Have you casually asked your colleague about their holiday, and now you’re stuck listening to a long monologue about everything from their kid’s bout with diarrhea to the horrors of getting put in a pool-facing room even though they clearly booked a room with a sea view? Here are some ways to survive and maybe […]
Eye of Sauron to be installed over Gare
In response to increasing acts of aggression and criminality in Luxembourg City’s Gare district, the VDL has announced it will install a fearsome Eye of Sauron above the train station. The Eye, composed of equal parts fire and fury, will be suspended between two giant prongs, and ideally it will keep people in the area […]
Man mistakenly believed neighbors would have noticed his absence over summer
An expat who spent the summer in his home country mistakenly believed that people in his Luxembourg City neighborhood would have noticed his absence and possibly worried about him, it has been revealed. A day after returning to Luxembourg in early September, Jerry Gast, 45, looked forward to seeing some familiar faces and catching up. […]
Supply of Letz-verb business names will run out, warns expert
Citing the popularity of giving new businesses names that combine “Letz” and a verb, an expert has warned that we will soon run out of viable combinations. “From yoga teachers and life coaches to wedding planners and hamster breeders, everyone is doing it,” said Dr. Filomena Hopper, a University of Wiltz business professor and owner […]
‘Yes, 4 languages, now let’s close this topic forever,’ plead all Luxembourgers
Following years of having the same conversation with outsiders and newcomers who are impressed by the ability to speak four or more languages, Luxembourgers have issued a heartfelt plea to close the topic forever. “We’re pleased that our linguistic range amazes you, and it’s nice of you to remark, rather unscientifically, that our brains must […]
Remote village in Luxembourg offering homes for bargain price of €1 million
Inspired by remote Italian villages that lure newcomers by offering old houses for only one euro, a Luxembourgish village is following suit by offering old houses for only one million euros. “All of our young people are moving away to big cities like Wiltz and Clervaux,” said Scheidhofdange’s elderly 56-year-old mayor Claude Hessler. “We’re afraid […]
Tips and tricks: coming back to Luxembourg after a sunny holiday abroad
So you’re back in Luxembourg after a vacation in an actual summery place where rays of sunlight tickled your precious freckled nose all day long, and where overly sweet but affordable cocktails rained from the sky like … no, actually it didn’t rain there at all. How will you ever readapt? Here are a few […]
Child overcome with emotion after visiting playground he hadn’t seen in 30 days
A toddler from Differdange who was taken to a neighborhood playground he had not seen in a month has described the experience as “profoundly moving” and “an emotional trip down memory lane.” “This place looks familiar,” Gilberto Macedo, aged two-and-a-half, said to himself on Monday after his father Angelo opened the playground gate, tapped the […]