As part of the annual “Bike Day” activities in Nyon, there will be a second hand bike sale on Saturday 18th May. It’s a great opportunity to sell or buy a bike. This event will take place at Parc de la Morâche, (the park just a few minutes walk behind the railway station and near the […]
Repair Café in Nyon – Saturday 6th April
There will be a repair café in Nyon on Saturday 6th April at the L’Asse déchèterie (recycling centre) at Chemin du Marais 2. This is an ideal chance to get a small item repaired or revamped. There will be volunteers on hand to fix items such as lamps, telephones, battery operated items, suitcases, toys etc. […]
Environmental Film Festival in Nyon – “Living the Change” – Film in English
On 14th-17th March 2019, the Festival du Film Vert (Environmental Film Festival) comes to Nyon with film screening, workshops and debates Flavie Scholtz, President of the Festival, tells us more about the festival, its tour around Switzerland and how this Parisian (now a Nyon resident) became involved in environmental issues. Photo above – Flavie Scholtz […]
Win a copy of Know it all Passport! – An essential local information guide in English
The brand new “Know-it-all passport” is now out! This book is the essential guide to living in Geneva, Vaud, and neighbouring France. This 11th edition has a brand new chapter entitled “Sustainability”, a list of escape rooms in the “Entertainment” chapter, plus a list of co-working spaces under the “Business and Legal Matters” chapter. The popular […]
A bomb, bikes and tons of rubbish cleaned from the lake
Five and a half tons of rubbish/garbage, 18 kilos of cigarettes, a bomb, bikes, shopping trolleys, tyres, plastic items, corks, plastic straws, yoghurt pots and finally, an urn! were all found in lac léman last weekend. They were all discovered during a big clean up along the lake (from Geneva to Villeneuve) which was carried out […]