La Côte tourism is offering a 50% discount on a one-day rental of an E-bike until October 22nd 2017. Just take public transport up to St-Cergue, show your ticket and you can then head off on the bike and discover the landscape and villages in the Jura in style! E-bikes can be booked calling St-Cergue tourist office on 022 360 13 14 or email info@st-cergue-tourisme.ch Office opening hours are: Tuesday - Friday 08:30-12.00 and 13:30-16:30 Sat-Sunday: 9.00 -12.30 and 13:00-16:30

This weekend, Saturday the 9th and Sunday 10th September, it's "Les Journées Européennes du Patrimoine". On these two "European Heritage Days", the three main museums in Nyon: the castle, the Roman Museum, the Lac Léman Museum, one privately owned "domaine", four buildings in Morges and the Museum of Prangins are all offering free entry for members of the public to discover more of Switzerland's heritage. The privately owned building on the outskirts of Nyon which will be open to the public (for this weekend only), is the Domaine de Bois-Bougy. This building, with its lovely farm and barns attached, can be seen from the train en-route to Geneva and is on many people's running and walking route! Produce from the farm is on sale all year round. Samuel Baumgartner, the owner of the domaine, will give guided tours of the farm on Sunday at 10:30 and 14:30 Full details of all buildings open across Swiss Romande click here

There's a lot coming up in September in the Nyon region and we'll be highlighting various events over the next few posts. Here, we focus on music events. MusicLa Parenthèse The Parenthèse the small but influential music club in Nyon, starts a new season on Thursday 7th September with music by Joan Shelley from the U.S. (see video below). The programme for Sept - December includes Rock, Soul, R'n'B, Blues, French chanson performed by bands from Switzerland, the UK, the US, Canada, Iceland and more. See programme here Jazz au Peuple in Prangins Photo above - courtesy Jazz au Peuple - copyright - Romain Iannone The 3rd Jazz au Peuple festival will take place on 15 - 16 September in the Temple and Vieux Pressoir in Prangins. Entry is free. Click here for details. This year, the programme notably features the pianist Léo Tardin, the Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni, (a nominee of the Grand prix suisse de musique 2017 ) and the internationally renowned trumpeter Matthieu Michel. Usine à Gaz The programme for September 2017 until September 2018! is now out at the Usine à Gaz. For those new to Nyon, the Usine is the town's official cultural music and arts centre. Music for the upcoming season includes Cuca Roseta - (Fado music from Portugal) on the 23rd September to Transglobal Underground, an English electro-world music group (feat Natacha Atlas) performing on the 18th November. See video below. Classical Music at the Conservatoire de l'Ouest Vaudois of Nyon. 24 September - Sunday afternoon concert at 17:00 with Duo Octavio Brodziak - flûte à bec and Estefania Casanovas - clavecin. Details here Rosey Concert Hall in Rolle Rhonda Ross daughter of legendary Diana Ross and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, will be performing at the Rosey Concert hall on September 11th. Her live show is an entertaining one, featuring original music that’s a blend of jazz/blues/soul & pop. Details here.

"North by North West", the film starring Cary Grant, James Mason, and Eva Marie Saint, launches a special season of Classic films (in English) coming up at the Capitole Cinema in Nyon. The cinema is very near the railway station and the central car park. This first film in the season is about a hapless New York advertising executive mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and he is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. It will be screened on 12th September 2017. This is a great opportunity to watch films you have always wanted to see but never got round to it, or to watch a film you love and want to see again! Living in Nyon is delighted to announce that once again it has partnered with Nyon cinema to offer readers a chance to win pairs of tickets (there are 6 in total up for grabs: 3×2 tickets for each film) throughout the season. To be in with a chance to win tickets for films being screened in 2017, simply email info@capitole-nyon.ch giving your name, email address, stating the film and the date you would like 2 tickets. You will be informed if you have won a pair of tickets. There will be a second competition later on in the year to win tickets for films screened in 2018. Films coming up include Classics such as: “The Shop around the Corner” on Tuesday 10th October starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan "Key Largo" on the 7th November starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall "Victor Victoria" on the 5th December starring Julie Andrews and James Garner All photos/images above - courtesy Nyon cinema

The outdoor public swimming school pool closes in Nyon on the 18th September. If you are looking to get your children ready for next year's summer season, Clinique La Lignière in Gland is offering group and individual swimming lessons beginning September on Mondays and Tuesday from 16:00 pm to 14:00 and Wednesday afternoon from 14:00 to 16:00. Group classes last for 45 minutes. The friendly swimming instructors speak English and give classes ranging from complete beginner to advanced stages of swimming. A discount is offered to families with more than one child. The clinic itself (see video below) is set in lovely grounds situated just beyond the town of Gland. In addition to swimming lessons, Aquagym classes are available six days of the week, there is a gym, jacuzzi and sauna on site. Personal fitness training, massages for relaxation, pregnancy, back, and sport are also available. Contact Sarah Lailler, manager of the swimming school on 022 999 65 81 email natation@la-ligniere.ch Clink link here for more details.

