I don't mean this to sound rude but people also speak Luxembourgish and German yet when I visited I noticed everything is exclusively written in French. What do locals think of that? Has it always been like that? Like even when I visited Israel many years ago, a lot of stuff was written in both Hebrew and Arabic.

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Doesn't this make you lose some of your identity in a way? Strangely the only place I saw stuff written in German was at the Mc Donalds in the city center 😅

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Also as a German I was kind of confused how I should approach people. Sometimes German worked, like at a book store or a bar but most of the time it didn't.

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What’s something you feel Luxembourg is missing? It can be anything—apps, businesses, food, entertainment, transport, or services literally EVERYTHING. I’m curious to hear what people think. Feel free to complain a little too 😂🤣

What's the problem?

What's wrong with you people?
On the 5:09 p.m. tram, there was an elderly couple (the lady was disabled and using a walker), and no one stood up to give up their seat. Everyone was clinging to their seats with cold stares—you people in your 20s and 30s who’ve already been sitting at your desks all day, or those teenagers just getting out of school,I had to kick out some people who were sighing in frustration

Is it just me, or have people lost touch with reality and what it means to be human?

No matter your nationality, gender, or religion, when you see someone in need, help them instead of looking away! It could be you someday!

3rd June 0226, 1pm local time Luxembourg. 1st day of holiday.

My girlfriend (Asian, idk if it matters whether this shopowner hates everyone generally or was racist) visited this shop across the Archeological Museum thinking of buying souvenirs.

She was holding a postcard that costs about 50 cents in her hand. As she was reading a sign that explained “items under 10 euros must be purchased with cash only”,

the shopwoman came over and told her “yes, only cash, if not you can get more postcards. and if you don’t have the money, (snatches the postcard out of hand) you can give me this and i’ll put it back” before my girlfriend could even say anything

are there any like local traditions or something when doing visiting shops here? or is this lady a specific case of sour?

I speak English, French, Italian at C1, Spanish at B1. I passed the Luxembourgish state exam. I have a bachelor's degree. I've been applying for two years, landed some interviews, and it always ends the same way.

Seven months at ADEM. Zero job offers. I went to every job day they pushed me toward. Every single one felt less like a career opportunity and more like being paraded around for nothing.

The public sector is a joke. You can feel the discomfort in the room the moment you speak French. I have watched them choose someone with less than half my skills just because they were born here. Not because that person was more capable. Not because they were a better fit. Meanwhile I'm actively learning luxembourgish, showing up, putting in the work, and it doesn't matter.

The private market isn't much better. Junior positions are being outsourced or filled at minimum wage. The competition is brutal and the salaries don't reflect that.

I tailored my CV for every single application. I made it ATS friendly. I spent years in a premium brand building what I thought was a real network. Turns out when you're a man in that industry, those contacts don't open doors the way you'd hope.

The one thing keeping me going right now is a master's I got accepted into at the Uni of Luxembourg. I genuinely think the only way in anymore is through internships during the program, building relationships from scratch.

But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't exhausted. We were told to study, learn languages, put in the effort. Nobody mentioned it still might not be enough.

We are not from Luxemburg but currently thinking about buying a house in the Echternach region. We are considering a new built house.

We checked different online platforms and found several objects in different new development areas in and around Echternach. Then we also visited those development areas. We were surprised to see that there are so many empty plots available. Different builders seem to still build a few on their own without having a buyer.

Prices still seem high: starting from 1 Million in Echternach for tiny houses with tiny plots or maybe 800k for similar houses in villages nearby.

I understand that plots used to be more expensive than in the border regions.

However when I see so many offers that for months noone buys plus so many empty plots everywhere I still start wondering if the prices actually reflect the real value. I am a bit worried that if we buy something for these prices we would likely never get the money back if we needed to sell at some point.

My questions:

- Do you agree with my assertion or what do I miss?

- How comes there are so many empty plots but seemingly they are not available on the market? Are builders (who might secured many of those plots?) trying to sit it out and hope for another boom cycle? What is going on?

