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Australia🇦🇺 and Luxembourg🇱🇺 – worlds apart on the map, surprisingly close in mindset💭 In this special 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 episode, we sit down with 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨, 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 & 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢 – and formerly 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 (2018-2024) – to mark 𝟱𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 between the two nations and look squarely at what’s next. 💬 𝗜𝗻...

🎙️ 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 #𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴’𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽-𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀. This time, we're linking 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻, Luxembourgish🇱🇺-American🇺🇸 𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, with 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼, a Venezuelan-born🇻🇪 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 in Luxembourg’s🇱🇺 visual arts scene. Stéphan...

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 #𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 again – and this one 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩💥 Each episode in this series links someone or something from Luxembourg’s past to a modern-day equivalent – this time, we’re connecting 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀-𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁🇱🇺, one of Luxembourg’s earliest feminist voices and 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 1918, with 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘇𝗮🇧🇷🇱🇺, a 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 & 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 reshaping how...

It’s #LegacyLinks time – coming at you the third time around! Each episode links a historical figure, event or a place from Luxembourg’s past to someone representing the same field today: this time, we’re looking at all three of these aspects since we're talking about the relationship between Luxembourg🇱🇺 and the UK🇬🇧 with Darren Robinson, the president of the British-Luxembourg Society. A yea...

🇱🇺 HOW DID A MAN FROM TINY LUXEMBOURG END UP RUNNING THE WORLD?🌐 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗻’𝘀 career took him from resisting the Nazi occupation as a teenager to some of the biggest political stages imaginable. He became: 🔹𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 of Luxembourg, 🔸presided over the 𝗨𝗡 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆, 🔹and eventually took charge of the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. But Thorn’s story is also something bigger: a reminder that 𝗮...

🇱🇺🎙️𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 ’𝗻’ 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟬𝟭! In 1949, 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 arrived in Luxembourg for what was supposed to be a three-month radio job. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. At a time when British radio offered limited access to recorded popular music, Radio Luxembourg was broadcasting a new sound into millions of British homes. 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹...

🇱🇺What happens when food stops being just food?🥘In this edition of Bourgmeisterin: Fireside Chats, Julia Khalyavko sits down with restaurateur Davide Sorvillo – the mind behind Bonne Nouvelle, Public House and Bistro des Capucins – to talk about everything from pineapple wine🍍 and umami🤤 to Luxembourgish cuisine, migration, memory and belonging. Along the way, we ask some slightly bigger questi...

🇱🇺 𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁🩻 Paul Lauterbur’s family came from 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺🇱🇺, but his own journey took him from a childhood 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼🧪🇺🇸 to experiments that helped transform magnetic resonance into ✨𝗠𝗥𝗜✨ Along the way, he worked secretly at night, scanned clams and peppers, had his groundbreaking paper initia...

👑 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. The last of six sisters to marry, she went through one match she didn’t want and another that politics got in the way of before finally marrying Prince Adolph of Schwarzenberg at 33. But conventional royal life was never really the point. Hilda was drawn to nature, farming and wildlife. With Adolph, she...

🎨 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆? For 𝗦𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝘀, the answer was simple: paint it. Again. And again. And again. As 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁, Weis helped shape the country through buildings like the 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀 and projects for 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗗. But when the working day ended, he picked up his watercolours and set out to capture the Luxembourg around him – its bridges, valle...

For centuries, Luxembourg's summers have been marked not by the pages of a calendar, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿🫂Some 𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵 in honour of Saint Willibrord. Others gather to bless 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. A few weeks later, the first glasses of 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 appear on tables across the country, quietly announcing that another season is drawing to a...

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴❌ 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 fought for women to gain political rights in Luxembourg. Yet many years later, she admitted she was disappointed by how slowly those rights translated into women actually stepping into public life. It raises a question that 𝚜̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚕̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚏̲𝚎̲𝚎̲𝚕̲𝚜̲ ̲𝚛̲𝚎̲𝚕̲𝚎̲𝚟̲𝚊̲𝚗̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚘̲𝚍̲𝚊̲𝚢̲:̲ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻? Is it wh...

Some people change history 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿👊 Others change it by 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁🗣️ Long before equality became part of everyday conversation, the first woman, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀-𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, was standing in 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴'𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 challenging injustice, defending working women, exposing hypocrisy, and giving a voice to those society preferred to overlook. 🔹She didn't win every battle....

