Creative Living Geneva

Discover open spaces with Swiss Heritage’s Historic Trails booklets

by Elena

The Swiss Heritage Society — (Schweizer Heimatschutz / Patrimoine Suisse) dedicates itself to preserving Swiss culture in the shape of its buildings and national monuments as well as its open spaces, including parks and walking trails. If, like me, you enjoy combining walking and discovering landscapes, architecture, history and local culture, then you’ll enjoy the Society’s Destination Heritage guidebooks. The first guidebook, Destination Heritage,...

January 17, 2021

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Nature, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest", Travel
Hollywood Glamour in Carouge: the Photos of Ernest Piccot 1930-1950

by Elena

Unfortunately, due to Geneva’s current COVID-19 guidelines, Hollywood Glamour in Carouge is closed to public viewing. The Museum hopes to reopen for the exhibition’s final week at the end of March. The original review follows below: There’s a little bit of glamour in all of us. Or so some of us like to think. Usually, that glamour finds expression in private moments as we...

September 28, 2020

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Art & Culture, Photography

Artists, Artisans & Entrepreneurs, backgrounder, Creative Crafts, Creative Geneva Living, Shopping

La Boutique Danoise: Danish Design gets Deciphered

Once you scratch the surface (figuratively, of course) of Danish furniture design there’s just no turning back. Boris Liger, Manager of Geneva’s La Boutique Danoise — for whom Danish...

Artists, Artisans & Entrepreneurs, backgrounder, Fashion & Design, Fashion and Design, Made in Switzerland

Showcasing exclusive Swiss-made fashion at Boutique LL Swiss Design

One reason I enjoy going to events like the recent Swiss Fashion Point is to discover the work of up-and-coming Swiss designers, but equally it’s to reconnect with my...

Artists, Artisans & Entrepreneurs, backgrounder, Creative Crafts, Food & Drink, Made in Switzerland, Shopping

Cupcake royalty arrives in Geneva at delicious, delightful Royaume Melazic

Don’t you love turning the corner on a tried-and-true path only to lock eyes on something refreshingly new and unexpected. Happened to me last week as I zigzagged through...

Artists, Artisans & Entrepreneurs, backgrounder, Shopping

Shop Tour: Capricieuse, where a love of uniqueness and harmony reigns

Some shopowners sell to make a living. Others care about their merchandise but keep the relationship strictly professional. Then there are those who embrace the individuality and provenance of...

Artists, Artisans & Entrepreneurs, backgrounder, Food & Drink

Devotion to quality underpins Boréal Coffee’s success in Geneva & Zurich

In the eight years since Boréal Coffee opened its first outlet the business has seen many changes, but one thing remains the same: an underlying commitment to serve the best espresso-based coffee...

Creative Geneva Living, Events and Exhibitions, Flora & Fauna, green spaces, heritage, Nature, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest"

Meyrin’s award-winning Alpine Botanical Garden + Botanica 2019: 70 events at 20 Swiss Gardens

Every year since 1998, the Swiss Heritage Society recognises one garden in Switzerland for its outstanding achievements in the garden arts, placing as much value on efforts to...

Art & Culture, heritage, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest", Travel

Swiss Heritage adds “Switzerland’s Loveliest Islands” to its collection of handy touring booklets

Think of Switzerland and what comes to mind are mountains, pastures and lakes, but islands? Not really. Yet Swiss Heritage’s latest addition to its “Switzerland’s Loveliest” brochure collection introduces 33...

Art & Culture, heritage, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest"

“Switzerland’s Loveliest Museums, volume 2,” highlights the perfect marriage of art and architecture

In its just-published brochure “Switzerland’s Loveliest Museums, vol. 2” the Swiss Heritage Society introduces us to 50 art museums from different eras and all regions of the country that give us...

Art & Culture, heritage, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest", Travel

Not your average B&Bs: Switzerland’s Loveliest Hotels at your fingertips

Just in time for the holidays, a handy pocket guide has been published by the Swiss Heritage Society. Part of its popular series of “Switzerland’s Loveliest” booklets, the country’s most beautiful hotels...

Art & Culture, heritage, Swiss Heritage's "Loveliest"

Architectural gems in “Switzerland’s Loveliest Buildings 1960 to 1975”

Musée International d’Horlogerie at La Chaux-de-Fonds. Photo ©Patrimoine Suisse Another in the series “The Loveliest…” published by Patrimoine Suisse, the Swiss Heritage Society, The Most Beautiful Buildings 1960-1975 highlights both celebrated and...