Time for garage sales and flea markets!
With spring and the beautiful season, garage sales, flea markets and other flea markets animate our weekends for the greatest pleasure of all hunters and lovers of old books, furniture, toys and other decorative objects. Caution: During the Coronavirus containment,...
School vacation and bank holidays 2019, 2020 and 2021
School calendar in Luxembourg Here are the official vacation dates for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years. School year 2019-2020 This school year run from Monday 16 September 2019 to Wednesday 15 July 2020 for Luxembourg fundamental schools and lycées. the All...
Offer a pretzel to your lover on Pretzel Sunday
Typical and appreciated by everyone, the ancestral gourmet celebration of the Pretzelsonndeg takes place in mid-Lent. This year, the Bretzelsonndeg falls on 22 March 2020, the 4th Sunday of Lent. Traditionally, the Bretzelsonndeg is also the occasion to declare your...
Buergbrennen, bonfire tradition on Lent Sunday
Repel winter in Luxembourg with Buergbrennen! On the first Sunday of Lent (Christian tradition before Easter), you can see impressive stakes in different villages and communes of Luxembourg: the “Buergbrennen”. The Brandons Festival, held during the...
Fuesend or Carnival time
The period of February /March, depending on the year, is marked in Luxembourg by the Carnival celebrations, which are part of the beautiful Luxembourg traditions. The Carnival period officially begins in Luxembourg on 2 February,Candlemas or Liichtmëssdag. It lasts...
Celebrate the light with Liichtsmessdag and eat pancakes!
Liichtmëssdag is one of the beautiful traditions that you will discover in Luxembourg on February 2nd of each year. At nightfall, you can meet processions of children with home made lanterns in the streets of your neighbourhood. Take the opportunity to enjoy delicious...
Epiphany: taste the delicious king cake!
On January 6th in Luxembourg and in many other countries, you can taste the traditional king cake to celebrate Epiphany or Dräikinneksdag (Three Kings Day) in luxembourgish. Epiphany is a Christian celebration that takes place every year after Christmas...
Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell…
Remember 30 years ago, on November 9th, the Berlin Wall fell. Driven by the East German population determined to move west and find families and friends, a whole piece of history was falling… The fall of the Berlin Wall A few years earlier, Mickhail Gorbachev...
Mantelsonndeg, exceptional store opening on Sunday
In Luxembourg, the Mantelsonndeg, or”Coat Sunday” is a real tradition that has been going on for years. On Sunday 20th of october, Luxembourg residents and shoppers take advantage of the exceptional opening of the shops before All Saints’ Day,...
Settling and integrating in Luxembourg: the keys to success!
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