At the Pointe de la Jonction, in the Jonction neighbourhood at the western end of the city, the Rhône and the Arve rivers meet in a confluence that is visually striking enough to draw visitors specifically. The Rhône leaves Lake Geneva blue and cold; the Arve arrives from the Chamonix valley carrying glacial silt that turns it a milky grey. The two rivers run alongside each other in a shared channel, refusing to blend, for several hundred metres before the turbulence finally mixes them downstream.
The point itself is a grassy wedge of land at the tip of a peninsula, frequented by local swimmers (the water is cold) and picnickers in summer. It is an easy tram ride from the city centre (line 15 to Jonction). The surrounding neighbourhood is one of Geneva's most interesting: working-class and industrial in origin, it has accumulated bars, workshops, and an alternative arts scene around Rue de la Coulouvrenière.