Every back is a painting!
2025-06-07 - 2025-06-08
“EACH BACK A PAINTING
In partnership with the association “Tisser l’avenir” and with the support of Geneva artists, the refreshment stand will be selling 2025 t-shirts.
For this fifth edition, we are delighted to present the drawings of:
Albertine Zullo and Mirjana Farkas
Come and complete your collection of a limited number of t-shirts! First come, first served, while stocks last.

Sale on Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8 from 10am to 4pm at the Bains des Paquis.

Movement & Relaxation
2025-06-07 09:00 - 10:00 (Europe/Zurich)
With a view over the lake, between the lighthouse’s plane trees, Natacha and Dalia take turns offering a wellness break adapted to the rhythm of the seasons. Caring, regenerating and accessible to all, these sessions invite you to connect with your inner state, take care of yourself and recharge your batteries.
Through movement, conscious breathing and meditation, the practice harmonizes the body, honors the present moment and increases vital energy. Return to sensation, awaken the body, release the breath and relax before or after a swim.
Every Saturday at
From October to April: 10am to 11am
May to September: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Pentecost jass tournament
2025-06-07 14:00 - 18:00 | Refreshment bar
The Groupe Sport et Loisirs is pleased to invite you to take part in the first Whitsunday Jass Tournament on Saturday, June 7, 2025.
Registration starts at 1:30 p.m. and the tournament begins at 2:00 p.m.
A warm and relaxed atmosphere is guaranteed!
An aperitif will be served after the tournament.
We look forward to seeing many of you there.

Tai-Chi classes
2025-06-08 10:00 - 11:00 | On the pier
Every Sunday at the Spa

June to September: 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
October to May: 10am to 11am

In case of rain or wind: bistro-side shelter
Classes open to all – offered by Les Bains – no registration required

AUBP membership fee: CHF 20 per year
Admission to the baths : CHF 2.00 during the warm season

Tai chi teachers: Laurence Bovay, Careen Croset, Valérie Oppel, Marianne Schweizer
Sense of direction, praise for slowness, muscle tone, breathing, meditation, flexibility, memory, balance

Philo aux Bains: School adrift? with Philippe Favre
2025-06-08 10:30 - 12:00 | On the pier
Schools in French-speaking Switzerland are going through a period of profound change: a growing number of pupils are completing their schooling without mastering fundamental knowledge, At the same time, more and more children are dropping out of school. At the same time, more and more children in Switzerland are dropping out of school.
Why do so many students struggle to acquire basic skills? Why are teachers increasingly demotivated? Are educational decision-makers too far removed from the realities on the ground? What concrete solutions can be envisaged to rectify the situation?
Philippe Favre, a historian and teacher since 1981, addresses these issues in his essay School adrift? Focus on solutions . Drawing on his 42 years of experience in public education and his role as a trainer for the introduction of information and communication technologies in Valais classrooms, he proposes some twenty concrete solutions to reconnect with excellence by reappropriating pedagogical engineering.
We invite you to a meeting with Philippe Favre to discuss the current challenges facing our education system and his suggestions for improvement. Parents, teachers, decision-makers and committed citizens are invited to take part in this constructive dialogue aimed at giving schools the means to fulfill their educational mission, which is essential to the proper functioning of our democracy.
The café-philo will take place at the Bains des Pâquis, on the pier, and will be broadcast live on Facebook and streamed on YouTube. Free admission.

Cold water swimming lessons
2025-06-09 12:30 - 13:30 | On the pier
Would you like to start cold water swimming and join a movement of several hundred people who swim all winter at the Bains? Would you like to enjoy the many benefits of cold water swimming (immune defenses, mental well-being, etc.)?
From October 7, Les Bains will be offering classes every Monday between 12:30 and 1:30 pm in groups of up to 8, to give you all the keys you need to get started.
This course is designed for intermediate and advanced swimmers (we don’t teach you how to swim during the course).
Registration at the Rotonde des Bains, CHF 10 per course.

