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With 74 teachers, 1,200 pupils and over 1,800 weekly courses to choose from, the Conservatoire de l’Ouest Vaudois has established a reputation as a centre of excellence for music tuition. Established 20 years ago the Conservatoire now runs classes in Nyon, Morges and in thirteen different points across the area from Arzier to Bussigny. Pupils [...]
This weekend Swiss cycling champion Fabien Cancellera comes to Nyon. Cancellera won a silver medal in the road race in the Olympics in Beijing and the gold medal for the Indoor time trial. On Sunday he will be taking part in the circular road race which starts in Nyon and goes up Genolier and back [...]
This Saturday it’s the fourth annual “lake cleaning day“when volunteers and divers spend the day retrieving various objects and artefacts from the water, from various points all along the lake including over in France. Check out the gallery of photos from previous years to see what the volunteers found!
The sky around the aerodrome in Prangins on Saturday was full of aeroplanes looping the loop, planes taking passengers for individual flights, vintage planes, and all things aeronautical. The weather was cloudy but bright, and the airshow proved to be a great attraction for its visitors. Photos and report on the fête du musique last [...]
As UB 40 closed their set with “Red Red Wine” on Friday night at Caribana, they rounded off an evening that was part of a vintage year of a festival. There was a variety of music on offer from the young and lively Tweek and Lovebugs, to the more mature but much appreciated UB 40. [...]
Settings for rock concerts don’t get much better than this. A clear sky with a view of Mont Blanc, a setting sun turning the the Salève mountains red. Boats moored alongside a glistening lake, lights in the trees around the Caribana stage framing it all to perfection. Nyon put on a picture postcard great show [...]
There was a real contrast in the groups of fans at Caribana last night. Some were there for the young rock band The LoveBugs, the Swiss band from Basel (they were also Switzerland’s representation for the Eurovision contest). Others were there that had arrived on Harleys and had come to see ZZ Top. Girls, guys, [...]
The finishing touches were being put to the Caribana grounds yesterday for the music festival’s opening today. Headlining tonight are ZZ Top and Swiss band the Love Bugs. Although tickets for tonight are now sold out, there are still tickets left for tomorrow (Travis and Chris Cornell) and Friday (Mad Con, Stress and UB 40) [...]
Nyon showed off the international diversity of its population on Sunday with the 5th annual “Interculturelle Day”. This is a day dedicated to the immigrants who are very much a part of Swiss life but who also have a rich cultural heritage from their own country. So once a year they demonstrate some of this [...]
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
September already? where did the year go ? Anyway the good news is that the Living in Nyon column in La Côte starts next week. #
