Facts about a really small country: Luxembourg

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In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Luxembourg.

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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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