Things to Do in Red Cross Museum

Museum's 'Field Notes' interactive stations

Slip on haptic gloves and feel the weight of a stretcher as you decide which wounded soldier gets the last morphine. Screens flicker with grainy footage while the scent of iodine wafts from hidden vents, making the choice unsettlingly real.

Ariana Park picnic between exhibits

Spread a jacket under the chestnut trees and open the bento box you grabbed on Rue de Lausanne - truffle-scented egg sandwiches from a kiosk that smells like morning dew. You'll hear the Palais des Nations clock strike the half while black swans cut Vs across the reflecting pond.

Humanitarian walking loop to Palais des Nations

Exit the museum, turn left, and follow the gravel path scented with lime blossom. In ten minutes you'll reach the UN gate where guards in crisp navy uniforms check passes and the flag court snaps in the wind like wet laundry.

Rue de Lyon coffee crawl

Trace the tram rails downhill to the sprawl of Ethiopian, Kurdish, and Colombian cafés - each one a tiny embassy. In Café Abyssinia you'll taste cardamom-rich jebena coffee served on a wicker tray while Amharic pop crackles from a tin speaker.

Even light stroll around Lac Leman jetty

Even to the right of the museum and you'll hit a quiet pier where lake water slaps the pylons. Sunset paints the Jura ridge copper, and the wind tastes faintly of salt even though you're 300 km from any sea.

Paquis district - gritty but safe, neon kebab signs flicker until 3 a.m. and the lake is one block south

Champel's leafy side streets, where bakeries smell of burnt sugar by 7 a.m.

Old Town's warren of staircases. Expect church bells every quarter hour

Eaux-Vives for Saturday morning brocante stalls and paddle-board rentals

Plain-Pressoir student quarter, cheap beers and vintage shops scented with old vinyl

Carouge's Sardinian grid - cobblestone lanes echo with jazz bars and espresso machines