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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about
Luxembourg.
More information about the video content bellow:
1. With an average income of around
3200€
Luxembourgers are among the wealthiest people of the world. Luxembourg evolved into a major financial center.
Today, there are about
150 banks in a country that’s smaller than the state of
Rhode Island. Its reputation as a tax haven made it attractive to all kinds of foreign investment.
Amazon and Skype have headquarters there.
2. In their
2015 World Happiness Report, the
United Nations ranked Luxembourg number 17 out of
158, not bad for a country with a population of about half a million. The report cites the high
GDP, which translates into purchasing power, as the biggest factor.
The country is very generous with its citizens, spending about 1/3 of its revenue on social services and universal, free health care.
3. Luxembourg has enough castles to equal one per every 250 km2. Of the
110 that are known to have existed in the
Middle Ages, about 75 still stand. Many are open to the public.
Obviously, tourism in Luxembourg is a major source of income, since there are plenty of things to do and see in this tiny country, that can hardly be found on the map.
4.
The weather in Luxembourg is basically temperate, but it can be cloudy a considerable amount of the time.
Landlocked Luxembourg has the equivalent of about 61 days of sun per year. The temperature rarely goes above 28C. They don’t actually have a dry season, so expect rain, especially if you’re going in the cooler months.
5. The northern part of Luxembourg, called Eisleck, is hilly and heavily forested.
The Ardennes conservation region, near the
Belgian border in the north, offers fabulous views onto the rolling valleys below. If you're looking for more of the metropolitan scene, the true action can be found in the south, in
Gutland, where about 85% of the people live. This is where the city of Luxembourg, the capital of Luxembourg can be found.
6. Luxembourgers speak
German and
French, but the language they learn as children is
Luxembourgish.
People switch among the three fluidly. A child might speak German in class and Luxembourgish on the playground, and French is considered the most upscale of the three. Newspapers and websites will mix them on the same page.
7.
It’s The Only Grand Duchy Left In
The World. Luxembourg was founded in 963, when
Count Siegfried bought the fortress of Luxembourg from the
Holy Roman Empire. It has a complicated history, but today it’s a hereditary constitutional monarchy, headed by
Grand Duke Henri Albert Gabriel Félix
Marie Guillaume.
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- published: 09 Aug 2015
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