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 Tuesday 14th June at 20:00 in Nyon, it’s the monthly get together of “male” trailing spouses over a few beers at Les Brasseurs pub in Nyon. This get together (originally initiated by Living in Nyon), has now become a regular event and it is a good opportunity for men who are acccompanying spouses to meet others [...]
Students living in Switzerland who intend going on to a US college or a UK university for further education often find that the application process can be complicated. However, help is at hand as there are two specialist consultants; Anne Spencer and Jennifer Koller (in photo below), who work locally and who can help students [...]
There are two courses coming up in Nyon that will be of interest to all parents. The first is “First Aid for child injuries”. The second will be “Childhood Illnesses: What you need to know”. Both courses will be given in English by Doctor Michelle Wright. Details and dates below. 1. FIRST AID FOR CHILD INJURIES This course is [...]
Photo above: Swiss Quote building in Gland On Tuesday May 17th at 19:00 there will be a presentation by Diccon Bewes, author of “Swiss Watching”, along with Swiss Tourism at Brillantmont International School in Lausanne. A representative from Swiss Tourism will talk about some of the enchanting treasures that Switzerland has to offer. Then, Diccon Bewes will go behind the scenes of his [...]
Brillantmont International School in Lausanne is getting bigger! If you are driving near the park “Mon Repos” in the centre of Lausanne, you will probably come face to face with a construction site. This is the new project of Brillantmont International School in Lausanne (see previous post about this school), which is building a multi-purpose hall [...]
Here in the “Living in” series on this site is an article on living in Le Vaud, written by Christine Carey. Christine is from Canada and five years ago she moved up to Le Vaud from the village of Prangins. Read on to find out about what is it like to live in the village, what the [...]
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 [...]
Swedish School goes trilingual The Swedish School of Geneva has announced plans for a new multilingual programme, which will start in September 2011 and cover the three languages, Swedish, French and English. Based in Meyrin, near Geneva, the school will offer Swedish-French or English-French programmes for children aged between 1 and 5 (pre-school) and a [...]
Here is Part 2 as part of the Living in Nyon spotlight on schools in the Lac Léman area Missed part one on Brillantmont school? You can read it here Today we focus on Oak Hill school in Nyon. Oak Hill’s mission statement is ‘Making life changes for students with learning differences.’ Oak Hill is [...]
Cleaning up the Toblerones, Barn dance, Arthur Smith at comedy night, Climate Conference, English Theatre, Rock at Usine, Next male trailing spouse meet up and Big Rugby match Photo above – Rock group Bench playing down at the Usine à Gaz tonight. There are lots of events scheduled for March in Nyon and the surrounding area. Here is a selection of them [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
