the philosopher, its trees, its birds and its pavilion is a unique place in Geneva offering freshness even in the hottest of summer and an original view of the city.
22. Floral Clock
The most famous of Geneva’s clocks is undoubtedly the flower clock of the English Garden. As emblematic as the Jet d’eau and strafed by tourists, the flower clock perfectly combines horological and horticultural know-how.
23. Geneva's Fountain
Jet d’eau, le premier jet d’eau date de 1886, le second 1891 et l’actuel est de 1947. Il débite 500 litres par seconde et sa hauteur est de 140 mètres environ. Il fonctionne de début mars à mi-octobre.
Fountain. The first fountain dates from 1886, the second from 1891 and the present one is from 1947. With a capacity of 500 litres per second and a height of around 140 metres, it operates from the beginning of March to the middle of October.
24. Park de la Grange
La Grange park is classified as a historical monument. The site testifies to human presence already in the Neolithic. In the 18th century the agricultural domain took the name of La Grange; then owned by the Lullin family, they built the mansion in 1768 and set up a French garden. The Favres succeed them, transforming the house, the park and in particular built the monumental entrance on the Quai Gustave-Ador side with its lions, the pergola, the orangery and in 1821 the superb library. In 1945, at the bottom of the park, in the sun and sheltered from the winds, the large Rose Garden was set up, which gave rise to the Geneva International New Roses Competition.
25. Park des Eaux-Vives
The name “Eaux-Vives” comes from the many springs and other streams in the area (now flowing under parks and roads, in pipes) which supplied the city with drinking water. One of these sources was located in the center of the park, where a waterfall flows in the middle of the rockery and its alpine plants.The park offers a variety of magnificent trees: firs, pines and other impressive redwoods alone are worth the trip. Vast beds of rhododendrons and azaleas complete the enchantment in spring.
26. Nautical Society of Geneva
The SNG nautical club founded in 1872 has been, since its birth, a leading Swiss player in all nautical fields, namely sailing, rowing and power boating.
27. English Garden
The English Garden was entirely taken over on the lake by backfilling following the destruction of the fortifications around the 1850s, at a time when the first bridge facing the lake was still that of Bergues. The Garden is the privileged witness of the development of the harbor at the end of the 19th century. The monumental Four Seasons fountain already sits in the middle of the park when the Pont du Mont-Blanc, built in 1862, appears
28. National Monument
These two young girls, on the esplanade, represent the Republic of Geneva (the one with the crenellated headgear), the other Helvetia, Switzerland. They symbolize the attachment of Geneva to the Confederation on September 12, 1814.
They stand entwined at the waist, proudly perched on their pedestal, draped in their bronze garments, carrying sword and shield, their gaze inexorably turned towards the lake and distant horizons.