Come and sit down, I'm listening
2025-06-15 14:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-29 14:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-13 14:00 - 18:30 | On the pier
Viens t’asseoir je t’écoute is the flagship project of RACONTE-MOI, a non-profit association made up of volunteers who offer a free, confidential and caring listening space in the public space to all passers-by who wish to participate. The project is apolitical and non-confessional.
Context
The starting point is a simple observation: our society is more connected every day (transport, information, social networks, etc.), yet the social fabric is increasingly fragile. The individual sphere is growing at the expense of the public and social sphere, people are exchanging less and less easily with their fellow citizens, and our lives are increasingly individual, independent of collective dynamics.
A number of issues arise from this: isolation, particularly among the elderly, the weakening of community life and social cohesion, and mental health issues rooted in this lack of collective support.
This project is part of a general approach that does not target one of these issues specifically, but by virtue of its flexibility and “broad spectrum”, it seeks to give fellow citizens the tools to solve these issues through listening. That’s what this project is all about: developing the concept of benevolent listening within society as a solution to the issues raised. In fact, this project attracts both the socially excluded and people intrigued by this format, to be able to exchange ideas with strangers.
On the one hand, Viens t’assis, je t’écoute volunteers have been trained in active and benevolent listening: learning to offer attention to others, developing patience and tolerance, suspending judgments, developing benevolence. On the other hand, they offer passers-by the chance to be listened to and thus have the opportunity to chat with someone (fighting isolation), meet people from backgrounds different from our own (pursuing the objective of social mixing and cohesion), break down the ego/other barrier (confronting living-together), reinforce our confidence in our fellow citizens and in their benevolence (developing social cohesion), obtain emotional support by the simple fact of being heard, and ask for professional help.
On this last point, volunteers are explicitly asked not to give advice to those they listen to. Volunteers are not mental health professionals, nor are they intended to be, since the aim is to be “open to all”. There are times, however, when people ask for or need professional help. At this point, the association’s volunteer hands over to the session coordinator, who takes the time with the person being listened to to find the local institution that can best meet his or her needs.
In such cases, Viens t’assis, je t’écoute can act as a reorientation platform, linking beneficiaries with aid structures.
Operational & technical details
The organization is very simple: a dozen volunteers per session, each seated on a chair, with an empty chair in front of them. To make things easier for passers-by, the chairs are placed in a line. The association’s sign, bearing its name (“Viens t’asseoir je t’écoute”) and the key points of the approach (free of charge, confidentiality, benevolence, etc.) is then put up.
A key element is location: volunteers need to be visible, and there needs to be plenty of foot traffic. Unless the aim is to target a specific population (e.g. a retirement home, a student library, etc.).
Chairs are spaced about 1m50 apart: enough privacy, and enough proximity to make the project visible from the outside. In addition to the 10 volunteers, there is a coordinator. This person will coordinate the three phases of a listening session:
> Briefing (approx. 30 min): introductory tour, review of the key points of the association’s Code of Ethics (sent to volunteers in advance), what to do in certain situations, sharing of experience, questions and answers.
> The listening session (2h30-3h00): the volunteers sit on the chairs, and the coordinator goes out to meet passers-by to answer their questions, invite them to participate, and keep an eye on the volunteers and provide support if needed.
> Debriefing: feedback on everyone’s experience (without sharing the content of the stories, which remain confidential), points for improvement.
Link to the Code of Ethics and the practical guide for volunteers: https: //www.jetecoute.org/instructions
For volunteer management, a WhatsApp group is used for volunteer announcements, and a group for coordinators. Registration is handled via the website. Important point: for each session, an equitable distribution between old and new volunteers is organized, to help motivated volunteers gain experience and skills, and thus enable the project to mature more rapidly. Motivated volunteers can then become coordinators to run their own listening sessions.
Deployment & Impact
To date, the association has carried out a total of 19 listening sessions, involving around 70 volunteers and over 600 people listened to. The project is of great interest to many people and is growing all the time.
Locally: demand from volunteers is very high. In less than 30 minutes, 48 places spread over 4 listening sessions were filled, from a pool of 140 volunteers. The association’s founders receive many requests for contact, sometimes from abroad, via their Instagram account. As a result, requests for replication in other European cities are pouring in and multiplying. For the moment, Paris, Brussels and Lausanne are being developed.
Feedback from participants and volunteers: very positive! Volunteers are delighted with this simple yet powerful experience. So were the participants, some of whom even came specifically to take part. Some participants have been put in touch with professional services to ensure they receive appropriate medical follow-up. Even if the impact is difficult to quantify, the listening sessions have had real and powerful consequences for the participants.
Given last year’s weather conditions, many sessions were cancelled, which is why we are requesting the Rue de la Monnaie space to alternate with the Bains des Paquis for the 2025 season, so that we can be sheltered during listening sessions. What’s more, offering these spaces in the center of town and in a high-traffic area makes sense and makes listening accessible to people strolling through the center on Saturday afternoons.
Ideally, sessions will alternate on Saturdays every 15 days at Passage de la Monnaie (subject to approval by the Canton), and here are the dates on which we’d like to continue at Bains des Paquis on Sundays between May and October.

