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Fetes de Geneve

Fêtes de Geneve finale with a bang

09/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – More than 500,000 people turned out for the musical big-bangs end to the 63rd edition of Geneva’s colourful Fetes de Geneve. The fireworks and music display, reportedly the largest in the city’s history, started at 22:00 and lasted for almost an hour. It was a treat! Various pyrotechnical companies competed to […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Fetes de Geneve, fireworks display, Geneva news, pyrotechnics, Sultanate of Oman, Swiss news, Switzerland

Weekend weather in Lake Geneva region, Zurich, Locarno, for fêtes

07/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Locarno, Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Storms are building up and showers are promised for all areas on Saturday, not the best news for the Street Parade in Zurich or those who like to stroll around Geneve during the Fêtes de Geneve. The good news is that skies should clear, particularly in the west, late […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Fetes de Geneve, fireworks, Geneva, Geneva fair, Zurich Street Parade

It’s party weekend coming up

03/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Zurich and Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – You have to go out of your way to avoid festivals in Switzerland in the summer, starting with the two big July music festivals, Montreux Jazz Festival and Paleo in Nyon, with several smaller but very popular festivals around the same time. The Fêtes de Geneve is underway, with […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Chieftains, Fetes de Geneve, Guinness Irish Festival, Sion, the Dubliners, Valais, Zurich Street Parade

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