Date/Time
Date(s) - December 21, 2024 - December 22, 2024
12:00 a.m.
Location
Jardin Anglais
Price (CHF): Free access
Description:On Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December, swimmers will brave the freezing cold of the waters of Lake Geneva for the traditional Christmas Cup, which is celebrating its 86th edition.
Organized since 1934, the Coupe de Noël is a unmissable event for accomplished swimmers who take the plunge on a freezing Sunday in December.
For this world's largest cold water race, participants will have to swim a distance of 100 meters along the promenade of the English Garden, in water whose temperature should fluctuate between 5° and 10°.
The races, starting near the Bateau Genève, will take place as follows:
- competition series: Sunday, December 22, between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.;
- comedy series: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Come on support this extraordinary event in an atmosphere that smells of the end-of-year holidays!