Schueberfouer
There is no post (yet) on Steemit about one of the biggest and almost certainly the oldest funfair in Europe, Luxembourg's Schueberfouer. This annual fest has been taking place every year around the same time of the year and in the same place since ... 1340 !
This year's edition is thus the 678th!
By Photodudau - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
If you live in Luxembourg and have kids, it is advisable to be abroad on holidays during the fair. This way, you won't need to invent reasons for not going there every evening ...
If you live nearby, you'll also avoid the terrible traffic and the smells of overheated cooking oïl and "Groemperekichelcher" (a fixture of fairs in Luxembourg)
The fair last three weeks (from end of August to beginning of September) - the rest of the year, the vast plaza where it takes place is a big (and rather ugly) car park.
Funny thing is that 678 years ago this vast terrain was outside of the city walls. Almost 7 centuries later, it sits in the (much bigger) city centre ... which makes it prime real estate. Flats around this well heeled area sell for about 10000€ per square meter.
Developing the "Glacis" is of course out of question but it doesn't seem such a bad idea to shove the cars in an underground parking and cover the area with temporary gardens (that would be dismantled in August to make place for the traditional fair and brought back again once the fair is over)
If you know what witnesses are and agree that people commited to keeping this blockchain ticking play an important role ...
The argentino-romanian witness running in Luxembourg 😄
Thank you for this post - i don't know this funfair and your stories around this historical fest are very interesting. ;-)
I can't imagine a three week fest!
well the kids certainly can! :-) They want there every evening, especially since it's holidays period ... and it's not cheap ! :-)
Hihi - i am glad that my children are grown up (31 and 32 years old) ;-)))
Cool looks fantastic!
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