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Print 05 Jun 2011 Brussels vs. Luxembourg

EU job seekers are often wondering where is it better to live, Luxembourg or Belgium, given the choice?

We are in no position to decide on such a crucial matter, but here is a list of dilemmas you will face if you need to choose between these two eminent countries.
  

 
 
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  • Do you fancy a uniquely pronounced, French-German-Switzerdütch-sounding language called Luxembourgish? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you fancy a more widely spoken, nevertheless uniquely pronounced language called Flemish? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you like living in a country where you can easily take the wrong exit on the highway and end up in a different country by chance? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you like having one of the largest selection of beers in the world? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you prefer absolute calm and silence even on a Saturday night? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you enjoy regions where speaking French/Flemish is to be strictly avoided, or else you are a persona non grata? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you enjoy absolute security for your family and spotlessly clean streets? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you like networking and attending high-profile EU conferences? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you enjoy checking out the latest cabriolets, 4x4s, luxury cars and sports wagons? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you plan to pay one of the EU's highest taxes if your spouse works in the local job market? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you want to partice some Portuguese with the locals? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you like occasionally to watch protesters from all over the world in the EU district? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you prefer having ten times more banks than food and grocery shops? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you dream of working for the European Commission (except for a few DGs)? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you like high real estate and apartment rental prices? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you enjoy living in a truly international-multicultural environment? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you love having nature and green all around you? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you want to know how it is to fix an appointment with a plumber/repairman/fixer who never shows up? Then choose Belgium.
  • Do you like seeing your colleagues in the supermarket, gym and city centre even after leaving the office? Then choose Luxembourg.
  • Do you enjoy living in a country that regularly appears in world news as the record holder for lack of government? Then choose Belgium.


As you can see, this is not an easy choice at all. If you are really clueless which one to choose, we suggest joining the European Ombudsman's office so you can work in....Strasbourg

 

By: Andras Baneth

By Wot da Fak | 20 Mar 2012

Whoever wrote this must be a Belgian C*nt!

By erfe | 23 Jul 2011

Do you want to work in an "international/multicultural" environment where the head of units, directors and director generals of Belgian and French origin know to speak only their mother tongue, that is to say French choose to work at the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg.

They are all parachuted to these posts.

If you thought that EPSO is the only way to get to the EU instituitions choose again Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg, to see that all the ex housewives of Thionville and surrounding villages of Thionville are now respectable civil servants as temporary agents or ex temporary agents who have passed internal exam=internal corruption

P.S. Thionville is a small town of 40 000 people on the border, in France, only 20 minutes from Luxembourg

By Alex G. | 05 Jul 2011

Addition: Would you like to read articles just like this one, but with real English, not written by French/Belgian "speakers" of English? Then choose London!!!

By Lisa P. | 11 Jun 2011

I find the arguments very funny, but then I am just a Portuguese! LOL

Just fyi, 2 typos: uniquely & practise

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