Fun Fondue evening in Feb for newly arrived expatriates!

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Living in Nyon is linking up with Nyon Tourism and Ecole-Club Migros for a fun fondue evening on the 7th February. This event has been organised for recently expatriates to the Nyon region. It’s a great opportunity to learn how to make your own fondue and find out about the customs and traditions of fondue making. There’s an opportunity for some wine [...]

Rushing for a train? Don’t leap on it without a ticket from 11th December

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Whether you are Father Christmas or simply a normal passenger, from the 11th December if you board a train without  a valid train ticket you will be fined 90 CHF in addition to the price of the ticket itself. This will apply to both long  distance and regional trains. See the CFF website to find out more about this new [...]

“Tower Heist” Film tonight, “New moon” fondue evening by lake, Clothing needed for asylum seekers and more

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   Cinema tonight The film “Tower Heist” will be showing tonight (in English) Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd at 18:45 at Nyon cinema  starring Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Casey Affleck. See trailer here on U Tube Quick synopsis: When a group of hard working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy business man’s Ponzi [...]

Big Expat Fair and Career Fair this weekend in Lausanne – Reminder book signing today, other events

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On Sunday 6th November it’s the Leman Expat Fair. Over 120 Swiss and international businesses and services with experience in serving the English-speaking community will be in one place under the same roof at the Beaulieu in Lausanne. Whether you have just arrived in Switzerland, or have been here for a while, these fairs are a great way of finding out what’s [...]

A View from the Bridge – Play in English in Coppet plus other events coming up

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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 [...]

Events on over the next few days and a useful audio clip for newly arrived expats

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Photo – True Live – courtesy Usine a Gaz Here is a selection of events coming up  in the region.  Plus, a reminder that you can now buy the  “Living along Lac Léman” book at Nyon tourist office, or you can order it through this site, just click on “Living in Nyon book” on the top side bar. [...]

“Living along Lac Léman” book is now for sale! – The perfect gift for everyone.

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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 [...]

La Désalpe, Autumn Fair, Guided tour of Nyon, Classic Car show, Expat Expo – all this weekend

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  There’s a lot going on this weekend in the Nyon and Geneva region. Here are a few of the events on the agenda. Saturday – Cow parade in St Cergue On Saturday 1st October it’s the annual “La Désalpe” in St Cergue. This annual tradition is when cows are brought down from the hills by farmers to be wintered in [...]

Events coming up plus Living in Nyon book launch!

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Listed below are a few musical, sports and other events coming up in the area, plus news of a Living in Nyon book launch on the 4th October!   Music -  On Saturday 24th September Canadian singer/ songwriter Ian Kelly will be playing at the Parenthèse in the centre of Nyon. His second album “Speak your Mind” sold over 40,000 copies and [...]

New Cinema Club for Nyon/ Semaine de la Mobilité begins today

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On Tuesday night a new cinema club launched in Nyon with the aim of showing a variety of international films twice a month at 20:00 on a Monday night throughout the year, at the Capitole cinema in the heart of town.   The programme begins on the 10th October and continues through to 26th March 2012.  Andrea Bachmann-Helbling, club [...]