Annual General Meeting
2025-06-16 19:00 - 23:00
Monday June 16 at 7pm, AUBP general meeting

EPI concert
2025-06-19 18:00 - 19:30 | On the pier
For the Fête de la Musique, EPI beneficiaries take to the stage to share their musical creations. An open-air concert, open to all, to share the excitement, discover a variety of styles and celebrate music in an exceptional setting.
The program includes rap, vocals, electronic music… and plenty of surprises throughout the evening.
Come one and all to support the EPI artists and share this unique moment!

Screening of short films from the Animatou festival
2025-06-19 22:00 - 23:00 | On the pier
How about a late-night cinema session?
Total immersion, feet in the water without mask or snorkel.
Cinema Spoutnik and Animatou invite you to the Bains des Pâquis for a lakeside session featuring award-winning films from previous editions of the Animatou Festival.

On the program:

Nun or Never by Jaalinoja Heta, 2023, Finland
La Reine des Renards by Rosset Marina, 2022, Switzerland
Pig by Leeuwerink Jorn, 2022, Netherlands
Wild SAlmon by Arieli Karni, Freed Saul, 2023, UK
Average Happyness by Gehrig Maja, 2019, Switzerland
Don’t feed the pigeons by Niclass Antonin, 2021, UK
Beurk! by Espuche Loïc, 2024, France

Recommended age: 12
Screenings will take place on the pier.

Concert by Rude Égard
2025-06-21 18:00 - 19:30 | On the pier
With Rude Egard, swing jazz takes on a bright, cheeky new look. Between retro elegance and raw energy, this quintet revisits the classics of the genre, infusing them with a generous dose of mischief and modernity. Their repertoire, nourished by revisited standards and original compositions, evokes the smoky clubs of yesteryear while keeping their feet firmly planted in the present.
Rude Egard is an invitation to dance, to smile, and above all to listen from the heart. Careful, it’s a rockin’ good time – and no politeness intended.
The concert will take place on the pier.

Le Relai des Bains
2025-06-22 12:00 - 15:00
Take part in the famous Relai des Bains.
Registration from 10.00 am (2.- for adults, free for children). Races start at 12 noon.

Ping pon tournament
2025-06-26 08:00 - 17:00
Grand ping pong tournament
Saturday, August 16
Registration from 1 p.m., tournament from 2 p.m.

Film screening: Fire of love
2025-06-26 22:00 - 23:30
In collaboration with Spoutnik, Les Bains is pleased to invite you to a screening of Fire of Love on the jetty.
Katia and Maurice Krafft loved each other as much as they loved volcanoes. In an attempt to understand volcanoes, the couple filmed as close to them as possible, until a deadly eruption mowed them down at the foot of a volcano in Japan. Composed of spectacular images filmed by the Kraffts, Fire of Love is an adventure film about time, the unknown and the meaning of human existence.
Fire of Love by Sara Dosa, 2022, UK/USA, VOstFR, 93′
Recommended age: 14 and over.

