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.
It’s the annual chocolate festival in Versoix this Saturday 24 and also on Sunday 25 March. This festival is hosts to lots of chocolate makers and open for the public to try out, and buy all sorts of chocolate. There are workshops for children, there’s an egg hunt on Sunday, a choco train, and lots more. This festival is a great day [...]
Fund raising event on 24th March in Nyon for reconstruction of schools in Haiti Fund raising “Raclette Evening” at 18:30 with wine, a live band (jazz and rock), good food and a tombola. The event is being held in Nyon on the 24th March at the Uni Global building on avenue Reverdil 8-10 (very near Nyon railway [...]
Photo above: taken at Geneva Car Show 2012. C. Nelson-Pollard Flat to rent in Crans-Céligny available from 1st May 2012 Ground floor flat, 2 double bedrooms Large bathroom with bath, shower, WC. Separate guest WC Separate laundry & tumble drier. Lounge & beautifully equipped kitchen Garden, patio and large sunny terrace. Double garage. Cave with [...]
Photo above: Deckchairs on the terrace of the “Balise”, the weekend café, part of the Bains de Trois Jetées association. News: The café is now licenced to sell beer and wine! It’s a great place to have a drink overlooking the lake. The association is also looking for volunteers to help serve and run this winter café [...]
An eclectic mix of events and information for readers from Tennessee Williams to Expat Clubs, to Health Courses in English! Firstly, the Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams will be performed by GEDs ( Geneva English Drama Society) from the 13- 17 March 2012 at the Théâtre du Centre de l’Espérance in Geneva. This play is billed as “a [...]
Photo above: courtesy Caribana – copyright Robert Leslie Lou Reed, Kasabian and Pony Pony Run Run are the latest names to be added to the line up for this year’s Caribana festival which will take place down by the lakeside in Crans sur Nyon from the 6-10 June. Legendary Lou Reed *returns to Nyon and will [...]
Take a look at these photos of Nyon taken via a cool app called Paper Camera. See Nyon in a neon light! Photo above taken from the window of the Appunto café in Nyon looking across the street. Photos below taken from the same angle using a different format, followed by photos of the inside of the café and [...]
From filet de perche and Saucisson Vaudois, to cheese Malakoffs, these are just some of the many local culinary delights that expatriates discover when they move to Vaud. Yet from time to time, expatriates also like a taste of food from their own countries, and for this there are local retail options around to source products from “home”. Firstly, there is My Expat Shop com. This successful online shopping site [...]
The appropriately named “Les Hivernales” begins today 9th February and continues until Sunday 12th. This winter rock and music festival takes place in various venues across Nyon with live music bands coming from all over Switzerland and further afield. Tonight Nadeah from Australia will be playing at the Parenthese at 20:30. Portobello from Lucerne will playing at [...]
Photo above: the temperature in Nyon on Thurday morning. Do the freezing conditions in the Nyon area right now make you want to simply stay inside and curl up with a good book? If so, there are various local places where you can find English books both in local shops and in libraries. Nyon library has a small selection of [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
