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.
Each summer the Château de Lavigny welcomes 25 writers from around the world for three week residencies. The château, once the home of the German publisher Heninrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt, was bequeathed by his wife to be used as an international writers’ residence. The Château de Lavigny This summer novelists, essayists poets, playwrights and translators will come [...]
Once again Nyon Tourisme has launched a summer competition for the public to vote for the prettiest café/restaurant terrace in Nyon. If you have a favourite place that you think fits the bill, then voting for one of them in this competition, gives you the chance to win gift vouchers from 250 up to 1,000 chf to be spent in local Nyon shops. The [...]
Living in Nyon is delighted to publish this article below on the Jura Foothills. It was written by Janet Schiewe-Orchard who has been living in the area for many years. If you live in one of the surrounding towns or villages and want to write about it for this site then just contact the editor on cnp@bluewin.ch The Jura Foothills Looking [...]
In addition to running this site, the editor also presents a programme on World Radio Switzerland called “The Connectors”. Each week, she and a team of other expatriates discuss various issues from ”Trailing Spouses” to ” How we keep up with our own traditions and celebrations while living in Switzerland, to the “Ins and outs of Swiss Etiquette”. It’s a [...]
There are scores of different groups and bands playing in Nyon over the next three days, all in different styles and genres providing live and free music for the town. There is a site dedicated to this festival so whether you prefer classical music down at the Conservatoire, or rock in the street or choral music [...]
As soon as the final whistle blew in Durban after the Switzerland/ Spain game in the football World Cup on Wednesday, the streets of Nyon erupted into sheer joy with supporters driving and up and down the road outside the station. This is a fun, albeit noisy place to be in town during a football tournament, although if [...]
If you are a Nyon resident and you want to take your recycling to the Nyon déchèterie (recycling centre- dump), from now on you will need to show this this sticker/label in the photo below to enter the grounds. These labels have recently been produced by the council for Nyon residents only. At the moment, people from other communes have also [...]
Even though there were storm clouds brewing on Friday night, a decent sized crowd gathered to watch (albeit under umbrellas) the fabulous “Oi Va Voi” on the Caribana main stage on Friday night. By the time the band were into their fourth number the rain had started to die down, the enthusiasm of the crowd gathered momentum, umbrellas were put away and many in [...]
The main event of course is Caribana down by the lake at Crans. Tickets are still available for tonight. The line up on the main stage is Oi va Voi at 19:45 Micky Green at 21:45, Faithless at 24:00. Over at the Scene du Lac is Yodelice at 20:45 and the Asterix Galaxy tour at 23:00. On the new small stage (for [...]
The beauty of going to rock and music festivals in Vaud, is not just to see the main big named acts and to soak up the atmosphere, but also to discover new bands. Sometimes these bands already have a following in their own country but are not as well known over here. Most Swiss audiences are open to new names and last night was no [...]
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
