Welcome and Bienvenue to Living in Nyon, a site in English all about living in the town and surrounding area. Articles, news, events, and useful links.
From St Cergue to Chamonix The snowdrops are out, yet the snow is still in great condition, so what are the best options for skiing from Nyon, both nearby and up to 90 minutes drive away? St Cergue Nyon’s own “ski-hill” is at St Cergue which is easily accessible via the red NStCM train from [...]
Amongst the bikes, boots and black leather jackets of a Gland motor cycle shop, Longirock, the ”one off ” rock festival revealed the full line up last Wednesday for its three day festival in May. Big names feature on the programme such as The Scorpions, Skunk Anansie, Gogol Bordello and Juliette Lewis, to other bands such as Katatonia from Sweden and Ensiferum from Holland. Thursday is a night [...]
As if we didn’t know it already, Nyon is a fantastic place to live and even more proof of that comes in the form of a gold award given to it by Bilan magazine. The survey looked at 30 towns in Swiss Romandie with a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants.It concluded that for many reasons Nyon was one of the most [...]
Caribana the music festival taking place on 9-13 June at Crans près Celigny (just on the outskirts of Nyon) have just announced today, that British rock/ska group Madness will be performing on the Saturday night at the festival. With hits such as “One Step Beyond”, “Our House” and ” My Girl” it should be a fun night by the lake! [...]
There have been many new companies and organisations which have recently moved into the area and quite a few of them have moved into the new A1 business park in Rolle, just a few miles from Nyon. With a view of the vineyards from the offices facing north, and a view of the lake for those [...]
Sunday afternoon classical concerts by the lake The Conservatoire of Nyon opens a new year of Sunday afternoon classical concerts at their lovely building by the lake. The next concert is Sunday 28th February 2010 at 17:00 with a performance by the Quatuor Terpsycordes (see their site to find out more about them, it has asection in English) They [...]
If you have recently arrived in Switzerland, you may not know that you don’t need to head off to Brazil to be part of Carnival. There are parades and mini carnivals taking place all over the country. Some are well known such as the Fastnacht in Basel, or carnival in Lucerne, however the small village of Broc (near Gruyères just an hour from [...]
For those of you who can’t wait for all the great local summer music festivals to begin, there is a festival going on in Nyon this weekend called Les Hivernales which should keep you going until the weather warms up. Various venues in the town have linked up together for two nights, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th Feb to create this mini music festival. [...]
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The America’s Cup race has officially started and all interest is on Valencia in Spain right now. However there is a local interest too as Mr Ernesto Bertorelli the owner of Alinghi the Swiss catamaran in the race, used to live in Gland, the town just a few miles from Nyon. Mr Bertorelli is not the only celebrity resident from this area, [...]
Here is a summary of the “Swiss Politics for Dummies” evening event held at the Ferme du Manoir in Nyon in January. This was written by John Tracey who lives in Coinsins and who amongst the audience that night. “Swiss politics for Dummies” Does living in and around Nyon engender low self esteem ? How amazing that [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children. Classical and Jazz concerts.
Lake Leman International School
A new IB-school in Morges.
Local Nyon Hairdressers.
Claire speaks English.
Real estate for the international, English speaking community
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
A centre of excellence for students with learning differences
British Cheese for sale in Switzerland
Your Ideal College
Guidance for entry to US+UK universities.
Some great workshops at the Geneva Writers' Conference today. # Follow @lifeinnyon