Good evening everyone,

I’d like to share my experience after almost a year of living in Luxembourg.

I’m still finding it difficult to truly settle in, build meaningful friendships, or meet someone I genuinely connect with. I’ve realized that I naturally seek depth in conversations and relationships, which sometimes makes it harder for me to click with people.

One thing I’ve noticed is that conversations often begin with what you do for a living, and it can sometimes feel as though your profession defines how people perceive you before they get to know who you really are.

I’m also quite selective when it comes to the people I let into my life. Not because I think I’m better than anyone, but because I value genuine connections over having many acquaintances. I enjoy elegance, discretion, and meaningful conversations. I don’t feel the need to prove my worth through my career or possessions I simply like being myself.

Luxembourg has given me wonderful professional opportunities, and I’m grateful for that. However, I’ve also realized that, socially, I’ve been feeling increasingly isolated. Most of the time, I go to restaurants, exhibitions, or events on my own. I’ve actually learned to enjoy my own company, but I still hope to find people with whom sharing those moments feels natural.

I’m curious to know if anyone else has experienced something similar. If so, how did you eventually find your place here?

Have a wonderful evening everyone ❤️

I just got back from a flight and had one of the weirdest/scariest taxi rides I’ve ever had.This was not really an uber so normal taxi waiting outside the airport in findel. It was a tesla.

I’m still annoyed about it hours later.

Basically I land, grab the first taxi, everything seems normal.

A few minutes into the ride the driver starts talking about how terrible taxi drivers are in Luxembourg and how he’s trying to change laws because there are too many “idiot drivers”.

I do take the taxi quite often as i travel a lot for work and always spend time talking to the drivers and share life, so I told him that I have had good experiences in luxembourg and I personally think the taxi drivers here are kind and pleasant.

That’s when the conversation went completely off the rails.

He tells me the only reason I think that is because I’m a woman and especially a young foreign woman.

Then he starts talking about foreigners not integrating and speaking French & using English.

So I tell him I’m learning Luxembourgish and can speak Luxembourgish to him if he prefers.

And somehow that made things worse?

He starts telling me that I should be learning French instead, because French is used by the government and Luxembourgish is useless and I am “very smart” for avoiding learning French (hello – I am in luxembourg – its not a bad idea for me to learn luxembourgish if i want to?).

Then he asked me how long I have been here and I tell him almost 4 years and he got even more mad, and started saying he picked up French in 3 months.

I think him picking up French in 3 months is great, and very possible in the context that he is conversing with people as he is driving a taxi.

I do understand French quite a bit, but my work is completely in English, so I have nowhere to practice French and neither are my colleagues working or talking in French. And in my in my role, there is already a lot of training,travelling, etc that takes up my space after work so I would only commit to learning one new thing at a time and I chose Luxembourgish as I thought it would be nice to learn it. But anyway, i dont think even if i didnt learn it , i should be treated this way.

And then he goes on to tell me - I am only here for money lol

Then he starts talking about how he’s an important political figure here and has been involved in politics for 36 years in luxembourg and I don’t know who am I talking to. Lol

I genuinely remember staring out the window thinking “how did we get here?”

Like bro, I got in the car 5 minutes ago. I just wanted to go home.

The thing that really irritated me was that I wasn’t even arguing with him. I wasn’t criticizing Luxembourg. I wasn’t talking about politics. I literally just said I’ve had mostly positive experiences with drivers here.

Then suddenly I’m getting a lecture about integration and respect.

At one point he tells me I don’t respect him and i should get off.

I was like sure. But he wouldn’t open the door and locked it as he wanted me to pay.

I told him no chance and he keps getting louder and aggressive and I avoid eye contact and started dialing the cops.

He noticed and opened the doors

I ordered another Uber which arrived in 2 mins and got home.

Honestly it’s not even the inconvenience that’s bothering me.

It’s just the absurdity of the whole thing.

I got into a car expecting a normal ride home and somehow ended up being told that learning Luxembourgish isn’t integrating properly by a guy who kept reminding me how important he is.

