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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 [...]
There are going to be a few changes on the restaurant scene in Nyon in the next couple of months with a ”musical tables” in ownership and cuisine. Firstly, Tom Watson the (British) head chef who previously worked at the Le Maitre Jacques restaurant has now taken over the Le Café du Marché (in Place du Marché in Nyon). [...]
Last weekend, British group “We Have Band” performed at the Usine a Gaz in Nyon, so Jonas Parson (a.k.a. “the barefoot writer” and one of Living in Nyon’s music reviewers), went down to chat to the band before their concert. This summer Jonas wrote several reviews for this site of concerts during the Paléo festival [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
