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On Sunday 11th May it is “Mother’s Day” in Switzerland. If you are looking for present ideas, it’s worth visiting the small but interesting shop down at the Rive in Nyon called “Continents Apart”. This shops sells handmade jewellery, much of it made by Deborah Willis, the owner of the shop. Deborah travels to Asia [...]
Paleo festival revealed the line-up for its 38th edition this morning in Nyon, at the Uni Global headquarters in the centre of town. Daniel Rosselat introduced the press conference by expressing the hope that the sun shining outside would prove a good omen for the weather during the Festival itself, which will take place [...]
A selection of events coming up in Nyon and further afield Nyon La Roulotte (the temporary summer (café behind the railway station) will open this Sunday at 15:00. More info on this café to come on this site. Bring an instrument to play for the opening party! Music – 19th April 20:30 The 1306 [...]
Photo above – Daniel Rossellat at Paléo 2102 Living in Nyon has begun a new series of interviews entitled “Afternoon Tea with…” in which we interview local personalities from the Nyon and la Côte region. We find out a little bit more about the professional and personal lives of each individual over afternoon tea. Photo [...]
The Poster for the 2013 Paléo Festival Nyon was launched last week, you can read all about its design and about Marion Erard, the student who designed the poster here. Paléo will take place next year from 23rd to 28th July. The line-up will be revealed on Tuesday 16 April and tickets go on sale on Wednesday [...]
Musical in English this weekend to end the summer season. For the past few years at at the end of August, young actors in the Really Youthful Group (this group is part of GAOS – Geneva Amateur Opera Society), have performed a musical in English in Nyon for the general public. This show has [...]
Nyon Tourism now has an App (go to “Nyon Region” at the App store). It’s available free of charge, in French, German and English, and has lots of features including suggested tours to make in the area, information on local museums, lists of local restaurants etc. Also, did you know there is now free WiFi [...]
Apologies to readers for the lack of news over the past few days, the Living in Nyon editor has been over in London cheering on various teams at the Olympic Games including the Swiss rowing team at Eton Dorney! On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th August, the village of Gingins near Nyon will be cheering [...]
A reminder to all readers that the Open Air cinema in Nyon launches tonight! The summer programme that continues right through until the 26th August will be showing many films in “Version Originale” (in the original version) and in many cases, in English. Films start at 21:30 but the bar and “restauration” are open from 19:00 onwards. [...]
Yesterday the weather seemed to abandon festival-goers, as the sky was grey and it started raining in the evening. People looked slightly less high spirited – you can see a week of wild merry-making starting to exact its toll on some and the rain, falling quite heavily by now, seemed to dampen everybody’s spirits. A [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children.
Classical and Jazz concerts.
German, English and French teaching school
in centre of Nyon.
Private Bankers in Nyon
Independence, transparency and security
Lake Leman International School Morges. Read article on school here.
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
