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🇩🇪 Know-it-all's WHAT TO DO in the area (6-12 May 2024)

new whattodo iconKnow-it-all's WHAT TO DO in the area. LISA’S PICK OF THE WEEK (6-12 May 2024). More events are listed on the website www.knowitall.ch under our CALENDARS. Please give credit to ©Know-it-all passport® for putting this info together if you forward it or use it in a newsletter of any kind. Thank you.
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🇩🇪 Thanks to our sponsor in the middle of this page: Deutsche Schule Genf - Ecole Allemande de Genève - German/French school for ages 3-19

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** LUNA PARK LAUSANNE
8 May through 2 June 2024
Lausanne, VD
This amusement and thrill ride park will bring you all the excitement you need as we approach the longest days of the year! Click here for more information. 
 
** ASCENSION
Thursday, 9 May 2024
This Thursday is Ascension Day and is a holiday throughout Switzerland and France. Schools and some offices will be shut Thursday and Friday. Take advantage and invite some friends over for a meal! Some of the garden centers will be open if you want to shop such as Schilliger Gland (open 7/7 at them moment), Botanic, and Jardiland.
 
** COMEDIE DE LA GARE: SPECIAL ASCENSION WEEKEND DISCOUNT
9-11 May 2024
19h30 and 21h
Geneva
Ascension weekend discount on two French-language plays: Je t'aime à l'Algérienne and Mon enterrement de vie de jeune fille. Take advantage of the special price of CHF 25.- instead of CHF 38.-! Click here for more information
 
** FORT DE PRÉ-GIROUD 39-45
11-12 May 2024
Vallorbe, VD
The fort is a secret destination hidden in a green setting which is Vallorbe and its region. Beneath its air of "false-chalet", you will discover a military structure in which our troops were mobilized during the 2nd World War. Click here for more information.
 
** SAINTS DE GLACE
11-15 May 2024
The springtime weather will hold steady from Wednesday just in time for the long weekend. Read our article about when to plant your seedlings to avoid the frost. The garden centers are heaving with plant plugs.
 
** MOTHER'S DAY SWITZERLAND
Sunday, 12 May 2024
This is your opportunity to spoil your mother or your childen's mother by making sure to give them a break from the usual daily duties! What better gift than a restaurant outing, a homemade meal, a handmade card, and the gift of quality time (maybe by themselves). A guilt-free nap, a candlelit bath, or watching their favorite chic-flic will score you points. Mother's day in France is on Sunday, 26 May 2024. 
 
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Our free “Know-it-all's WHAT TO DO in the area” is kindly sponsored this week by: Deutsche Schule Genf - Ecole Allemande de Genève - German/French school for ages 3-19

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C A V E S   O U V E R T E S   2 0 2 4 :   W I N E R I E S
The second weekend for wine-tasting this month. We will keep you posted on others coming up from our Events Calendar.

** CAVES OUVERTES VALAIS
9-11 May 2024
11h-18h
Canton Valais
The Caves Ouvertes valaisannes host more than 230 registered wineries. Visit your favorite wineries or discover new ones and enjoy the tastings offered. Click here for more information.

** PALP FESTIVAL - OPENING CONCERTS FOR THE CAVES OUVERTES
8 May 2024
18h-20h DJ Plaisirs Auditifs
20h-21h30 Fanfare Ciocărlia
Sion, VS
To launch Caves Ouvertes 2024, the Palp Festival and Swiss Wine Valais have invited the world's fastest brass band. Free entrance. Click here for more information.

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TPG COURSE FOR SENIORS
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
14h-17h
Stay informed about your public transport journeys and learn to master the SBB applications and those of your local transport network. Held in the cantons of Geneva and Vaud these courses enable senior citizens to regain confidence in their train, bus and streetcar journeys, understand the local public transport network and, through a practical approach, familiarize themselves with fares and ticket selection, and adapt to the switch to all-digital ticketing, timetable consultation and online route calculation. Free of charge but courses are filling up fast. Check further dates to reserve now. Click here for more information.

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** INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE IN GENEVA
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
10h-17
Geneva
Study for a British university degree in Geneva, meet with students and teachers and find out more about this English-Language higher education school on your doorstep. Accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in Business Administration, Media and Communication, International Relations and Computer Science. Click here for more information.

** ASLOCA GENEVE: MEETS WITH RENTERS
18h30-20h30
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Carouge, GE
Rents and utilities are rising. Housing conditions are deteriorating. Inflation weighs on tenants' budgets. ASLOCA Geneva is here to defend your rights and advise you. Their lawyers organize several meetings in Geneva neighborhoods and are at your disposal to inform you as well as possible about housing. Click here for more information.

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