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.
Photo above taken at the Bol D’or in 2007. This famous yacht race will take place this year from the 15 -15 June 2012 News – Living in Nyon was featured in the 10 May issue of the Swiss magazine l’Hebdo in a four page article called ”Les Expatriés, Absurdes Boucs Emissaires” . In it, the article discussed the continued growth of [...]
Photo above - tulips in Nyon’s lake side park. There are some spaces left at the next event for expats on Tuesday the 22nd May in Nyon. This evening which is being organised by Nyon tourism, Migros école-club and Living in Nyon, is a chance for newly arrived (and not so new!) expats to meet and get together, to discover excursions that [...]
After the great success of the “Fun Fondue” night for newly arrived expats back in February this year, another “Welcome to La Côte” event has been organised by Nyon tourism, Migros école- club Migros and Living in Nyon. This second event on the 22nd May is in response to the survey that was carried out at the fondue evening. Please note, places [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
