Nyon tourist office have started a new initiative by offering tours in English on Saturday mornings, every first Saturday of the month. This year tours will be on this Saturday April 2nd, then on May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, September 3rd and October 1st. You do not need to reserve for this tour, you just turn up!
On the tour you can discover all about the cultural and historical aspects of the town, just follow the guide, whether you come on the tour on your own or with your family or with friends. Go along to listen to all the stories that Nyon has to offer, and finish it all off with an aperitif in the wine cellar of the castle!
Meeting point: in front of the castle at 10:30 Languages spoken on the day will be French or German or English. The duration of this tour will be about 1 ½ hour, and it’s a nice and easy walk.
Price: CHF 20 (children free of charge). Included in this price, is the tour of the town, the aperitif and a little platter of cold meat in the cellar of the castle. For further info see Nyon Tourism or Telephone – 022 365 66 00
FREE TICKETS TO VISIONS DU REEL!!
Visions du Réel Nyon’s film festival starts on the 7th April next week and 10 free tickets ( 5 lots of 2 tickets) have been offered by the festival for Living in Nyon readers. If you would like a pair of tickets, then send an email to the editor cnp at bluewin.ch Names will be then put into a hat and drawn at the end of the day on Monday 4th April and winners notified on Tuesday 5th. If you have never been to this festival before, this is a great opportunity to find out what it is all about and to see some great films. There will be reviews of the films on this site during the festival. The programme is now out and printed and available in various outlets in the town or you can check it on line here at Visions du Réel.
Chocolate Festival in Versoix this Saturday 09:00 – 18:00
For all chocolate lovers, young and old, this is a festival not to be missed, however parking can be tricky ( it’s a very popular event) so it’s best to take the train to get your chocolate fix. See site for more details
Other events
3rd April Sunday afternoon concert 17:00 Classical Music Concert at the Conservatoire down by the lake side. “Quatuor 248” . Reservations 022 994 2360. See COV link on side bar of this site.
3rd April Saturday Night Free entry – Jazz in the cellar of the Mumbai Bar in Place du Chateau from 22:00
Aremis Ueter vocals, Enzo Miraglia drums, Cedric Gysler contrebasse, Xavier Nussbaum saxophone and Dominique Favre on piano. Improvised jazz from Swing to Bossa Nova and more.
Finally, last but not least, this weekend, it’s the local ELECTIONS again!
If you are eligible to vote, don’t forget the second round of elections is this Sunday, this time the vote is to elect members for the municipality. It’s an important vote as those elected are the people who make the financial and major decisions on Nyon’s future! Read their manifestos and watch their interviews on local TV to help you make your decision.
Cartes sur Table du 18 mars 2011 par nyonregiontv
Events next week
The Business and Professional Women’s Assocation (Geneva) are holding their next event event in Nyon on Tuesday April 5th, 2011, at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Nyon.
The event is a discussion called
“Affirmative Action: Does it help or hurt women?”
Why do some companies adopt affirmative action and others do not? What is being done in Switzerland? In other countries? Do the benefits outweigh the negative consequences?
Discussion leader: Dr. Elodie Baerlocher
Dr. Elodie Baerlocher will address some of the reasoning behind the acceptance or the rejection of such measures. An open discussion will follow in order to compare views and help us understand better why we can all find pros and cons on the subject.
Elodie has done many different jobs in her professional career. She has been a researcher and teaching assistant in social psychology at the University of Geneva, a researcher in women’s career development at the University of Lausanne, an adult trainer in computer skills at IFAGE and a relocation consultant at Active Relocation. After finishing her PhD on affirmative action based on gender discrimination in the labor market in 2009, she moved into Programme design for the Talent Management Centre of Expertise at Givaudan, the leading international company in the fragrance and flavour industry.
AGENDA
18:30 Registration & Networking
19:00 Presentation & Discussion
20:30 Dinner
Members 65 CHF, non-members 80 CHF
Please register before Friday April 1st directly at lakegeneva@bpw.ch