Luxembourg entrepreneur Martin Vos is a rising star in the local money-for-services scene. Moving nonstop between meetings with CEOs, investors, the guy at Contrôle Technique who screams if you don’t understand him the first time, and other important people, Martin was kind enough to give us 10 minutes of his time. So, Mr. Vos, what […]
Archives for December 2017
Judge sentences local hooligan to 8 hours of Christmas shopping at Auchan
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Saying that she was applying the full force of justice, on Tuesday a Luxembourg judge sentenced a local troublemaker to spend an entire day of shopping at Auchan in Kirchberg just before Christmas. “This sentence may seem cruel, but it only matches the wickedness of your misdeeds,” said the presiding judge. The defendant […]
French driver accidentally uses turn signal
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — A driver from the nearby French city of Metz was lauded on Thursday for repeatedly using his turning signal while navigating Luxembourg’s streets. “How totally absurd,” said Sylvie Weydert, who first observed the driver of the red Nissan with French license plates indicate he was making a right turn onto Boulevard de la […]
Fearless band of expats venture into working-class neighborhood bar
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Amid battle cries and hastily composed text messages bidding goodbye to loved ones, a group of brave expats ventured into a neighborhood working-class bar. The expats, who normally only go to trendy pubs where servers speak flawless English accented with just the right amount of irony and automatically slide you an imported IPA […]
Snow gives Luxembourg drivers valuable opportunity to drive like total crap
A few centimeters of snow is cause for auto commuters in the Grand Duchy to suddenly lose any semblance of driving abilities and instead recklessly drift around like intoxicated and nearly blind grandmothers who have taken too much cold medication. “Even though my Range Rover is equipped with snow tires and the streets have already […]