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Late-arriving passengers may now hang from bus exterior

Following revelations that every 3.4 seconds, a Luxembourg City bus departs just as a breathless, desperate passenger arrives, VDL buses will now come equipped with an exterior bar that passengers may grab and hang from as the bus is leaving.  “The stainless steel bar will be covered in soft, easy-to-grip foam,” said Serge Farber, head […]

Mixed nationality people to have own confused stand at International Bazaar

In recognition that many people in Luxembourg have multiple nationalities, mixed origins, or some unlikely combination of both that makes them shrug when people ask where they are from, several such blended-background people have decided to have their own stand at the upcoming International Bazaar.  Explaining that they come from the Bewilderlands, which is located […]

If everyone here is so multilingual and cultured, then why does no one understand when I say ‘alright, alright, alright’?

Luxembourg is a great place, and in general, people here are quite knowledgeable about other languages, cultures, and seminal early 90s American films about teenagers who spend their free time cruising around looking for weed and beer.   However, I’ve begun to see that people here are not nearly as open-minded or educated as they pretend […]

French-speaking bakery employee who hears 134 variations of ‘croissant’ every day still pretends not to understand you

An employee of a popular Luxembourg City bakery chain has insisted that she cannot understand your pronunciation of the word “croissant” despite the fact she hears 134 variations of the word every day. The charade took place on Thursday after you stopped in for a coffee and a pastry around 9:15 a.m. “Un croissant, s’il […]