Healthy eating on a budget

Would you like to eat healthy whole food, buy only organic and not totally blow your budget? At first this might seem impossible when you check the price tags, but stay calm and keep reading – I’ll give you my personal tricks for feeding your family awesome food while keeping the cost down. Let’s start […]

Picture picture on the wall

A trend that I see more and more often is a picture wall, or a memory wall if you prefer. Instead of hanging up only one item, try to find pieces that look good together and then group them on the wall. They will make a great statement and focal point.

Calling ESC fans in Luxembourg

Luxembourg has a long Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) history, from the very first contest in 1956 up until 1993. Many famous names have performed for Luxembourg; Nana Moskouri, France Gall, Vicky Leandros, Baccara, Lara Fabian and Modern Times among others. Luxembourg has won 5 times, and the perhaps most well known song is Poupée de cire, […]

Visits with camera: London

CLEW photographers bring their cameras to places worth visiting in or easily reachable from Luxembourg.  London is close in the sense that it’s easy to get to – so go! Take some deep big city breaths and stock up on them, spend a day looking at people and other creatures, a day in the green…just […]

The magical number seven: 7 things Lux expats shouldn’t miss

7 things you shouldn’t miss in Luxembourg, brought to CLEW readers by Internations: Expats new to Luxembourg may assume there’s not that much to do when it comes to leisure and recreation. After all, the world’s only Grand Duchy numbers among the tinier countries round the globe, both by size and population. Within the EU, only […]

Varnished eggs

A different and easy Easter eggs DIYfrom the CLEW decorista. Simply fill a disposable container with water. Drip some drops of nail polish on the water surface and then dip an egg into it. You’ll get the best result if you  colour half the egg first, then let it dry, turn it and do the other half. […]

CLEW recycles: Eggcellent!

CLEW recycles: Our decorista’s DYI dye for Easter eggs Dye your Easter eggs with natural colours. Use what you have in your kitchen – either in your fridge or in your drawer. It’s not very complicated, but it takes a bit of time. For these eggs I used red onion skin, blueberry, spinach, lemon and beetroot. […]

Chased by the weather gods

Being an expat, new continents with different climates might be a part of your daily life. Before moving to places like Newfoundland, Brazil, Texas and Alaska I had an idea of how it would be – but, as it turned out, I couldn’t be more wrong! Our first expat assignment brought us to St. John’s, […]

Spring shots

What a wonderful March we’ve had – picture proof (click on the pictures for slideshow): Photos by Anje Kirsch and Unni Holtedahl. © 2014

Family travel: A Dutch itinerary

If you are still looking for ideas on where to go during the Easter holidays, Rute Vendeirinho suggests Rotterdam and The Hague – lots of fun, good food on the table and a nice time spent with your loved ones. Personally, I hate spending endless hours driving, but at the same time, my husband and I love […]