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 […]
Luxembourg tram driver thinks he’s a train driver
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Not wanting to admit that he drives a slow-moving quiet vehicle up and down the same three-kilometer stretch of Avenue John F. Kennedy, a tram driver insists on telling friends and family that he operates a proper train. “They’re the same, trams and trains, and you can tell because they both start with […]
Ten years and 565,000 notes later, couple still urgently searching for home to buy
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Despite having distributed countless handwritten notes all across the land, a couple with children claim they are still waiting to get a response to their urgent appeal for information about homes for sale. “We are very surprised, considering that everyone knows about our search,” said Sandrine Guibert, who, with her husband Philippe and […]
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