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.
Photo above taken at the Bol D’or in 2007. This famous yacht race will take place this year from the 15 -15 June 2012 News – Living in Nyon was featured in the 10 May issue of the Swiss magazine l’Hebdo in a four page article called ”Les Expatriés, Absurdes Boucs Emissaires” . In it, the article discussed the continued growth of [...]
Photo above: Deckchairs on the terrace of the “Balise”, the weekend café, part of the Bains de Trois Jetées association. News: The café is now licenced to sell beer and wine! It’s a great place to have a drink overlooking the lake. The association is also looking for volunteers to help serve and run this winter café [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
There are three interesting events coming up in the Nyon area this week, from a film set in Finland showing tonight, to a Jazz and Carol concert on Saturday to the Nyon Christmas Market on Sunday. Firstly tonight, Monday night 5th at the Capitole Cinema in Nyon there will be a screening at 20.15 of the film “Steam [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s a quick round up of local news taken from La Côte newspaper plus events coming up in the region. Drop in CGN passengers numbers due to poor summer weather CGN (Compagnie Générale de Navigation – the company that run the boats on Lac Léman) announced that due to the bad weather over the summer months, the company saw a drop in its [...]
Photo above – one of the cultural activities of Nyon’s Bains de Trois Jetees association. Nyon’s main beach, the “Plages de Trois Jetées”, the “Plage de Promenthoux” in Prangins, and the “Plage de Céligny”, have all made it into the list of “Most Beautiful Beaches in Swiss Romande” . This list, festured in the July 7th issue of “L’Hebdo”, was compiled by [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
