Absolutely great! I recomend the visit, a very interesting place, for free, public transport stop in front of it.

CERN is of course a huge science facility containing the Large Hadron Collider. Unfortunately you are not allowed down into the collider itself for safety reasons, but we were given a fantastic tour of the ATLAS experiment by an actual research physicist and also shown a couple of informative short films. There are two areas that you can then go... More

CERN is a working research facility, so I was somewhat surprised to find that they genuinely do cater for scientifically minded tourists too. There's a hands-on museum, and an exhibition at the site, as well as free guided tours (book in advance on their website). I was impressed that the tour itself was given by a volunteer member of the... More

My boyfriend is very interested in physics so thoroughly enjoyed our trip to CERN. I was suprised with myself by how much I enjoyed it and learned. We managed to get onto a tour but it's easily done without a guide. The guide did give a better understanding about what goes on at CERN. The guide was a physicist working... More

Get the #18 tram from Geneva train station (not marked on the tram stop map but goes from the same place as #14) and CERN is the last stop after about 25 minutes. As you get off you see a large wooden globe, which is the universe of particles exhibition. This has an impressive, if short, video about the Big... More

One of the top things to see when in Geneva. Take a tram ride to CERN. We decided to visit as a last minute plan so could not book a tour in advance. Saw the free exhibits and the 10 minute show on how our understanding of the universe and dark matter is evolving. Nice place to visit if you... More

I was visiting France near Geneva and since I was close I decided to visit CERN. When looked online it showed no free places for the next 3 months. After contacting the visitor centre by phone they informed me that I could get on a waiting list at 8 in the morning just in case there were space and I... More

While in Geneva, Switzerland in the first week of March 2013 we visited CERN the center for nuclear research where the Higgs Boson particle was discovered. We took a train to Geneva from Lucerne which took about 2.5 to 3 hours. We got off at the main station in Geneva and walked around got some lunch and then caught the... More

The expositions are very good, but some knowledge (or interest) of physics is necessary to appreciate the older, technical part of the exposition. The new part (in the globe) can be appreciated even by younger children (but some might find the darkness and the sudden lights and sounds scary).