O grand Saint Nicolas
When you’ve lived in Luxembourg a few Decembers, you’ll be very familiar with Saint Nicolas – and even more so your children! Here are a few facts (well…) you might not know about him and about this...
View ArticleLuxembourg 12 points
CLEW takes a look at Luxembourg in numbers and digs up a few more or less useful numeric facts: 1 - number of reigning Grand Dukes in the world. Reason good enough to keep the monarchy? We are of...
View ArticleRetro cakes & a bit of kitchen history
I am currently looking around for a new kitchen. The prices may vary hugely from shop to shop but the basics of the actual kitchen layout stay the same. The kitchen work triangle, a concept that...
View ArticleThe true beauty and power of the women’s movement
Unless you have been wearing blinders and earplugs, you cannot have helped but notice that Sunday was International Women’s Day. It is easy to be cynical about this sort of day, considering it...
View ArticleThe Orangeman & the Knights of the Giant Easter Omelette
Clew takes a tour of Europe to check out Easter traditions somewhat out of the ordinary: Around here: Luxembourg Did you get yourself a Péckvillercher yet? If not, start your collection of them on...
View ArticleVisits with camera: Atomium & Antwerp
CLEW photographers bring their cameras to places worth visiting in or easily reachable from Luxembourg. Belgium can easily be overlooked when picking a close destination, and somehow if we do choose...
View ArticleUnique in Europe
Hurry to Echternach today to experience the famous dancing procession, the last of its kind in Europe! This Roman Catholic dancing procession is held every Whit Tuesday in the streets of Echternach. It...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleScents from the past: Ghost signs
Clew’s Silvia La Rosa dives into the world of ghost signs: Sometimes it’s easy to feel like a part of history, a witness of the past, the sense of time lost. All it takes is a walk along the lively...
View ArticleA day in December
On this 8th of December… … the Festival of Lights in Lyon will not be as festive as before. It will be a day of lights, and of solidarity and remembrance, as people fill the streets of Lyon – just as...
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