This weekend (1-3 September) there will be a Street Food Festival in Nyon. A first for the town! Food trucks will line the quayside serving a selection of food: hamburgers, English pies, hummus, Latin American specialities, lobster sandwiches, Belgian meatballs, local beers and wines and more! See website here Friday 1st September - 17:00 - 24:00 Saturday 2nd September - 11:00 - 24:00 Sunday 3rd September - 11:00 - 17.00 Also a reminder that this weekend it's the Morges Literary Festival with debates and discussion in English. Irish authors are guest of honour at this 2017 festival.

Discover Nyon from a new perspective - at 05:30 in the morning! There will be a 5 km "Wake up and Run" early morning run through the town on the 29th September. The start of the course begins at Place Perdtemps and will be led by a course leader (on a bike with balloons!). The leader will guide the runners through the town and further afield and the run will end with a healthy breakfast served to all participants. The cost of entry includes a T-shirt, personalised bib (to be ordered by the 24th September) breakfast, reusable drinking mug, goodies from the sponsors and use of showers at the end of the run. There are other "Wake up and Run" events in other towns in Switzerland including Lausanne Details for Nyon here. Details for Lausanne here Photo below - courtesy "Wake up and Run"

Do you know what Moût is? It's nothing to do with the sound that a cow makes! It's a product that can be seen for sale in Switzerland in the late summer/ early autumn. Listen to September's podcast to discover what it is. Also on this podcast, Catherine talks about the Fête de la Vigne, Nyon’s annual wine festival and Lisa from Know-it-all passport tells us about a yodelling concert she went to in the summer. https://soundcloud.com/living-in-nyon/sept-2017?in=living-in-nyon/sets/living-in-the-know-podcasts-1

On September 9th and 10th there will be an intensive weekend of French language, which includes a private wine tasting at a local vineyard near Nyon on the Saturday, and on the Sunday you get to visit a glassmaker and try out your creative skills by crafting an object in glass. It’s a great chance to practice your French, to meet new people and discover the area at the same time. Photo above - Try your hand at glass making with local glassmaker Stéphane Desplands. This weekend is organised by the Sapphire School in Eysins, a village just on the outskirts of Nyon. This brand new school opened in May this year and is run by Swiss teacher Laure-Anne Piaget. The school offers French classes for individuals or groups (capped at a maximum of five students so all students have the chance to talk) and can cater to each student’s pace whether it’s day-to-day conversational French or something more challenging. Private classes can also be organised on Saturday and during before or after work hours. Photo above - Laure-Anne teaching at the school Lessons take place in a light and spacious space in Eysins (a 5 minute walk from the Terre Bonne Business Park). There is plenty of parking outside the school. Laure-Anne can also visit you in your home or office for private lessons. Her aim is to give you the confidence to become involved in life in French speaking Switzerland. For more details of the intensive weekend or to find out about individual classes at the school, contact Laure-Anne on 076 416 82 33 or 022 557 65 67 See website or Facebook site here

The Morges literary festival - Le Livre sur les Quais begins on Friday 1st until Sunday 3rd September. This year, the festival will host 280 French and English speaking writers and Ireland is the Guest country of honour for 2017. John Boyne, Anne Enright, Donal Ryan, Sarah Baume and other Irish authors will be present at the festival to take part in debates, to give talks, readings or be part of round table discussions. There are also literary cruises along the lake including a GWG summer cruise on the Sunday entitled "Debut Novelists on Writing and Publishing" with Paul McVeigh and Kit de Waal. There will be other established literary stars such as Rachel Joyce and new writers, essayists, poets and translators, authors of crime fiction, travel writing and books for children at the festival. There will be a debate on Sunday 3rd entitled "Switzerland, Brexit and the new European Reality" with Diccon Bewes, Padraig Rooney and Clare O' Dea. The festival takes place in Morges, on the lake side and in various venues around the town. For more info on the festival click here (click on the day and click English programme under the section "par type d'évènement")

There will be a "Fête du Petit-Lac" in Nyon on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th August. It's a big event for the lifeboat stations in Nyon, Coppet, Versoix, Genthod-Bellevue, Genève, La Belotte, Hermance and Yvoire. There will be food, music (Jazz and Rock'n Roll), a special "Concours des Sauveteurs" ( lifesavers competition) on the Saturday at 10:00, food at 11:00 a carousel for children from 14:00 -22:00 and music from 21:00. It's a good chance to support the local lifeboats and have fun at the same time! See poster below and link here

It's the Pirates' Party in Nyon this weekend down by the lake in Nyon. Once a year, the "Noble Confrérie des Pirates" (a non-profit charitable association) hold a party which is open to the public. Free rides on the Nyolue boat and a stand selling sausages, chips and "goujonettes". Free rides on the Nyolue boat and a stand selling sausages, chips and "goujonettes". Vendredi de 17 à 23 Friday 17.00 -23:00 Saturday 11:00 - 23:00 Sunday 11:00 - 18:00 Note: this weekend it's also the Nyon flea market down by the lake