5 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Geneva - Atlas Obscura

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CERN

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

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La Tulipe

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

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Gravestone of Jorge Luis Borges

This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

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Treille Promenade

Arguably the longest wooden bench in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

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Le Frigo

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

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Villa Diodati

Where Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and John William Polidori's "The Vampyre" were born.

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2 miles from Geneva

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'Wandering the Immeasurable'

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

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4 miles from Geneva

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Marmite de l’Escalade

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Marmite de l’Escalade

Smashing this chocolate cauldron is the best part of Geneva’s celebration of a historic battle win.

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