Luxembourg’s most popular fair, the Schueberfouer, started off with a bang last week. Impress your friends with these fun facts. The first Schueberfouer was held in 1340, and the stink of the first batch of deep-fried fish can still be smelled near the site of the original fair on the Plateau St. Esprit. Prior to […]
Fun facts about Luxembourg’s National Day
Luxembourg’s National Day is celebrated every year on June 23. Impress your friends by sharing these fun facts. Although June 23 has never been the birthday of any ruler of Luxembourg, it was the date selected in 1961 to be the official royal birthday, meaning that all future grand dukes and grand duchesses are now […]
Local fish demand ‘anatomically correct’ Melusina
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Complaining that the mythical half-fish, half-woman Melusina is always represented as mostly woman, a group of local fish are demanding an end to depictions of her that aren’t “anatomically correct.” On Tuesday afternoon, at least 20 fish gathered on the banks of the Alzette in the Grund near a statue of Melusina where […]
Teens discover ancient artifact in spare bedroom
GREVENMACHER — Two teenage girls from eastern Luxembourg have made a discovery that experts say is the most significant archaeological find since 2011, when a strange and still unexplained object marked “Walkman” was unearthed in a garage in Ettelbruck. Last week, Laura Nosbach and Amelie Leist, both 14, were snooping around a spare bedroom that […]
Luxembourg woman nostalgic for Christmas slush
ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE — Saying that she doesn’t know if it’s climate change or something else that has altered weather patterns, a local grandmother has expressed a deep longing to once again wake up on Christmas morning and see the ground covered with a thick layer of slush, just as when she was a girl. “I grew […]