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Nyon, a city of history and festivals
As a town on Lake Geneva, Nyon is alive with the Paléo Festival, the Visions du Réel festival and the Festival des arts vivants. Nyon also recounts its rich Roman, medieval and classical past in its museums and castles.

On the shores of Lake Geneva, Nyon is surrounded by vineyards and typical villages. The hillside is home to several state-of-the-art private clinics, ideal for convalescence.

Every July, 240,000 people flock to the Paléo Festival for 6 days of concerts. Other festival-goers converge in Nyon at the end of February for Les Hivernales at various venues around the city, followed by the Visions du Réel film festival in April, the tropical Caribana Festival in June, the Festival des arts vivants in August and the Luna Classics in August.

Accessible to the public all year round, Nyon's castles and museums evoke a patrician history: Château de Prangins, the Swiss National Museum; Château de Coppet, where Mme de Staël lived; Château de Nyon and the Historical and Porcelain Museum.

As for Noviodium's Roman past, it is recounted in the Roman Museum, which recalls the important Roman town of Nyon, founded by Julius Caesar.

The town and its pleasant old town are mentioned in the "Tournesol Affair", in which Tintin, the cartoon hero born from the pen of Hergé, investigates Nyon in search of Professor Tournesol.



Nyon, Stadt mit Geschichte und Festivals
Die Stadt Nyon am Genfersee lebt im Zeichen der Festivals: dem Musikfestival Paléo, dem Filmfestival Visions du Réel und dem Theaterfestival FAR. Museen und Schlösser zeugen zudem von der vielfältigen römischen, mittelalterlichen und klassischen Vergangenheit Nyons.

Das am Ufer des Genfersees gelegene Nyon ist von Weinbergen mit typischen Winzerdörfern umgeben. An der schönen Hanglage befinden sich auch einige erstklassige Privatkliniken, die ihre Kunden zur Rekonvaleszenz empfangen.

Im Juli begeben sich jeweils 240'000 Personen ans Paléo Festival, um während sechs Tagen Konzerte zu hören. Weitere Besucher strömen im Februar während "Les Hivernales" in verschiedenen Orten in der Städt, dann im April zum Filmfestival Visions du Réel nach Nyon, andere im Juni ans Caribana-Festival mit heissen Klängen und tropischer Stimmung, oder aber im August zum Festival der Bühnenkünste FAR und wieder im August zum Luna Classics.

Die ganzjährig öffentlich zugänglichen Schlösser und Museen rufen die Geschichte von Nyons Patriziern ins Gedächtnis: so das Schloss Prangins mit dem Schweizerischen Landesmuseum, das Schloss Coppet, wo Madame de Staël lebte, das Schloss Nyon mit seinem Historischen Museum und seiner Porzellansammlung.

Nyons römische Vergangenheit wird im Römischen Museum aufgezeigt, das daran erinnert, welch bedeutende Stadt das von Julius Cäsar gegründete Noviodium war.

Mitte des vergangenen Jahrhunderts war die hübsche Altstadt von Nyon auch ein Schauplatz im "Fall Bienlein", wo sich Hergés berühmter Comic-Held Tim auf die Spuren von Professor Bienlein begab.



Nyon, town of history and festivals
A town on the shore of Lake Geneva, Nyon is the venue of the Paléo Festival, the International Film Festival Visions du Réel and the Festival of Living Arts. Nyon also illustrates its rich Roman, medieval and classical past in its museums and castles.

On the shore of Lake Geneva, Nyon is at the heart of a vineyard and typical villages. Its climate being favourable for convalescence, the region boasts several leading-edge private clinics.

Every year in July, 240,000 people visit the Paléo Festival for six days of concerts. Other festivalgoers come to Nyon at the end of Februar for "Les Hivernales" in different club of the city, then for Visions du Réel, an international film festival held in April, or to Caribana, with its warm and tropical atmosphere in June or the Festival of Living Arts in August and the Luna Classics.

Open to the public all year round, Nyon's castles and museums evoke its patrician history: Prangins Castle, the Swiss National Museum, Coppet Castle, where Madame de Staël used to live, Nyon Castle and the historic museum and the Porcelain museum.

The Roman past of Noviodium is illustrated in the Roman museum recalling the importance of Nyon, which was founded by Julius Caesar, in Roman times.

The town and its pleasant old town are mentioned in " The Calculus Affair ", where Tintin, the hero of Hergé's famous cartoons, makes inquiries in Nyon in his search for Professor Calculus.