True Crime Geneva

What's the walk about?

Welcome to Geneva, the polished city of diplomats, private banks and luxury watches, where the Jet d'Eau shoots into the sky above a calm blue lake. But behind the discreet brass plates and elegant lakeside facades lie stories this city would rather keep quiet: jewel thieves escaping on scooters, a banker's murder that ended before a jury, leaked bank secrets, a night assault with ladders and a cauldron of hot soup, and a grand hotel where an empress died and, almost ninety years later, a politician was found dead in a mystery that is still unsolved. On this walk we follow Geneva's most remarkable real cases, standing on the spots where they happened, where they were judged, or where they can still be seen.

What you'll see

1. 1

   The Pink Panthers Strike - Rue du Rhône

   street

2. 2

   The Million-Dollar Murder - Palais de Justice

   courthouse

3. 3

   A Free Trip to Abu Dhabi - Hôtel de Ville

   town_hall

4. 4

   Riot Before the Summit - Place Neuve

   square

5. 5

   Ladders in the Longest Night - Rue de la Corraterie

   street

6. 6

   Shootout Behind the Jeweller - Quai des Bergues

   street

7. 7

   The Stolen Bank Files - Île Rousseau

   island

8. 8

   Two Deaths at One Hotel - Hôtel Beau-Rivage

   hotel