Practical Geneva

The loisirsjeunes.ch website provides information on sports, artistic, cultural and leisure activities for children and young people during the school year and school vacations in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud.

For Geneva, this information is coordinated by the GLAJ-GE, the Geneva Liaison Group of Youth Associations.

Ma Jeunesse Suisse Romande (MJSR) offers vacation camps (with accommodation) or summer camps (without accommodation) for educational leisure and scientific mediation.

Other suggestions : 

• Caritas Genève
• Colonie Caecilia
• Vacances Nouvelles
• ProNatura : programme of activities
• Nature Camps WWF : Panda Club

Circus schools and workshops :

• Le Salto de l’Escargot
• Fleur de Cirque
• Théâtre Cirqule
• Cirquenchêne

Circus courses and classes :

• Confédération des Ecoles Genevoises de musique, rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze, danse et théâtre (CEGM) bringing together the 10 state-accredited schools
• Académie Opéra
• La Bulle d’Air

The services of the City of Geneva in terms of sports for all :

• schools and sports courses for young people from 4 to 17 years old, for adults and seniors,
• index of sports that can be practiced in Geneva with more than 50 disciplines available,
• request to register for sports services offered by the City of Geneva.

Don’t hesitate to contact your commune of residence to find out about sports clubs and associations !

Water sports

• Rafting and canoeing: departure from the city center
• Superkid: paddleboarding on Lake Geneva for all ages
• Tropical Corner: windsurfing, stand-up paddle, foil and wing school
• Club Nautique de Versoix sailing school: sailing courses, internships and camps
• Geneva Yacht Club: sailing school open to all
• Subaquatic CERN Club: for CERN members and non-members alike
• Scubalibre: Geneva diving school & club in Hermance
• Plan-les-Ouates diving club
• Vésenaz rowing club
• Rowing section of the Société Nautique de Genève: courses for young people and adults

Mountain hikes, climbing walls and trampolines

• Association Genève Montagne: umbrella organization for institutional members involved in mountain-related activities
• Les Amis Montagnards is a Geneva-based association promoting mountain leisure activities: mountaineering, climbing, hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, ski touring and mountain biking
• La Cordée, an association that organizes annual climbing and mountaineering camps
• Association Genèvescalade organizes courses, camps and competitions throughout the year
• Climbing walls at Centre sportif de la Queue-d’Arve and Centre sportif du Bout-du-Monde
• TOTEM: climbing walls for the whole family between Geneva and Vaud
• AirLoop: a sporty and fun concept for acrobats with a multitude of activities; trampolines spider accrobranche dodgeball

Find below a thematic list of possible places and activities in Geneva, and ask your municipality for local offers :

• toy libraries,
• community centres and recreational facilities,
• community centres,
• playgrounds for children,
• meeting or artistic places for young people,
• free practice sport places for young people,
• libraries in Geneva.

Useful information to take advantage of the activities and services that the City of Geneva offers to people with disabilities.

Cantonal policy in favor of people with disabilities : subsidized organizations and institutions active in the field of disability.

Handisport-ge.ch : an association for the development of the practice of sport for people with disabilities