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴🏁 The tyrant falls. The war ends. The old world disappears. Justice wins💪 But 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗝. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 didn’t believe history was ever that simple❌ Born in Luxembourg and forced into exile by the Nazis, Mayer spent his career 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 🔹Who really loses power? 🔹Who quietly keeps it? 🔹And what happens when the stories we tell about the past become too ne...

Another Legacy Links treat is landing with a bang!💥 Each episode links a historical figure from Luxembourg’s past to someone working in the same field today: this time, we're looking at John Grün, the strongest Luxembourger of all time from 1900s💪, and Elodie Covella, a yoga instructor from Luxembourg🧘‍♀️ John Grün, Luxembourg’s most famous strongman, became a symbol of physical strength and re...

Legacy Links is the interview series where each episode links a historical figure from Luxembourg’s past to someone working in the same field today, and the connection between these two women is pretty phenomenal. Lilian Steichen, the sister of the world famous photographer Edward Steichen who emigrated with their parents from Luxembourg at the end of 1800s, was a pioneer in sustainable agricultur...

Hold on tight, folks, because we're about to embark on a joyride through the quirky and fascinating world of Gëlle Fra (Luxembourgish for "Golden Lady"), lovingly nicknamed Monument of Remembrance, in the heart of Luxembourg City😁 Let's dive in and embrace the absurdity, shall we? Gëlle Fra was the brainchild of a Luxembourgish sculptor named Claus Cito. Originally, it was meant...

Welcome to the most happening spot in Luxembourg City—Luxembourg City Hall, the place where all the local government magic happens. It's like the ultimate VIP club for politicians, complete with the Mayor's swanky private office. This city hall is so fancy that it attracts foreign dignitaries like moths to a flame. I mean, who wouldn't want to hang out here? Visit  www.bourgmeisterin.c...

So, about the guy whose statue you can find on Place Guillaume II – it's him👆 Guillaume-William-Willem: pot[ei]to/pot[a]to. This is a heavy throwback to the times when The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Limburg were ruled by the same monarchs and constituted the United Kingdom of... the Netherlands! Didn't see that coming, did ya? Yeah, I didn't know either, but apparently it did exist b...

Ah, the Grand Ducal Palace! This place is all about the grand duke and his important duties as the head hotshot of the Grand Duchy💁‍♀️ Let's dive into the amusing history of this palace. Back in the day, this building was all over the place. It started off as the city hall of Luxembourg, way back in 1572. Imagine that! The grand duke's palace used to be a humble town hall🏢 From 1795, it...

Since we just talked about the Grand Ducal Palace, let me regale you with the tangled web of the Nassau family and their quest for thrones! So there was this big Nassau dynasty🤴👸🤴👸🤴👸, right, and it had two branches. The first one, Ottonian, gave rise to the Orange family, which comprised the monarchs of the Netherlands🇳🇱 (all the Williams we've mentioned so far in the previous stories);...

Now onto Notre-Dame Cathedral, the one and only grand Roman Catholic Cathedral in the heart of Luxembourg City! This majestic masterpiece started off as a humble Jesuit church way back in 1613. Yes, we're talking ancient times here! It's like the geriatric of cathedrals, folks. Now, don't let its age fool you. This cathedral has got style! It's a wild mix of late gothic architectur...

Step right up, ladies and gents, and behold the extravaganza known as the Schueberfouer, Luxembourg's answer to a funfair that's more anticipated than a kid spotting the dessert table at a family reunion!😁 Brace yourselves, because from late August to early September, the Glacis, a grand open space near the heart of the city, transforms into a carnival paradise that makes merry-go-rounds...

Ladies and gentlemen, we're continuing our series about Grand Dukes and Duchesses of Luxembourg. Prepare yourselves for a rollercoaster of regal antics as we dive into the dazzling life and times of none other than the fabulously named Grand Duchess Charlotte Adelgonde Élisabeth Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg, Duchess of Nassau👑! Picture this: a grand entrance into the world as the second dau...

Ah, Rotondes, the tale of two circular wonders that time couldn't resist tampering with! I must say there is NOT a lot of information on these two beasts that are now one of the hippest (not hippiest) spots in town, but here's something I've managed to find. Picture this: back in 1875, when steam locomotives🚂 were all the rage, someone decided, "You know what we need? Two giant c...