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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Geneva, Switzerland

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Geneva, Switzerland

CERN

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

46.2340, 6.0530

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Geneva, Switzerland

La Tulipe

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

46.1904, 6.1493

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Geneva, Switzerland

Treille Promenade

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

46.2010, 6.1451

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Gravestone of Jorge Luis Borges

Geneva, Switzerland

Gravestone of Jorge Luis Borges

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

46.2026, 6.1374

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Villa Diodati.

Cologny, Switzerland

Villa Diodati

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

46.2202, 6.1833

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2 MILEs FROM Geneva

Wandering the Immeasurable.

Meyrin, Switzerland

'Wandering the Immeasurable'

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

46.2337, 6.0561

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4 MILEs FROM Geneva

Nataraj.

Meyrin, Switzerland

Nataraj Statue

This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

46.2340, 6.0530

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4 MILEs FROM Geneva

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