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  1. Bourgmeisterin: Fireside Chats #1 โ€“ BURN, BAKE, FALL IN LOVE: Luxembourg's Spring Traditions

    5D AGO

    Bourgmeisterin: Fireside Chats #1 โ€“ BURN, BAKE, FALL IN LOVE: Luxembourg's Spring Traditions

    ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€. ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€. Luxembourg does springโ€ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ. In the very first ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป: ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€, a ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช-๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด, host ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ธ๐—ผ sits down with a tour guide ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ to unpack three of Luxembourgโ€™s most beloved spring traditions: ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€“ the giant village bonfire meant to chase winter away ๐Ÿฅจ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด โ€“ the day pretzels decide the fate of your love life ๐Ÿฆ ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€“ the festival of ceramic birds that somehow became a national treasure Most people in Luxembourg know these traditions. Very few know ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. In this conversation we explore the surprising social codes, historical roots, and cultural quirks behind rituals that many people celebrate every year without ever asking ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ. Expect history, anthropology, a bit of sociology โ€“ and the occasional cultural plot twist. --- ๐Ÿ“The event was recorded live at ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ in Luxembourg City. ๐ŸคSupported by the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ’ผProduced in partnership with ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—” ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธFilmed by the Luxembourgish videography company ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐Ÿด --- ๐ŸŒ Bourgmeisterin: https://www.instagram.com/bourgmeisterin/, https://bourgmeisterin.com/ ๐ŸŒ Rosana: https://www.instagram.com/ladyrosanag/, https://www.instagram.com/happiestabroad/ ๐ŸŒ ARA City Radio: https://www.instagram.com/aracityradio/, https://www.instagram.com/radioara/, https://www.radioara.org/ ๐ŸŒ The Ministry: https://www.instagram.com/mifa_lu/, https://mfsva.gouvernement.lu/en.html ๐ŸŒ Super8: https://www.instagram.com/super8videos/, https://www.super8.lu/ --- ๐Ÿ“บ Video version is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m_DnkOWUn4w

    50 min
  2. Ask for Angela: An Initiative to Improve Safety in Public Spaces

    MAR 23

    Ask for Angela: An Initiative to Improve Safety in Public Spaces

    Ask for Angela: An Initiative to Improve Safety in Public Spaces by

    9 min
  3. Bourgmeisterin Episode #63: Chris Evert, part 2

    MAR 21

    Bourgmeisterin Episode #63: Chris Evert, part 2

    ๐Ÿฅถ โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€... ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜? ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ. While other players were out there smashing rackets and questioning life choices, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜? She looked like she was waiting for tea to brew โ˜• Zero drama. Maximum destruction. Nicknamed โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€, she combined elegance with pure, silent brutality. Baseline queen. Human backboard. Basically, if you hit the ballโ€ฆ it came back. Again. And again. And again๐Ÿ˜… ๐—”๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ, she casually saved match points at the US Open like it was a Sunday hobby. Commentators were panicking โ€“ she wasnโ€™t. One even said: โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜•๐˜–๐˜› ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€ Yeahโ€ฆ understatement of the century. Her secret? Dad-coach Jimmyโ€™s rule: ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป = ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. Poker face unlocked. Opponents mentally defeated. And behind that icy stare? A slice of ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourgish grit โ€“ quiet, stubborn, unstoppable. Even off the court, life threw tougher battles (hello, cancer ๐Ÿ’”), and she faced them the same way: composed, resilient, unbreakable. So yeahโ€ฆ not just a tennis legend. ๐—” ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐ŸŽพ ๐Ÿ“ธ: premierespeakers.com Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!

    5 min
  4. The British and Irish Film Festival 2026: Spring Edition

    MAR 17

    The British and Irish Film Festival 2026: Spring Edition

    The British and Irish Film Festival 2026: Spring Edition by

    11 min
  5. Bourgmeisterin Episode #63: Chris Evert, part 1

    MAR 12

    Bourgmeisterin Episode #63: Chris Evert, part 1

    ๐ŸŽพ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜... ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?! Everyone knows ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ โ€“ 18 Grand Slams, ice-cold nerves, and a backhand ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ. But plot twist: part of that champion DNA traces back toโ€ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Yes, that tiny country famous for castles and EU meetings quietly slipped into tennis history. Back in the 19th century, Chrisโ€™s great-grandparents packed up their Luxembourgish grit and sailed to America. Fast-forward a few generations and boom โ€“ enter ๐—๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜, Chrisโ€™s dad. He learned tennis in a Chicago church parking lot (because obviously thatโ€™s where champions are forged), served in WWII, became an All-American player at Notre Dame, and later ran a tennis center in Florida for nearly ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Casual. Jimmy coached all five of his kids, but Chris was the one who turned practice into pure domination. Result? ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ฐ First woman to earn $๐Ÿญ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in prize money. So next time someone says Luxembourg is small, remember: its DNA helped build a tennis empire๐Ÿ˜ Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!

    8 min
  6. Interview with Lilou from Waffle Killers

    MAR 11

    Interview with Lilou from Waffle Killers

    Lilou from Waffle Killers dropped by the studio to tell us all about their album release party this weekend at Rotondes

    11 min
  7. Lots on in this week's gig guide!

    MAR 4

    Lots on in this week's gig guide!

    Jon is back with this week's gig guide, something for everyone!

    8 min
  8. Josh Island: New Music and Release Party

    FEB 25

    Josh Island: New Music and Release Party

    Josh Island: New Music and Release Party by

    9 min
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