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There are lots of events happening in the first weeks of November in the Nyon region, here are a few listed below. Plus, the Living in Nyon November newsletter is due to be sent out in the next couple of days, if you would like to receive it, just sign up in the subscription box in the box to [...]
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 [...]
Photo above – one of the cultural activities of Nyon’s Bains de Trois Jetees association. Nyon’s main beach, the “Plages de Trois Jetées”, the “Plage de Promenthoux” in Prangins, and the “Plage de Céligny”, have all made it into the list of “Most Beautiful Beaches in Swiss Romande” . This list, festured in the July 7th issue of “L’Hebdo”, was compiled by [...]
Caribana, the first of the summer music festivals in the Nyon area begins tonight down on the lakeside in Crans sur Nyon. At the moment of going to press there were still tickets for sale for all five nights. The weather forecast is set to improve just a little this afternoon, but best take rain gear and [...]
Photo above: The “biotiful” range of Caribana T shirts 2011. The full line up for the 21st edition of Caribana music festival is now out and reveals a programme of music and styles to suit all ages. For those that want to reminisce, ”Get Down On It” and boogie, Kool and the Gang will be performing on the Grande [...]
It can’t have escaped your notice that it’s local election time again as campaign posters from all the political parties spring up around the towns and villages of Vaud. The candidates that are putting themselves forward for the Nyon elections usually can be found Place St-Martin (in the centre of Nyon) every Saturday morning. They are [...]
Living in Nyon has recently received a few questions from parents who are about to move to the area and who are considering putting their children into the local public schools. For those parents who have questions you might like to know that the canton of Vaud has recently produced a helpful website with the key facts to public schools [...]
There aren’t many places you can get a cup of coffee or tea for 1 Swiss Franc, browse through English books and look at art at the same time. But in Crans-Près Céligny you can. This is because the public library (in the salle communale in the centre of the village) has a whole section [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
