After darkness, light. Geneva in 2061, and the bridge to get there from today.
In the first Grooters book, Verity wakes up in a Dream World: the Geneva of 2061. It is quiet, green and beautiful, and the people are radiant. This site follows her walk and asks, at every stop, how we get there from where we stand today.
Walk with Verity
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Plaine de Plainpalais market
Glowing fresh vegetables, honey, cheese and berries from nearby farms.
Food: in preparation -
Rond-point de Plainpalais
No fast-food chain, no tram rails, a beautiful metro entrance, and no advertising anywhere.
Mobility: in preparation -
Parc des Bastions
Chess on the giant boards, people reading and embracing, dogs playing off the leash.
Leisure: in preparation -
The Reformation Wall
POST TENEBRAS LUX, with a star chiselled inside the O.
Education: in preparation -
The Old Town
Cobbled streets, the bells of Saint-Pierre, warm and cosy shops and cafés.
Beauty: in preparation -
Jardin Anglais and the lake
Sailing boats gliding silently, swans, and no traffic noise at all.
Mobility: in preparation -
Where the hospital used to be
The HUG-Centre, where people come to refuel on affection.
“Yes, the ugliest building in town was replaced many years ago by a wonderful HUG-Centre, where people come to refuel on affection.”
Explore the Health theme -
The old book club
The Crystal of Love, hovering above a wooden commode.
Relationships: in preparation -
What Verity couldn’t see
How decisions are made, how the economy works, and why people are so relaxed. None of this shows on a walk, yet all of it is needed.