Exhibition: Sacred Lake Geneva
2025-06-27 11:00 - 12:00 | On the pier
Opening Friday, June 27 at 11:00 a.m.
This exhibition surveys over 2,000 years of sacred history around Lake Geneva. It’s the start of a long investigation in museums, libraries and archives. And in the churches and temples of lakeside communities in Switzerland and France. We go in search of stained-glass windows, statues, frescoes and other evidence of religious practices.
All avenues are explored. Numerous testimonies and press articles are consulted and deciphered. These are not myths or legends, but tangible realities attested by documents, places or historical objects that we have unearthed. All represent the fundamental questions of human beings: where do we come from, who are we, where are we going?

Sacred Lake Geneva
2025-06-27 11:00 - 2025-08-18 17:00
Sacred Lake Geneva
Opening June 27 at 11 a.m.
This exhibition surveys over 2,000 years of sacred history around Lake Geneva. It’s the start of a long investigation in museums, libraries and archives. And in the churches and temples of the towns and villages along the lake, in Switzerland and France. We set off in search of stained-glass windows, statues, frescoes and other evidence of religious practices. All avenues are explored.m Numerous testimonies and press articles are consulted and deciphered. These are not myths or legends, but tangible realities attested by the documents, places and historical objects we have unearthed. All represent the fundamental questions of human beings: where do we come from, who are we, where are we going?

Performance: In Between
2025-06-27 18:30 - 19:00 | Platform
In the “In between” trio, dancers and musician (dancers Elodie Chhor & Cédric Fadel Hattab and musician Alexandra Bellon) explore the space that separates and unites us. Set against a soundscape shaped by organic, percussive music, the dancers, supported by drums and electronic music, move with a break rich in color and relief, in a dance that is at times organic and sensitive, at other times jerky and rhythmic. Through a play of territories that moves between dissonance, polarization and harmony, space-time is put in tension by the relationship between dance and music.
The viewer is invited to question the space between things, and pay attention to the “little details” that make an experience or a relationship unique.
The performance will take place on the platform.

Concert de Sainte-Nicole
2025-06-28 18:00 - 19:30 | On the pier
Irreverent French pop
As in a Caravaggio painting, where shadow meets light, Sainte Nicole likes to play on contrasts. Beneath her classy exterior, she recounts her escapades. With her soft, enveloping voice, she draws us into the abyss of her soul. In the end, we find light and levity, and lots of questions along the way.
Her 1st EP, Vanité, released on March 1, 2024, is all about a quest. A quest for oneself, one’s place, one’s sexuality. With wide-ranging references from Billie Eilish to Polo&Pan and Mylène Farmer, Sainte Nicole’s music is pop with deep bass, electro beats and vintage synths.
The release of his Vanité EP, which has already accumulated a million streams, was marked by a sold-out release party at the Boule Noire, Spotify Equal France playlisting, and Vanité and Les filles qui parlent fort reaching the Pernod Ricard Top100. A
launching pad on which the artist intends to surf.
Ambitious in the creation of her music, her image and her show, Sainte Nicole has managed to unite a team around her while cultivating her independence. She set up her own label, Candide Production, and collaborated on the music with
musician Baptiste Campenon, producer Vincent Lagadrillière (Superpose Studio) and sound engineer Benoit Fleury (Motif Music). With a number of excellent opportunities for live exposure (Bars en Trans, opening act for Kalika at the EMB, Dadi Freyr at the Trianon, Omar Rudberg at the Badaboum, Pépite at the Estival, springboard stage at the Delta Festival, etc.), Sainte Nicole is consolidating her explosive, contrasting stage presence, which has seduced the Sax in Achères, where she is an associate artist for the next two years. She is currently preparing the release of her 2nd EP.
To Sainte-Nicole’s YouTube page
To Spotify page
The concert will take place on the pier.

