Help Clean Up Nyon
On Friday the 11th of September it's "Clean Up Day" in Nyon. Volunteers are welcome to help clean up (collecting rubbish etc) in the principal tourist areas of the town, these being: the terrace and the area of Place du Château, the promenade des Vieilles Murailles, l’Esplanade Jules César, l’Esplanade des Marronniers, la Rue de la Gare, le Parc du Bourg de Rive and along the lake side. At midday, a free picnic lunch will be offered on the terrace of the castle to all volunteers before the clean up begins.
Photo below - the terrace of Nyon's castle
The clean up itself will finish at around 16:30. To volunteer, please email Caroline Demierre Burri at Nyon tourist office before the 8th September caroline.demierre@nrt.ch stating your surname and first name so you can be added to the volunteer list.
Even if you don't speak much French, this is a good way for newcomers to get know others and locals in a volunteering capacity.
Public Toilets in Four Nyon Restaurants
It's often difficult to find a public toilet in areas of Nyon that are outside the main tourist areas of the town, so the council has come up with an interesting new initiative called "Welcoming Toilets". Four Nyon restaurants will open their doors to enable members of the public to use the toilets without any obligation for them to eat or drink on the premises. Each restaurant will receive 100 CHF per month to make their facilities available. This solution avoids the need for a much larger investment of constructing toilet blocks in the town. The four restaurants participating in the scheme are: the Café du Boiron in Route de Stand 70, "Les Fontaines" in Chemin d'Eysins 45 A, Les Glycines in Chemin des Plantaz 56, et l'Entre-Deux in Route de Divonne 4.
Fa Sol Lac - Concerts by the lake on Saturday 5th
There will be free concerts by the lake in Nyon on Saturday 5th September from 15:00 onwards The energy provided by these concerts will be supplied by solar energy. Solar Sound System, Gypson 5 CH and other bands are on the line up.
Roadworks end in Rolle
On Saturday the 12th September the town of Rolle will celebrate the end of the roadworks that have been dominating the centre and outskirts of the town for many months. "More Beautiful than Before" is the slogan attributed to the town on its website now that it has had a "lifting". The celebrations begin at 09:00 with breakfast offered by the commune, at 11:00 there will be an official speech folllowed by an apéro. At 15:00 there will be a waiters' race in the town. More events are planned throughout the day with a bouncy castle, balloon sculpture, bars and stalls.