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Once you have seen the main attractions of the capital city (and payed me a visit), you might wonder what else there is in Luxembourg. Well, there are numerous things that you might want to see, depending on your own personal interests. I would advise not to miss the castle of Vianden (see picture o Read More
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If you would like to taste a typical Luxembourgish dish, then I would suggest to try “Judd mat Gaardenbounen”, smoked neck of pork with thick beans. The many other specialities include fried Moselle fish, Ardennes ham and “Ietsenbulli” (thick pea soup). Most people appreciate Read More
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Luxembourg is a small country (2586,3 square kilometers) in the heart of Western Europe between Germany, Belgium and France. It owes its independence to the provisions of the Congress of Vienna (1815).
Today it counts a population of around 400000 people, a number that can go well up to 1000000 peop Read More
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Phrases from Letzebuergesch Letzebuergesch
Luxembourgian
Pronunciation
English
Moien
moy – yen
Good morningGood day
Novent
no – vent
Good evening
Noecht
nesh – t
Good night
Wei ass et?
veh – ahs – et
How are you?
Eddy
eddy
Goodbye(i.e. adieu)
Avuhr
av Read More
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The Luxembourg language (Letzebuergesch) is classified as a west Mosel Frankish dialect. It has Germanic origins but has existed as a distinctly seperate language for nearly one thousand years.
Here is a list of some simple Letzebuergesch words and phrases with the English translations. I am not sur Read More
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The Echternach Dancing Procession
Fifty days after Easter, on the Tuesday of the week following Whitsuntide or Pentecost, a strange medieval ritual is performed in the village of Echternach. Located on the eastern border of Luxembourg, Echternach is dominated by the Benedictine abbey of saint Willib Read More
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If you visit Luxembourg City and enter one of the shops, you may notice that the Luxembourg shopkeepers instantly switch back and forth between several languages as they wait on the foreign tourists. It is quite usual for a native Luxembourger to be fluent in four or five languages. Meanwhile, you m Read More
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