With an area of 2,586 square kilometers, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is somewhere between the Faroe Islands and the city of Hong Kong in terms of area. Despite this, the country harbors a fun little secret: it has an enormous Coque.  The secret was revealed yet again on Friday morning when Sara Gilles, who […]

Tourism officials in Luxembourg say they will allocate more resources to creating videos with stunning drone footage of Luxembourg, which they insist is vital to attracting winged tourists.  “The vast majority of tourists who come here, whether for leisure or business, are of the terrestrial variety,” says tourism and nation-branding consultant Hans Popper. “We’re talking […]

Unbeknownst to her, an elderly Luxembourg woman has broken the world record for uninterrupted staring at a stranger. The feat was performed last Wednesday in a doctor’s waiting room in Mersch when Pascale Beck, aged 76, spent 29 minutes and six seconds continuously looking at a young woman sitting across from her. The woman, aged […]

Despite years of petitions urging Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies to consider passing a law requiring restaurants to offer free tap water in addition to bottled water, the drive has gone nowhere.  Still, customers who dislike the idea of spending five euros for what is essentially the same stuff that comes out of your bathroom water […]

It’s your last day on the island or otherwise beachy summer destination. Suddenly you remember that guy from IT who once gave you some yak cheese from his trip to Mongolia or the woman in billing who brings you anise-flavored vape cartridges whenever she visits her family in Nice. In a fit of panic, you […]