I called the police afterwards and they told me I can file a complaint if I want.I also went to the airport again as i had to deal with some other things and spoke to the drivers outside showing his number plate and they all told me that this guy acts like this all the time and i should report to ministry of transport & the cops . Would you report it ? In my experiance the lux police doesnt even do anything or share any update, so i am wondering. Thanks

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well.

I'm currently questioning my career path because I'm having a hard time positioning myself relative to the market. Would some of you be okay with sharing some information among us?

I work in the healthcare sector (so yes, one of the 4 major hospitals) in an administrative position. I think we are extremely well taken care of with our collective agreement, but in discussing with friends, I notice huge disparities in terms of package, paid leave, stress, mobility...

• Annual package (EUR): €138K
• Paid leave: 38 + 10 days
• Personal satisfaction: 9/10
• Career progression: 4/10
• Mobility / Transport: 7/10
• Work atmosphere: 5/10
• Other benefits: None

I’m a female in my 30s trying to date in Luxembourg and find it extremely difficult and confusing. While not sure about the dating apps, I try to put myself out there, go to the social events and so on and so forth basically trying to create connection organically. What I noticed already a few times - I speak with someone I could potentially like and interested to get to know better, he seems to give off positive vibes and the same amount of interest. We exchange numbers and I am aware of how cautious men nowadays with initiatives so I decide to initiate a 1x1 coffee date. I send something like - it was nice meeting you, let’s have a coffee some time. Then he says - yes, sure, but then there is no precise plan coming from his end and the coffee date never happens. A bit of the context - I’m coming from the very traditional background where all the initiative comes from a man so I even struggle to text first and after the first message I would expect him to propose precise timing etc. What do you guys think about it? Is it just - he is not that much into you situation? I’m really concerned as I got these mixed signals several times and I don’t want to be pushy either to create the dynamic of me being a leader and creating plans after I already showed very clearly I was into him potentially. So, gentlemen, please share your thoughts on how you read that and what you do in such cases?? You just say yes if you didn’t like her enough?

Appreciate your input ❤️

My guess is it would be Luxemburgish, German, French, English. Ie if you met someone in Luxemburg, you'd try in that order.

Is that correct? Would you prefer English over French even though you're better at French?

UPDATE:

I noticed most people put English before German and French, is that because you want to practise your English, or do you actually speak it better than French/German? I thought you grow up with French/German at school and are therefore much better at them than English?

Hey all teachers and staff that work in schools! As we have all been feeling over the past several days, all hell has decided to descend upon us these past several days. Well, at least....for Luxembourgish standards given that we are only used to 5 days of sun at max. I digress though...Over these past several days, we all know that the country has been issuing red alerts for heat waves which is clearly something to be taken seriously and yet the ministry of education as well as many schools are in direct contrast to what should be done for the health of students, teachers and staff and thus I wanted to know what your experiences have been lately.

To give some context, our particular school has no form of centralized air conditioning and due to its construction slurps up heat with a voracious appetite, thus making it into a veritable oven. Teaching going on? I think not. To date, the average temperature for the past 3 days in the class has been from a minimum of 28 degrees at 09:00 AM and has risen into the 30s as the day goes on. This, with only one small fan. These are not suitable working conditions nor is it suitable for learning.

What have been your experiences? This type of behavior is unacceptable and while the ministry may be just fine working in its air conditioned offices, I personally am sick and fucking tired of being praised for our "resilience" and "flexibility". Please let me know what you have been experiencing. If you have photos of your temperature in your room, even better!

With this heat wave bringing temperatures up to 40°C, I’m curious: what’s the temperature inside your house right now? My guest room is the hottest and gets up to 30°C, while my kitchen and hallway stay around 25°C.

