Photo above – Council workers pruning trees down by Nyon lake side
Siren testing today
Don’t panic if you hear sirens sounding today 5th February between 13:30 and 14:00 in the Nyon area, this is the annual siren testing which takes place on the first Wednesday of February. See more info here on the reason for the testing.
“Happy” videos featuring local scenes
If the grey cold weather is getting you down, these two videos may cheer you up, they are both set against the Pharrell Williams “Happy Song”. The first, “We are from Lausanne” is set in the city itself, you can see some familiar sights on here, the railway station, the SBB trains, the CGN ferry, the lake, the old town and more. This video has already had a quarter of a million hits! The second video set in Geneva has had a smaller audience of 14,000 viewers but readers who live in or work in Geneva may be interested to see some familiar sights on here too.
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