“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

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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” [...]

Big Expat Fair and Career Fair this weekend in Lausanne – Reminder book signing today, other events

Leman Expat Fair 1

On Sunday 6th November it’s the Leman Expat Fair. Over 120 Swiss and international businesses and services with experience in serving the English-speaking community will be in one place under the same roof at the Beaulieu in Lausanne. Whether you have just arrived in Switzerland, or have been here for a while, these fairs are a great way of finding out what’s [...]

Interview with German Artist living in Céligny – Paintings Inspired by Switzerland

Uli van Neyghem (2)

Here is the second in the series of  interviews given by local artist Stephanie Fonteyn (see first interview here). In this article Stephanie speaks to Uli Van Neyghem, a German painter living in Céligny. Note: Uli will be holding an “apéro”  in her art studio on Friday the 4th of November from 17:00 to 20:00  Address: Route de [...]

A View from the Bridge – Play in English in Coppet plus other events coming up

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 There are lots of events happening in the first weeks of November in the Nyon region, here are a few listed below.  Plus, the Living in Nyon November newsletter is due to be sent out in the next couple of days, if you would like to receive it, just sign up in the subscription box in the box to [...]

Tin Tin in Nyon – New Spielberg film out on Weds. Events, competitions around the release of film.

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“The Adventures of Tin Tin”, a new film directed by Stephen Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, will be released here in Nyon next Wednesday the 26th October at the Capitole cinema with two screenings of the film at 15:15 and at 18:00. There are lots of events happening around this big event due to the link between Nyon and one of [...]

“Living along Lac Léman” book is now for sale! – The perfect gift for everyone.

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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 [...]

La Désalpe, Autumn Fair, Guided tour of Nyon, Classic Car show, Expat Expo – all this weekend

Courges

  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 [...]

New Cinema Club for Nyon/ Semaine de la Mobilité begins today

The-Artist cine club

On Tuesday night a new cinema club launched in Nyon with the aim of showing a variety of international films twice a month at 20:00 on a Monday night throughout the year, at the Capitole cinema in the heart of town.   The programme begins on the 10th October and continues through to 26th March 2012.  Andrea Bachmann-Helbling, club [...]