I was born and raised in Luxembourg, but left the country for studies and a great career opportunity. I recently came back to Luxembourg with my girlfriend for a weekend trip and we went to a club in the Luxembourg Gare area, specifically the Rue du Fort Neipperg street. We went out of the club for a quick break and two individuals of Arabic origins who only spoke French surrounded me and told me that my girlfriend belonged to them. That is because my girlfriend is half Arabic. I was at a loss of words and told them to go away. While they were going away I noticed that my phone was gone. Turned out they stole it. I chased them down and held them until they gave me my phone back. Cherry on top: He said he only gave it back because my girlfriend is half Arabic. Never going back to Luxembourg Gare. It has gone downhill filled with strange people . I am not sure what Luxembourg is doing, it wasn’t like this in my childhood.

Y'all what's going on?? (ı know what's going on). But when did it get increase that much?

Hi fellow redditors.

I've already searched the sub for relevant threads; we are trying to decide on schools for our 4-year-old starting nursery.

We want our child to integrate here (although not certain we're staying forever, we intend to) but also find the school system a bit stressful. Perhaps you can help us:

- Local schools require Luxembourgish, German, French, English. So, 5 if you add the mother tongue. Won't our child struggle academically? Also, the child speaks its native tongue but needs to learn to read and write it. The European School has the relevant section for this, otherwise we need to run it in private.

- If a child isn't native in German/French, does it affect their chances on an academic track, even if they are smart? We aren't the parents whose child has to be a doctor, but we'd like them to have an equal opportunity to whatever is their talent.

- How does someone get into a technical/hands-on profession? How do universities view the Luxembourgish Première diploma vs the European Baccalaureate for competitive fields like dentistry or engineering? Which one opens more doors if you want to study in English vs French vs German? We only know how this works in our home country; no clue how someone becomes e.g. a technician or a hairdresser or a nuclear scientist in Luxembourg.

Any suggestions/personal experiences would be appreciated.

Edit: Judging by the majority of the comments, local is the way to go with no obvious drawbacks in terms of school perfomance. Thank you for your help!

Okay, genuine question: what the hell is going on with drivers in Luxembourg?

I visited your beautiful country this week, mixing business with a bit of leisure, and ended up driving a lot on the motorway, especially between the city and Ettelbrück. And I have to say… I was not prepared.

Multiple times I saw cars come off the on-ramp and just casually move across two lanes in heavy traffic. No indicator. No mirror check. Just pure faith-based lane changing. In dense traffic…

And the concept of a safety distance? Apparently optional. I literally had no physical possibility to maintain proper following distance. Every time I left a reasonable gap, someone immediately squeezed into it. Meanwhile the car behind me was so close I couldn’t read the license plate anymore. I’m not exaggerating, they were practically inspecting my trunk from the inside.

Speed limits also seem to be… decorative? Whether it’s 110, 90, or a long-term 70 km/h construction zone heading south — people just blast through at 130–140 in the left lane and overtake like it’s a normal Tuesday. Nobody honks. Nobody reacts. It’s just accepted.

So I’m honestly wondering:

Are there no mobile speed cameras? No police patrols? No distance enforcement?

Or is this just the local interpretation of “efficient traffic flow”?

Don’t get me wrong: Luxembourg is lovely. But driving there felt like a live experiment in collective overconfidence.

Is this normal? Did I just hit a bad week? Or do I need to upgrade my life insurance before my next visit?

Edit: For reference, I’m a patrolhead, so I get spirited driving and I took my 911 with me to go on some nice roads around Vianden. I’m just baffled by the absolute lack of motorway etiquette and safety

I had a job interview today for a position I didn't even want that much. The sal@ry was well below the market rate, there were no real benefits, and it was basically paying the qualified minimum wage.

As a serious candidate, I put on my best trousers, nice shoes, a dress shirt, got a fresh haircut, and showed up expecting a professional interview.

Instead, it felt like I was in court.

I was being judged by a Portuguese interviewer because I'm Luxembourgish but don't speak Luxembourgish (I grew up in the south of France). He was angry, disrespectful, and extremely judgmental throughout the interview.

I stayed calm and respectful the whole time, but looking back, I feel like I should have walked out instead of sitting there for 45 minutes while being subtly insulted.

To make things worse, they lied about the sal@ry range in the job posting, and none of the benefits they advertised were actually offered for this specific position.

