MARTELANGE — Citing a recently discovered proclamation from 1374 that confers all of Luxembourg to the Count of Flanders, Grand Duke Henri was obliged to engage in a sword battle on Tuesday to retain his dominion, according to royal observers. While most residents of the Grand Duchy went to work or school, His Royal Highness […]
Wow: expat can identify flag of Luxembourg
HESPERANGE — Impressing fellow expats and raising the bar for those who want to show a real interest in the country, an expat has learned to recognize the national flag of Luxembourg. Resident Nikhil Gupta, 34, who moved to the Grand Duchy seven years ago to work as a financial advisor, says that ever since […]
900-year-old Melusina found living in Luxembourg water treatment plant
BEGGEN — An interspecies creature thought to have died long ago has been found alive and well, currently residing in a Luxembourg water treatment facility. Melusina, the half-human, half-fish creature whose life was widely chronicled during the medieval period, was spotted on Tuesday by a sanitation worker who initially mistook her for a large salamander. […]
Legendary creatures of Luxembourg part I: the bus ticket inspector
Since they were children, most Luxembourgers have heard stories about a scary creature who wears a navy blue uniform and mysteriously appears on buses demanding tickets from every passenger. Those who fail to produce a ticket, the story goes, are forced to pay an awful fine. While this spooky tale seems right out of a […]
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 […]