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.
Photo above taken at the Bol D’or in 2007. This famous yacht race will take place this year from the 15 -15 June 2012 News – Living in Nyon was featured in the 10 May issue of the Swiss magazine l’Hebdo in a four page article called ”Les Expatriés, Absurdes Boucs Emissaires” . In it, the article discussed the continued growth of [...]
Photo above - tulips in Nyon’s lake side park. There are some spaces left at the next event for expats on Tuesday the 22nd May in Nyon. This evening which is being organised by Nyon tourism, Migros école-club and Living in Nyon, is a chance for newly arrived (and not so new!) expats to meet and get together, to discover excursions that [...]
Photo above: New sculptures outside Nyon chateau as part of the Visarte Vaud initative There is a new Nyon council leaflet which has been published for its residents and distributed around the town. The leaflet is a handy reference to many of the free local events coming up in the area until the end of September. For [...]
Photo above from Tahrir: courtesy Visions du Réel Film review from the Visions du Réel festival of “Tahrir – Place de la Liberation” directed by Stefano Savona. Note: Although this film is not scheduled to be screened again in the official programme, a selection of prize winning films from the festival will be shown on Saturday 28 at the Salle [...]
Here is the second film review from Trish Thalman on the film “No Estoy Muerto Solo Estoy Dormido” (I’m not dead, only asleep) directed by J.S Lopez Maas. She says “this is an interesting insight into the Afro-Peruvians living in Peru and I encourage people to go and see it. It’s delightful with beautiful photography, wonderful people and opens a new perspective on [...]
Photo above and below from ”A Home Far Away” - courtesy Visions du Réel The second review on this site of a film to be shown at Visions du Réel 2012, has been written by Trish Thalman. Trish is originally from California and lives in Gland and has been reviewing films for this site for the previous two years. Read her personal footnote to [...]
Photo above of the Paléo Buddy App. A phone application with all the info on this year’s Paléo. “Paléo is going to be a multicoloured festival this year” revealed Daniel Rossellat in front of the multi coloured fesival poster at the 2012 Paléo press conference today the 17th April. This year the conference was held in the Globi Union [...]
From the 24th July to the 26th August, an open air cinema will be installed near the centre of Nyon. Over 34 evenings of films are planned to be screened in the area called “Parc de la Combe” (this is a temporary name for the park at L’esplanade la Combe on the Promenade de ‘lItalie ) See location on map [...]
Happy Easter to all Living in Nyon Readers! If you are in Nyon over the Easter holidays, check out the decorated fountains across the town. These have been decorated by different voluntary groups and societies to celebrate the end of winter - when the water begins to flow again from the taps of the fountains.
Photo above outside Angelika Chollet, the stylish gift and home accessory shop on Nyon’s Rive. The posters and signs are now up around Nyon for Visions du Réel. This is an international documentary film festival which opens on the 20th April and runs through until the 27th, and is a major event in the Nyon calendar. Not only does the festival bring representatives from TV stations [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
