Sport courses for all levels
2025-07-04 12:15 - 13:15 (Europe/Zurich)
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.

Workshops for children: Duchamp aux Bains
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
2025-07-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-07-24 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.

Come and sit down, I'm listening
2025-07-13 14:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-27 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.

Les Aubes 2025
2025-07-14 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-15 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-16 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-17 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-18 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-19 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-20 06:00 - 07:00, 2025-07-21 06:00 - 07:00 and 10 more dates | 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 –

Mixed watervolley tournament
2025-07-19 13:00 - 17:00
Come and take part in the unmissable mixed summer watervolley tournament, with music provided by DJ Rouni.
Registration at 1pm.

Chess tournament
2025-07-20 10:00 - 15:00
Sunday, July 20 at 10 a.m.
We’re delighted to welcome you to the 2nd edition of our chess tournament at the Bains des Pâquis!
The pace will be fast (10+0), and the tournament is divided into two levels: 500-1500 élo and +1500 élo. Free registration, fondue vouchers, dish of the day and breakfast to be won!
We look forward to seeing you with your revised openings!

Nomadic drawings
2025-07-22 09:00 - 2025-08-28 10:30
Come and draw on Tuesday mornings this summer in a group at the Spa with a professional!
On the program:

22.07: The spell has been cast
29.07: Ciel ma mouette!
05.08: Lake colors
12.08: Against all odds
19.08: Bath profiles
26.08: Leak lines

Meet at 8.45 a.m. in front of the Rotonde
The activity is free and open to all, aged 10 and over.
Bath admission: 2.- or 1.-AVS/Al, Children
Hosted by Delia Meyer
info@dessin-nomade.ch / 078 886 92 93
It’s nice to have your soul occupied by art…