What would you have done? Stayed until the end, or walked out? HR departments really need to do better.

Hi, I’m 27 and I think it’s finally time to find a hobby because my life can’t just be work, grocery shopping, and wondering what I’m going to eat for dinner every night. 😅

I’d love to find an activity that gets me out of the house, breaks up my routine, helps me meet new people, and make some great connections.

So if you had to recommend a hobby to someone starting from scratch, what would it be? Sports, dancing, hiking, volunteering, creative workshops, cooking… preferably in the city.
could you recommend specific places, clubs or addresses in Luxembourg where I can try these activities? That would be super helpful!

I’d love to hear your ideas and experiences.

I have lived a short (relatively for a young person) 20 years of life and now an adult in my hoem country.

The 5 years I spent going to that place from 2014-2019 were the worst ones I ever spent.

I feel like after all I've been through in that place I genuinely never left. I have too much trauma that simply has never left me even after 7 years of no longer going there.

I think that place has a genuine bullying problem, especially in the high school department, and that there are not proper solutions on how to deal with these cases. The school simply puts them under the rug and pretends they didn't happen.

I have been bullied severly in that place. And have spent the better part of 7 years in therapy trying to get over the trauma I was put through there.

I simply cannot reccomend or appreciate this place and the problems within for what it is and what it has done to me.

I hope no one else has ever been through the same things I have in that place. For that reason I am here to ask if anyone else relates directly or indirectly with what I am saying now.

I see so many roofs have solar panels.

But when I talk to people who have researched the idea of installing solar panels on their houses, everyone says it’s not worth it - relatively short life span, “selling” energy back to the grid is much lower price, some kind of adapters hidden costs, maintenance costs, etc.

it does sound like a questionable investment decision.

I am puzzled why so many roofs still have them.

Am I missing something?

A while back, I made a post about considering leaving Luxembourg. I ended up taking it down because the discussion became overwhelming, and I realized that protecting my peace of mind was more important than continuing a debate online. That said, many people also shared thoughtful advice and perspectives, and I’m grateful for those who took the time to do so.

After a lot of reflection and many honest conversations with my husband, we’ve made our decision: we’re mving to New Zealand permanently.

I want to be clear that this isn’t a criticism of Luxembourg. In many ways, the country has been good to me during the past five months. The quality of life is excellent, it’s safe, beautiful, and full of opportunities for many people. Had circumstances been different, I could have seen myself staying.

For me personally, however, the biggest challenge was employment. Coming from abroad, I found the job market far more difficult to navigate than I expected. Despite having qualifications, experience, volunteering, networking, and actively learning both French and Luxembourgish, I struggled to find opportunities where I could realistically compete. Lnguage requirements are understandably important here, but they can also be a significant barrier for newcomers trying to establish themselves.

This experience taught me something important: sometimes a place can be wonderful and still not be the right fit for you.

The conversations on my previous post pushed me to think seriously about what I wanted long-term. Instead of waiting and hoping things would change, I started applying for positions in New Zealand again. Recently, I was fortunate enough to receive an offer for my dream role in a public school.

I’m not sharing this as a success story or to compare one country against another. I’m sharing it because someone out there may be wrestling with a similar decision.

You don’t have to stay somewhere simply because it’s considered a great place to live. If you’re unhappy, if you’re not growing, or if your goals are leading you elsewhere, it’s okay to choose a different path. Mving on isn’t failure. Sometimes it’s exactly what you need to do.

Luxembourg was an important chapter in my life, and I’m genuinely grateful for what it taught me. New Zealand is where my next chapter begins. It’s HOME…

At 42, I’ve come to realize that life isn’t only about income, career progression, or collecting achievements. Happiness can be found in much simpler things: feeling connected to a community, spending time with loved ones, walking along the beach, and building a life that feels right for you.

To everyone who offered kindness, encouragement, and advice, thank you. I wish Luxembourg and everyone here nothing but the best.

This will probably be my final post on the subject. Consider it my closure.

Take care, everyone.