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 Saturday 29 September it’s the Désalpe in St Cergue. This annual ceremony is a tradition in Switzerland and marks the start of Autumn. The “Désalpe” means the descent of the cows from the hills down to the lower pastures so they can be wintered inside. During the descent, the cows are decorated with flowery [...]
Picture above – the Bol D’ Or – Art by Rita Mancesti, see more about this artist below. Cinema The film showing tonight (20 August) at the Open Air cinema in Nyon is the classic (and digitally restored) film comedy ”Some Like It Hot” directed by Billy Wilder starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and [...]
Photo above: taken at Geneva Car Show 2012. C. Nelson-Pollard Flat to rent in Crans-Céligny available from 1st May 2012 Ground floor flat, 2 double bedrooms Large bathroom with bath, shower, WC. Separate guest WC Separate laundry & tumble drier. Lounge & beautifully equipped kitchen Garden, patio and large sunny terrace. Double garage. Cave with [...]
Photo above: Commuters at Nyon railway station. Here’s a round up of some of the local news taken from La Côte newspaper, plus a selection of local events coming up in the region. Don’t forget there is a Living in Nyon English column published in La Côte newspaper every Friday. It is a light [...]
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 [...]
The Montreux Jazz festival kicks off today and continues until the 16th July. The festival name is bit of misnomer as there is much more than jazz available on the programe. From the blues of B.B King (a festival regular), to hip hop, soul, rock, pop, techno, etc, there is a huge variety of music on offer. Although tickets for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Don’t ever me call me ”Little Rabbit again ” is the title of the puppet show which will be performed in Nyon tomorrow afternoon. The famous Marionette/Puppet theatre of Geneva will be bringing this show to the Usine a Gaz on Wednesday 2nd February at 14:00. Perfect for those for children in the local school system who [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children.
Classical and Jazz concerts.
German, English and French teaching school
in centre of Nyon.
Private Bankers in Nyon
Independence, transparency and security
Lake Leman International School Morges. Read article on school here.
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
