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.
Tuesday evening in Nyon saw the official launch of the book “Living along Lac Léman”. Thankyou so much to all those who came to the Villa Thomas at the COV for the vernissage/launch. Photos above. Happy book fans! The venue in the stunning lake side setting made it the perfect place to launch the book. It also gave readers of [...]
Holiday apartments, party venues and a reminder of events coming up over the weekend. Also, the pool is now open! If you are short of space at home but would like to invite friends and family from overseas to visit you, why not check out some of the holiday apartments and houses in the area that can be rented [...]
“Bringing the town to life in the middle of winter” is the aim of the organisers of “Les Hivernales” a rock and beat festival which will take place in various venues in Nyon from the 10-13th February. The festival, which made its debut last year proved to be a great success with music lovers so it is back again [...]
Living in Nyon would like to wish its readers a Very Happy New Year. We will be back with more articles on the 4th January. Check in to find out about events coming up in the area from the winter music festival Les Hivernales to dates to put in your diary for 2011.
The above photo was taken from the terrace of the château of Nyon just a couple of weeks ago. The snow has now melted but it is forecast to return tomorrow. So Nyon may just have a “white Christmas” this year and Bing Crosby won’t have to dream any more… Wherever you will be on [...]
The book “Le Léman regards de peintres contemporians”, features works of art from Léman Swiss artists and the Galerie Aux Deux Fontaines (up in the pretty village of Bursins) is holding an exhibition of some of the works of art. The exhibition launches the exhibition today 27th November from 18:00 to 21:00 and then the gallery will be open Thursday to Sunday 14:00 to [...]
A new book on Paléo is now out! The book called “La magie de l’ephémère” has been launched to celebrate 35 years of Nyon’s famous music festival. The book is full of photos of the festival over the years: the crowd, the artists, behind the scenes, the installations, the village du monde, the volunteers. The book (in French) would [...]
The snow settled in Nyon on the last day of the 2008. The town was full of folk buying champagne and trudging though the snow to get last minute celebratory supplies. The DVD/video rental shop had a long queue of those planning to stay in and watch movies over the next few days and La [...]
Even though we are nearly into November, the lakeside in Nyon was very busy on Sunday with visitors and townsfolk. They were either catching some winter sun in the outdoor cafés, or pottering around in the monthly flea market down by the Rive. Others were taking advantage of the lovely weather by taking a ferry [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
