English speakers in Luxembourg will soon be able to live in total linguistic comfort, thanks to a government plan to construct a giant domed village for anglophones. Scheduled to be built next year on 55 acres of land near the capital, the dome will contain up to 150 housing units as well as English-speaking shops, […]
Legendary creatures of Luxembourg part I: the bus ticket inspector
Since they were children, most Luxembourgers have heard stories about a scary creature who wears a navy blue uniform and mysteriously appears on buses demanding tickets from every passenger. Those who fail to produce a ticket, the story goes, are forced to pay an awful fine. While this spooky tale seems right out of a […]
Anthropologists discover isolated Luxembourg village where inhabitants drive 5-year-old Audis
Calling it a discovery that “fundamentally changes our understanding of Luxembourgers,” a pair of anthropologists have found a village in the north that is so isolated that its inhabitants still drive Audis from five years ago. The researchers from the Center for Ethnographic Studies set out in search of the village last week after being […]
Children’s birthday parties mostly an excuse for parents to get drunk in middle of day
The majority of children’s birthday parties held in Luxembourg are nothing but an excuse for parents to excessively drink in the middle of the day, according to recent findings. A report published by the University of Wiltz claims that 84 percent of parents in the Grand Duchy say they would never organize or accept an […]
Couple at restaurant ask for tap water
LUXEMBOURG CITY — What began as a normal lunchtime at a restaurant in Place d’Armes on Tuesday quickly turned into confusion, disgust, and outrage after a couple ordered tap water. Their embarrassed waiter pretended he didn’t understand, so the couple loudly repeated their request, silencing other diners and causing at least one child to cry, […]
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