Heritage, Legal Matters and Urban Observations in Luxembourg

A view of Luxembourg City where historical infrastructure meets modern development: a city shaped by contrast and continuity.

Luxembourg may be small, but when it comes to architecture, heritage, and urban space, it’s surprisingly complex. Luxembourg Matters collects satirical essays, legal insights, and reflections on what is being built, preserved - or lost.

Heritage & Identity

What some call "alte Bausubstanz" in Luxembourg, is in truth, the cultural memory of a place. These posts explore architecture, identity, heritage protection and the slow erosion of beauty in the name of efficiency. Sometimes it starts with plastic windows - and ends with forgetting who we are.

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Legal Matters in Luxembourg

Renovating a home? Buying, selling, or signing a contract that sounds deceptively harmless? Want to know how the law in Luxembourg works - or doesn’t? These posts untangle the rules, rights, and quiet madness of navigating legal issues in the context of renovating, buying and selling property. From builder disputes and property traps to the oddly creative interpretation of “clear obligations.”

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Urban Observations

From parking-space turf wars to turds as territorial markers. These posts explore the small absurdities of public life in Luxembourg. What gets paved, locked, fenced, or hatched tells a bigger story about who gets to exist where - and how.

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