While Luxembourg might seem like a quiet country that offers few surprises, this year has been full of freak occurrences and mysterious happenings. Below are the 11 craziest things that happened this year. Landlord goes mad In January, a Gasperich man moved out of his rental apartment where he’d lived for three years. During the […]
Archives for December 2019
Man hesitating between 35-square-metre studio in Luxembourg or mansion in home country
A foreign-born resident of Luxembourg who is planning on buying a home has confirmed that he cannot decide between a cramped studio flat in Bonnevoie or a luxury villa in his home country. “It’d be nice to own property here because I work here,” he said. “Sure, 35 squares metres on the fourth floor of […]
Small business owner has nightmare in which he’s forced to give everyone a raise
PETANGE — A brasserie owner woke up visibly shaken in the early hours of Tuesday after having what he described as “a terrible nightmare” in which he was forced to give everyone on his staff a salary increase of 2.5 percent. “No, no, I won’t do it,” the man shouted while burying his head under […]
When they learned the new guy would be alone on Christmas, the whole office joined together to avoid him
CAPELLEN — Proving that Christmas magic can happen but just not this year, when the employees of a software company found out the new guy would be alone on Christmas, they decided to something special: totally avoid him until at least the 27th. On Thursday morning, communication officer Francesca Loreto was the first to learn […]
Luxembourg to drop 165 million tons of snow over country for Christmas
Explaining that the budget surplus must be spent by the end of the year, Luxembourg officials have announced a plan to airdrop 165 million tons of snow over the country beginning on December 24. “We’ve got money spilling out of our suit pockets and we’d run out of ideas what to do with it,” […]