Past Events

Saturday 13 Sep. 2025: Walk and Lunch in Müllerthal

Oxford is arranging a lovely family day in the beautiful Müllerthal. We meet at Heringer Millen (parking) from where there are many different paths, all marked out – shorter and longer – according to taste and energy. The walk will be followed by a light lunch at Heringer Millen, hopefully outside.
More information to follow.

Saturday 19 July, 12.30: Oxbridge Family BBQ at Junglinster

We are delighted to invite you to the traditional summer BBQ family get-together on 19 July, 12.30, hosted by ‘the other place’!

Thanks to the kind help of Sally and Nicholas Forwood, the commune chalet and BBQ site on Bierger Bierg in Junglinster has been booked for Saturday 19 July. While cricket won’t be possible this time, it promises to be a great family day out.

The format will be similar to Evrange: a large communal BBQ (plus smaller brick ones) will be available, and guests bring their own picnic, food to grill, drinks, folding chairs, blankets, sunshades, utensils, etc.

Further details will follow, but if you are interested in coming, please let us know now (John Speed, Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig and Bob Kieffer, at: speed@pt.lu, chair@oxford.lu, events@oxford.lu) —ideally with number of adults and children—so that Cambridge can get a rough idea of attendance.

Tripartite Gala Dinner, 19 June 2025

What an evening! Glorious weather, sparkling company, beautiful music, and excellent food made our Tripartite Gala Dinner at the Golf Club Grand Ducal a true summer highlight. Guests enjoyed drinks on the terrace overlooking the greens, and we were honoured to count H.E. Joanne Olivier, British Ambassador to Luxembourg, among us. After the drinks, we repaired to the banquet room and the evening began with a musical treat from Duo Natalia — Natalia van der Mersch (violin) and Natalia Kovalzon (piano) — who performed Gluck and Sarasate with beauty and fervour. A warm thanks to the Natalias, to Ambassador Olivier, and to all our guests who met up in festive spirits and helped make this a wonderful and memorable summer evening!

The acclaimed Duo Natalia enchanting the guests at the Tripartite Gala Dinner
Sir Nicholas, the UK Ambassador, and all the festive gala guests.
H. E. Ambassador Olivier with our long-standing Oxonian member Francis Carpenter
H. E. Ambassador Olivier and guests
Duo Natalia regaling us with sparkling music (Table Remich, left, Table Schengen, right)
H. E. Ambassador Joanne Olivier (Table Schengen, left) and the ‘Remich’ Table, right.
Oxonians, Cantabrigians and LSEs enjoying the warm summer’s eve
Three societies, many nationalities
Duo Natalia playing Gluck and Sarasate
The Grevenmacher Table
The Mondorf Table
The Echternach Table
The Müllerthal Table
The Wiltz Table
The Vianden Table
The Grund Table
Table Clervaux (left), Table Grund (right)
The Mondorf Table
Claudio Zucca thanking our pianist Natalia Kovalzon
Oxford Chair’s welcome words

20 May 2025, 18h30: AGM

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AGM 2025

20 May 2025

We just had our AGM at the Kirchberg Campus and I thank all for the good turnout. We said goodbye to three members (Henri Dupong, Linda Chirila and Katia Volodine) and hello to three new members (David Clark, Lidiya Cherneva and Bob Kieffer). The meeting was followed by a blind tasting champagne quiz arranged by Jos van Bommel, which was very popular – even if nearly all of us failed it!

For the Chairwoman’s report please go to the About page.

With very best wishes,

Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig
Chair, Oxford University Society of Luxembourg (OUSL)

AGM 20 May 2025

Tuesday 6 May 2025, New Members Welcome Drinks

On on a sunny 6 May, The society held its very first New Members Welcome Drink at Café des Capucins (now Mezza)— and made the start of a new tradition!
Over the course of our two-hour cocktail reception, we had a lively and cheerful get-together with a great turnout of both new and long-standing members. Gathered around Mezza’s long bar, everyone enjoyed a format that offered a wonderful opportunity to connect and mingle.
The team at Mezza was efficient and friendly throughout, and the food and drinks were both generous and delicious.
The Committee wishes to thank everyone who joined us and helped make this such a successful launch of what is definitely set to become an annual tradition.