Letter from a mother

Letter to all the new mothers out there In an era where information surrounds you everywhere you look or go, the world´s toughest  job- being a mother-can get rather confusing at one point or the other. Suffice to say you go online, either for Facebook, reading your favourite newspaper or bumping into …blogs, and you […]

Gateway to Luxembourg – sculptures

The first “Walfer International Sculpture Symposium” is taking place right now and until July 11. Six internationally renowned sculpture artists are creating a work of art based on the theme “Walferdange – gateway to Luxembourg”. Every day until July 11 you can come to “Am Becheler” in Bereldange and follow the evolution of the works of art of […]

Castle hunting

Luxembourg is a good place to go castle hunting, and the Grand Château d’Ansembourg is the perfect start. Less than half an hour from Luxembourg City, in quite stunning surroundings, and with the loveliest garden. The garden is what you visit here, and it’s well worth it, with old fashioned flowers and neatly trimmed bushes, ponds […]

Expets: Physical therapy

Is your (ex)pet getting on in years – arthritic maybe? Or recovering from surgery or an injury? Slightly overweight perhaps? Or just in need of getting more fit, like many of us? Then physiotherapy can help.  Animal physiotherapy works in much the same way as physiotherapy for humans, treating many of the same conditions, and it is […]

My Moving Booklet

Moving is a daunting process under ideal circumstances. For children, who usually have no choice about whether and where they’re going, it can be especially difficult. Enter Valérie Besanceney’s My Moving Booklet. This interactive workbook, the result of years of experience with children of expats and other mobile families, is filled with exercises and prompts for […]

Time for a change: Look Therapy

Change is a permanent feature throughout our lives, an element with many facets that are often interlaced, some positive, some less positive. There are sought changes, unavoidable changes, unexpected changes. Endless combinations of changes, sometimes scary, because it is more comfortable to settle for what we already know, just “to be sure” and “avoid mistakes”.

Lëtz Create – Nathalie Siebenaler

Miranda van den Heuvel talks to creative people in Luxembourg and says “look, Luxembourg is creative! Here’s how and where!” The June talk is with designer Nathalie Siebenaler. 1. What is CREATIVITY? Creativity can be everything. Our everyday life is surrounded by beautiful and not so beautiful things, but we have to open our eyes and learn […]

The Romanian Blouse!

The online community La Blouse Roumaine in Luxembourg is celebrating for the third time the Romanian Blouse, called IA. The festivities will take place on Wednesday 24th of June. The fun starts at 19.00 at Place Clairefontaine, with Romanian singing and folkloric dancing – and of course Romanian blouses – before moving on to a […]

2 x chickpeas

When I think chickpeas, I think hummus. And I’ve never actually made anything else but hummus with the chickpeas I buy. But last night I did a quick google search and found a new easy recipe – for roasted chickpeas – and I knew I had to try it!

Goodbye Hamilius

Going underground; a tribute to Hamilius as we know it – by Clew photographer Anje Kirsch: Photos by Anje Kirsch, June 2015. © 2015 Anje Kirsch