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The best-known event, the Bol d'or (not to be confused with other events having the same name) runs from Geneva to the end of the lake and back. [32] The Tour du Lac rowing event also takes place on Lake Geneva. Competitors row once around the entire lake, making this 160-kilometre (99 mi) event the longest non-stop rowing regatta in the world.
The fireworks involved about forty firing stations on the lake and about 30,000 rockets; they were about one-hour long and accompanied by music. In 2013, according to the Radio télévision suisse , hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fêtes de Genève. [ 4 ]
Christmas market in Merano, Italy. The first traces of Christmas markets in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire go back to late medieval sales fairs and—often one-day—markets, which gave citizens the opportunity to stock up on meat and winter necessities at the beginning of the cold season. [10]
The two most extensive, Lake Geneva and Lake Constance, are amongst the largest in Europe and mark the border of the Swiss Plateau, along with the Alps and the Jura Mountains. The largest wholly Swiss lake is Lake Neuchâtel. The remaining lakes over 100 km 2 (39 sq mi) are Lake Maggiore and Lake Lucerne. In total 103 lakes exist that are more ...
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Pages for logged out editors learn more. ... Print/export Download as PDF ... move to sidebar hide. Lake Geneva is a major European lake between Switzerland and ...
The Lemanic Arc [citation needed] (French: Arc lémanique) is the region on the north side of Lake Léman, stretching out from Geneva to Lausanne and Montreux. Its parts are Geneva, La Côte, Lausanne, Lavaux, La Riviera and le Chablais. The cantons of Geneva and Vaud have a collaboration programme named Métropole lémanique. [4]