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 [...]
The Jval rock and pop music festival begins tomorrow Thursday 25th and continues until Saturday 27th August. This festival is the last of the local outdoor music festivals and take places amongst the vineyards above Begnins. It’s a great venue for music lovers to end the summer season and to soak up both the lovely scenery. There is a variety of music concerts on [...]
Last Friday marked the end of the academic year for local primary schools and with it came the Nyon’s children’s parade through the town. This event is an annual tradition, each year children (and even some of the teachers!) dress up in themed costumes and walk though the town accompanied by brass bands, Nyon’s local councillors and acts provided for [...]
Photo above – Parents waiting for their children to pass by in the Nyon “end of school” year parade. A question that often gets asked on this site is “How do working parents manage the long free lunch hours that children get in local schools?” Photo above – Children in the end of school year parade. Living in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
