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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
iframe> Yacht race this weekend – Photo above cnp From the 17-19 June, the fabulous yacht race the “Bol D’ Or” will take place on Lac Léman. Yachts begin the race in Geneva on Saturday and sail as fast as they can down to the other end of the lake to Le Bouveret and back again. It’s [...]
Good news for those who need to shop after work during the week, as Nyon shops will now close Monday to Friday at 19:00 (instead of 18:30), and at 18:00 (instead of 17:00) on a Saturday. This new rule came into force on the 1st April. Shops that are exempt from this ruling are boulangeries, ice [...]
Photo above: Overlooking Nyon, taken from the top of the High School Events -Music There is a “Louis Armstrong” night down at the 1306 club tonight the 18th Feb Ruelle de La Poterne. Free entry (hat passed round for artists). See website for more details. Over at La Parenthèse (Grand Rue in Nyon )the French/ Danish duo [...]
Below is an update of recent local news taken from the newspaper La Côte. Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations and a former winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has moved into a house in Founex (just a few kilometres from Nyon). Transport News Eleven public and private transport companies in [...]
Local shops will be open until 22:00 for last minute Christmas shopping tonight Monday 20th December and Thursday 23rd December. Photo above: clearing the snow in central Nyon last week.
Last-Minute Christmas Shopping – For this post, Living in Nyon’s new writer Francesca Brewer-Krebs, travels out of Nyon to check out the local shops in the old town of Lausanne. All of these shops are walkable or accessible by bus from the railway station, perfect if you don’t want to take the car out in this snowy weather! Over to Francesca. [...]
Amongst the many questions we get here on Living in Nyon, two of the most frequent (after housing and schooling!) are, how can I meet other expatriates and Swiss people in the Nyon area, and where can I learn French ? From time to time, Living in Nyon organises events for its readers to meet each other (photo above taken from Living in Nyon [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children. Classical and Jazz concerts.
Lake Leman International School
A new IB-school in Morges.
Local Nyon Hairdressers.
Claire speaks English.
Real estate for the international, English speaking community
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
A centre of excellence for students with learning differences
British Cheese for sale in Switzerland
Your Ideal College
Guidance for entry to US+UK universities.
Some great workshops at the Geneva Writers' Conference today. # Follow @lifeinnyon
