LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Saying that it’s important to recognize the life of a noteworthy saint while honoring Ireland and its people, residents of Luxembourg are preparing to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by heading out into the city dressed in traditional giant green foam hands and jumbo glasses emblazoned with the Bofferding logo. Marc Heinen, an Ireland-lover […]
Archives for March 2018
Wow: Luxembourg entrepreneur said ‘blockchain’ in empty room and now a bunch of excited people are throwing money at him
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — In a testament to how hot this technology is, an unknown entrepreneur walked into an empty meeting room in Kirchberg and said “blockchain” — and suddenly he was surrounded by dozens of people throwing funds at him. When asked why he had sprinted there from an office down the street, one fund manager […]
Luxembourg commuters sort of jealous of man drinking beer outside Gare at 8:15 am
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Despite expressing feelings ranging from pity to disgust, a majority of commuters hurrying past a man drinking beer outside the Gare at 8:15 a.m. admit that they are simply jealous. “That’s shameful to be getting drunk in public, so early in the morning while everyone else heads off to have a productive day […]
Scientists discover parallel-universe Luxembourg where it’s sunny all year and neighbors won’t stop saying hello
A team of scientists from the Luxembourg Center for Advanced Astronomy say they have solid evidence of a Luxembourg-ville that exists in a parallel universe — but that everything in this place is the opposite of the city we know. “It’s curious, because the social and economic fabric of this faraway place is turned inside […]
Inspiring: this man has taken the same Luxembourgish course 21 times
MAMER — Saying that one day he’ll finally grasp the confusing grammar, thousands of weird compound verbs, and the maze of rules governing articles, a local man is enrolled in the same introductory Luxembourgish course that he has ceremoniously taken every year since moving here in 1997. Despite the course having gone through several name […]