Nyon
Nyon is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Nyon is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has been part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva and is the seat of Nyon District. The town has a population of 21,718 and is famous in the sporting world for being the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and European Football Clubs (EFC). It is connected to the rest of Switzerland by way of the Route Suisse, the A1 motorway and the railways of the Arc Lémanique.
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Worth seeing in and around Nyon
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lake Geneva Museum
The Lake Geneva Museum is located in Nyon, Switzerland. It was founded in 1954, and was created for the many artifacts found in the lake, such as shipwrecks, models, and engines.
600 m · museum collection in Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Nyon Castle
Nyon Castle is a castle in the municipality of Nyon of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
600 m · castle in Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Noviodunum
Noviodunum or Colonia Iulia Equestris was a Roman era settlement in what is now Nyon in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
400 m · archaeological site in Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Suisse · Wikipedia - 04Château with two outbuildings, farmhouse, horticultural outbuilding, rural, two pavilions, pond, and two fountains
Château de Crans is a manor house in the municipality of Crans in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.4 km · Manor house in Crans, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 05Duillier Castle
Duillier Castle is a castle in the municipality of Duillier of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.6 km · rural castle with outbuildings in Duillier in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
As of July 2014, the three main museums (the castle, the Roman museum and the Lake museum) have a common ticket, a ticket to one of them is also valid at the two other museums. Adults: Fr. 8F, Senior citizens, students, groups of more 10 adults: Fr. 6, Free entrance for children under 16. Free admission every 1st Sunday of the month.
- 01Nyon Castle
Nyon Castle, a 12th-century fortress above Lake Geneva, contains the History and Porcelain Museum.
- 02Musée Romain
Artifacts from the Roman age from the area, such as amphoras, old coins, and parts of murals and statues.
- 03Musée du Leman
- 04Roman
Nyon is proud of its Roman ruins.
- 05UEFA Headquarters
All the European Cups are on display inside the main building (if they let you in).
- 06Explore the Old
From Wikivoyage: Nyon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Usine à Gaz
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Where to eat
- 01Café Tea-Room Roguemont
Pleasant café with sandwiches and pastries - fresh and delicious as you would expect in Switzerland.
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Getting to Nyon
- Airports
- Geneva (GVA), 19 km · Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS), 115 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 167 km
- Stations
- Nyon railway station, 200 m · La Côte Airfield, 3.2 km · L'Asse railway station, 2.6 km · Trélex railway station, 4 km · Les Plantaz railway station, 900 m
- Zurich → Nyon207 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · CHF27–35
- Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône → Nyon115 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · €17–24
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Nyon167 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · €24–33
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nyon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nyon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCGN operates cruise ferries in Lake Geneva, one of the port of calls being Hermance.
From Wikivoyage: Hermance, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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