In what’s being compared to a young Arthur pulling the sword from the stone, a new arrival in the Grand Duchy has managed to pronounce Gromperekichelcher correctly on the first try. On Wednesday, just days after moving to Luxembourg, Zaqueu Belem, 30, was taken by two colleagues to the Christmas market. Upon seeing a food […]
Historic peace deal: expat, Luxembourger agree to ‘mutual tolerance’
FIDDELANGE – After years of muted hostility between them that has ranged from “a tense nothingness” to “nearly perceptible dislike,” an expat and his Luxembourgish neighbor have signed a peace agreement. Cole Sanderson, 31, and Robert Kremer, 72, have been at odds since Sanderson moved to Luxembourg – and a house in the neighborhood – […]
How to pretend you’re rich when friends from your home country visit
When friends from home find out you moved to Luxembourg, they do a little Googling and invariably say “oh, rich country, you must have a Ferrari now,” and you’re like, “uh, yeah.” Everything is good, your ego is fat, and your reputation back home is secure until your friends announce plans to visit. You look […]
Luxembourg meteorologist accidentally issues same forecast 3 weeks running and no one notices
An investigation has opened into how the chief of the country’s meteorological office accidentally issued the same weather forecast three weeks in a row and no one noticed. Over a three-week period beginning in October, Philippe-Emmanuel Labrume did not update the outlook on state-owned site isitstillraining.lu – “cloudy with a chance of drizzle.” The error […]
Group holds seance to commune with spirit of friend who moved over German border
A group of friends who live near Luxembourg City held a seance on Wednesday evening in an attempt to communicate with a friend they lost to Germany nearly six years ago. Gregorius Saphir was pulled into a border village on what was an otherwise peaceful summer’s day, a tragic event which still haunts the group […]
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