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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The sound of jazz and classical music drifted over the lake on Tuesday evening as pupils from the Conservatoire of Nyon (COV) played at the official opening of the Villa Niedermeyer. This villa, which is situated next to the Villa Thomas (the current home of the Conservatoire) had remained empty for many years and it was becoming [...]
iframe> Yacht race this weekend – Photo above cnp From the 17-19 June, the fabulous yacht race the “Bol D’ Or” will take place on Lac Léman. Yachts begin the race in Geneva on Saturday and sail as fast as they can down to the other end of the lake to Le Bouveret and back again. It’s [...]
Every year in May, “Les Jardins en Fête” organise a stunning display of nature, flowers and plants at the Château de Coppet. English Botanical photographer Catherine Lewis, went to the fête and photographed some of the displays. She has kindly sent some of these photos and a short report about the day to Living in Nyon. Catherine says: [...]
Photo above: courtesy of Hublot Here is a summary of some recent local news taken and translated from La Côte newspaper. Don’t forget, there is an English column in La Côte each Friday written by the Living in Nyon editor, it’s a light hearted look at living in this area. It can be found on the [...]
In addition to the big Spring Fair in Gingins on Saturday (see post below), there are lots of events happening around the area this weekend. Caves Ouvertes – Mont Sur Rolle Firstly, over in Mont sur Rolle, it’s “Cave Ouvertes” (Open House ) in over 30 wine cellars on Saturday 21 May from 11:00 -19:00, and Sunday [...]
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.
Go check the icicles out down by the lake in Nyon. Spectacular! # Follow @lifeinnyon
