Film festival starts today, free tickets for readers and first film review of “Virgin Tales”

First film review

  The Visions du Réel Festival starts today in Nyon and we have two pairs of tickets up for grabs for film screenings for readers of this site.  Just email cnp at bluewin.ch with your name and telephone number by 22:00 on Friday 20th April.  Names will go into a hat and 2 lucky winners will be informed on Saturday a. m [...]

Nyon to get open air cinema for the summer!

Nyon sign at night resized copy

  From the 24th July to the 26th August, an open air cinema will be installed near the centre of Nyon. Over 34 evenings of films are planned to be screened in the area called “Parc de la Combe”  (this is a temporary name for the park  at L’esplanade la Combe on the Promenade de ‘lItalie )  See location on map [...]

Flat for rent, Puppet Show in Nyon, Rugby Match on Saturday, Auditions for new Nyon band

Pam's flat 1

  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 [...]

Tennessee Williams, American Clubs in Switzerland, Schwarzenegger to speak in Geneva

GM ad

An eclectic mix of events and information for readers from Tennessee Williams to Expat Clubs, to Health Courses in English!  Firstly, the Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams will be performed by GEDs ( Geneva English Drama Society) from the 13- 17 March 2012 at the Théâtre du Centre de l’Espérance in Geneva. This play is billed as “a [...]

Nyon in a Neon Light and a selection of Upcoming Events

Miscellaneous pics from I Phone 209

Take a look at these photos of Nyon taken via a cool app called Paper Camera. See Nyon in a neon light! Photo above taken from the window of the Appunto café in Nyon looking across the street. Photos below taken from the same angle using a different format, followed by photos of the inside of the café and [...]

Late night shopping in Nyon, Programme for winter music festival, Events coming up

Market stuff A

Tuesday 20th and Friday 23rd December are the two dates this year when it’s the “Nocturnes à Nyon” (late night shopping). The shops will be open in the town until 22:00 to get those last minute Christmas presents.  Meanwhile over at the Signy shopping centre on Saturday 17th December, between 10:30 and 17:00 and Wednesday the 21st between 14:00 -18:00, ”Father Christmas”  [...]

Geneva Writers’ Conference now open for registration

Geneva Writers Group Con 2010

Every two years the Geneva Writers’ Group hosts a writers’ conference at Webster University in Bellevue (approximately nine miles from Nyon).  In 2012  the 8th Geneva Writers’ Conference will take place from February 3- 5 2 and will welcome over two hundred writers from around the world to a weekend of workshops, panels, readings and networking. This conference is led [...]

“Tower Heist” Film tonight, “New moon” fondue evening by lake, Clothing needed for asylum seekers and more

New moon

   Cinema tonight The film “Tower Heist” will be showing tonight (in English) Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd at 18:45 at Nyon cinema  starring Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Casey Affleck. See trailer here on U Tube Quick synopsis: When a group of hard working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy business man’s Ponzi [...]

Jazz this weekend at Novodonium and Conservatoire – Living in Nyon stand at Saturday market

plants at sat market

Photo above  Heidi, a stall holder at the Saturday market in Nyon selling cupcakes.  See Heidi Bakery There are two jazz concerts on this weekend in Nyon, the first is tonight Friday the 18th November at 20:30 in the Conservatoire de l’Ouest Vaudois with a performamce by “Antwork”.  Click here for more details of this concert. The second [...]

Swiss Film to be shown in Nyon in presence of film maker tonight. Reminder of English play in Coppet

Book group and LIN stand A cropped

Thankyou to all those who came along to the tourist office in Nyon on Friday and to the Living in Nyon stand at the Léman Expat Fair in Lausanne yesterday, it was great to see you all and answer your questions about living in the Nyon region.  Watch this space for a Living in Nyon “drinks evening” [...]