Workshops for children: Duchamp aux Bains
2025-07-02 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-09 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Rotunda
Raising awareness of nature through art
This summer, the Bains des Pâquis are hosting the Ateliers créatifs Duchamp, an invitation to explore the biodiversity of Lake Geneva and the water cycle through the eyes of contemporary artists. Aimed at children aged 6 to 12, these free, fun workshops awaken curiosity and artistic flair, while raising awareness of the fragile beauty of our environment.
Dates:

July 2
July 4
July 9th
July 11
August 6
August 8
August 13
August 15

Schedule: 09h00 – 11h30
See you at the rotunda
Registration (subject to availability): contact@art-werk.ch
A great opportunity to learn while having fun, almost with your feet in the water!
Workshops offered in collaboration with Art-werk

Philosophy workshops for children
2025-07-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Refreshment bar
This summer, philosophy workshops for children aged 7 and over will be held at the Bains des Pâquis on the first four Thursdays in July from 10:00 to 11:00.
Suggested by Le Canard des enfants-philosophes and in collaboration with the AmStramGram theater, the discussions will serve as material to enrich Am Stram Gram’s Agora on children’s participation on March 28 and 29, 2026, to which all children will be invited.
The box of words Paroles des Bains created during a philosophy workshop will remain in place until October.

You can put your ideas and desires about your right to participate in the city, at school and in your family.

Green water
2025-07-03 18:00 - 19:00
An exhibition by the Fondation Bodmer and the Botanical Garden, in collaboration with the Bains des Pâquis
Opening July 3 at 6 p.m.
Aquatic plants from near and far
Any plant species living constantly or temporarily in water or in a humid environment can be considered an aquatic plant. Algae are included even if they are not plants in the strict sense.
Water can be salty or fresh, running (sea, lake, stream) or stagnant (mangrove, marsh, pond). Plants may be fixed or drifting, completely or partially submerged, microscopic or visible to the naked eye. They may belong to the algae, moss, fern or flowering plant groups.
Water depth (reduced luminosity), variations in water level, nutrient richness (eutrophication), acidity, soil type and currents strongly influence the development and propagation of species.
Botanists divide aquatic plants into two groups: macrophytes and microphytes. Macrophytes include flowering plants, ferns, mosses and algae visible to the naked eye. The latter include microscopic algae…

Sport courses for all levels
2025-07-04 12:15 - 13:15
Want to move, breathe and take care of yourself in a unique setting?
David offers outdoor sports classes at the Bains des Pâquis, accessible to all. Through mobility and strengthening exercises, come and (re)discover the benefits of physical activity for body and mind.
The program includes a variety of exercises, a breathtaking view of the lake, and guaranteed motivation!
Schedule: every Friday, 12.15pm – 1.15pm
Bring your own yoga mat. Classes open to all – offered by Les Bains – no registration required
AUBP membership fee: CHF 20.00 per year
Admission to baths: CHF 2.00 during warm season
Teacher : David Collins, coach

The leap of death...
2025-07-05 08:00 - 17:00
Døds, or Deathjump, is a Norwegian extreme sport in which you jump from a 10 m star-shaped platform, before folding up just before impact. Judged on style, originality and impact, this spectacular jump, which has become popular internationally, remains risky and requires training. The Swiss Døds competition allows everyone to train, either on their own or via courses at the Bains des Pâquis, to present their 3 jumps on July 5, 2025 at the annual event!

Registration fee: 10.00 per person.

Les Aubes 2025
2025-07-14 06:00 - 07:00 | On the pier
Every summer morning, when the city is still asleep, the sound of music rises from the jetty. Les Aubes is a unique festival featuring 35 concerts to greet the sunrise, from July 14 to August 17, 2025.
For almost twenty years, this early-morning event has brought together late-night revelers, early-day families, the curious and the ever-faithful. An experience to be enjoyed with eyes half-closed, soul wide open, between lake, light and suspended notes.
An invitation to slow down, listen and be surprised by the beauty of a simple, fragile and collective moment.
– Discover the complete program for the 2025 edition of Les Aubes –
