a travel guide with a twist
Café Belair According to popular opinion, Café Belair offers one of the best burgers in the city: They are home-made and the list of different types is as long as your arm, with combinations such as foie gras and blueberry. Take a friend so that you can go half-half and try more than one. Grubers … Continue reading 3 LUXEM-BURGERS TO TRY
Go Ten A stylish bar in the heart of Rue-Marché-aux-Herbes – the most social street in the city. Be transported to exotic locations with cocktails such as the Amalfi Coast with apricot and citrus flavours or the Sevilla in all its orange goodness accompanied by Asian tapas. In winter, Go Ten's heated outdoor benches are … Continue reading 3 NEAT COCKTAIL BARS
Luxembourg is full of young professionals from all over Europe and further afar. It's therefore not surprising that it has a thriving after-work scene. Some of the best are: Café des Capucins Residing next to the Théâtre des Capucins, this is a trendy spot to sip an after-work drink, especially on warm evenings in its … Continue reading 3 AFTER-WORK SPOTS
Nationalfeierdag Lëtzebuerg Luxembourg's National Day, also known as the ‘Grand Duke’s Birthday’, this is arguably the highlight of Luxembourg’s calendar year and many people correspond their travel plans with this celebration on June 23rd. On June 22nd there is a candlelit parade and then the city explodes into a big street party, with the state … Continue reading 3 LUXEMBOURGISH DATES
Bar El Companero This is the best place to dance to latino music in the city. It is not very big, but the atmosphere is mega. When they play the song Gasolina, the barmen set the whole bar on fire, in scenes reminiscent of the movie Coyote Ugly. Hitch Hitch, situated on the perimeter of the … Continue reading 3 PLACES TO GO AFTER DARK
Luxembourg has quite a large Italian population and subsequently, there are a lot of places that offer a top-drawer plate of pasta. Here are some that stuck in my mind… LASAGNA AT CHIGGERI Dino Totaro perfected the art of lasagna making, by helping his mother to prepare fresh pasta ‘since forever’. Speaking of his lasagna … Continue reading 3 PLACES FOR PASTA
There is an organized run almost every month in Luxembourg. Highlights are: Route du Vin The Route du Vin in Remich offers the opportunity to run a half or full marathon on a blissfully flat path along the River Moselle. The absence of a gradient is not the only perk – when you cross the … Continue reading 3 RACES TO RUN
Luxembourgish was originally a spoken language, first appearing in print in a journal in 1821. The first Luxembourgish book was published in 1829. The Luxembourgish alphabet consists of the 26 Latin letters plus three letters with diacritics: "é", "ä", and "ë". Most Luxembourgish people can switch seamlessly between their own language, German, French and English. … Continue reading THE LUXEMBOURGISH LANGUAGE IN THREES
Paname Paname is a colloquial name for Paris, cleverly acknowledging the bar-come-restaurant's position on Place de Paris. If you wondered, Paris was given this nickname at the beginning of the twentieth century because Parisians had widely adopted "panama" hats, made popular by workmen who dug the canal of the same name. Paname is the perfect … Continue reading 3 BRUNCH SPOTS
There are three important ladies in Luxembourg’s history which are immortalised as statues around the city: Gëlle Fra (The Golden Lady) is synonymous with Luxembourg City and she stands proudly at its heart on Place de la Constitution. She represents Nike, the Greek Mythological Goddess of freedom and was erected in order to commemorate the … Continue reading LUXEMBOURG’S 3 LEADING LADIES
In Luxembourg It's Three 