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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 […]

Luxembourg kissophobes allowed to give three handshakes instead

LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — An expat who has rejected the Luxembourgish custom of giving three kisses to female acquaintances will be allowed to give three alternating handshakes instead, a court has ruled. The decision was handed down on Tuesday by a three-judge panel from the Court of Etiquette. The court was obliged to rule on the matter […]

Generosity: Luxembourg commuter shares his smoke with everyone at bus stop

LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Not happy keeping all his delicious tobacco smoke to himself, a big-hearted Luxembourg smoker is letting everyone at his usual bus stop have a nice, deep, involuntary puff off his cigarette. “Nothing beats a whiff of rich carcinogenic fumes first thing in the morning,” said Diana Workhorse, a non-smoker who essentially becomes a […]