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.
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
The Commonwealth – Crossing continents and many Countries. (photo of the video screen on an aeroplane seat!) Here are a few of the events happening around the area, and in Geneva over the next couple of weeks. The first is another meet up of Male Trailing Spouses at Les Brasseurs pub in Nyon TONIGHT 10th May at 20:00. Just turn up [...]
Spotlight on Schools 1 - Living in Nyon goes behind the scenes of the three schools that are currently advertised on the site. We begin with Brillantmont International School in Lausanne. Hung in the entrance hall of this school is an electronic board that gently reminds pupils that the mid year exams are not far away; just one example of the school using modern [...]
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 [...]
Photo at top: calm before the storm in Nyon. Photo above: the storm in Nyon this week! There are two tickets up for grabs (worth 30chf each) for the 2nd November for the first night of the play “Quartet” which will be performed by the Geneva English Drama society next week in Coppet. On that night [...]
Vineyards, Etiquette, and French (but not as you know it). These last two subjects in the slightly bizarre title, refer to two topics that newly arrived expats may want to be aware of when they arrive in Nyon. A reader wrote in to suggest these based on her own experiences. Firstly, the etiquette thing. On [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children. Classical and Jazz concerts.
Lake Leman International School
A new IB-school in Morges.
Local Nyon Hairdressers.
Claire speaks English.
Real estate for the international, English speaking community
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
A centre of excellence for students with learning differences
British Cheese for sale in Switzerland
Your Ideal College
Guidance for entry to US+UK universities.
Some great workshops at the Geneva Writers' Conference today. # Follow @lifeinnyon
