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The Principality of Liechtenstein was established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719; it became a sovereign state in 1806. Until the end of World War I, it was closely tied to Austria, but the economic devastation caused by that conflict forced Liechtenstein to enter into a customs and monetary union with Switzerland. Since World War II (in which Liechtenstein remained neutral), the country's low taxes have spurred outstanding economic growth. Shortcomings in banking regulatory oversight have resulted in concerns about the use of the financial institutions for money laundering. Liechtenstein has, however, implemented new anti-money-laundering legislation and recently concluded a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the US. To be updated

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By RPR
October 8th 2009

Liechtenstein Europe » Liechtenstein

Never heard of Liechtenstein? Neither had I until we went there. Only spent about 90 minutes there and that was it. Very small but nice, we arrived there on a Sunday afternoon when there was a fair on so that was good fun, but then back on the bus and off to Switzerland! [View Full Entry]

By KimEngland
August 16th 2009

In Love With Liechtenstein Europe » Liechtenstein

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We decided to spend a day in Liechtenstein, a country of 35,000 people (which is less than the college I went to!) We had our hotel booked ahead of time ... the Martha Buehler in Triesenburg, Liechtenstein. Upon arrival we were greeted by Giovanni, a lovely little Italian man who ended up cooking us dinner. Before we knew it we were friends with a German named Rolph and various other locals were drinking with us on the terrace overlooking all of Switzerland below. Giovanni brought out the "Grappa" ... an Italian liquor ... and we all did shots of this slightly [View Full Entry]

By PA Leslie
July 27th 2009

Liechtenstein, castles, sun, rosti...and one more country on my list! Europe » Liechtenstein » Vaduz

Balzers castle

It's not every day that I'm setting foot in a new country. I'm not that far from 80 countries visited...but it take some effort to add one more at each step. Well, for sure I could add few more by heading to the Balkans (2010), or the Baltic (hopefully 2011)...or Central America (soon...maybe...). Some of my friends will also tell you that I should not put Liechtenstein in my count as we did not sleep there. But same problem as for Luzern...here you pay a lot...for not much in term of sleeping "quality". So we ended up spending the night in [View Full Entry]

By mnmhull
May 2nd 2009

Walking across a country Europe » Liechtenstein

Walking in Switzerland

Today Matt got to cross a pretty major item off of his "To Do" list...we walked across a country. Yep, a whole country. You're probably wondering which country...Liechtenstein. For those of you not up on your European geography Liechtenstein is located between Switzerland and Austria and before you go getting too impressed it's only about 8 miles across. Liechtenstein is the 6th smallest country in the world and is about 62 square miles. It's also the only German-speaking country that doesn't border Germany. Before you run off and search Google for the smallest country in the world (you kno [View Full Entry]

By MooseIsLoose
February 13th 2009

Country Hopping by Foot Europe » Liechtenstein » Vaduz

This Smile is Fake
This is after we changed trains in Salzburg, and still had about 3 1/2 hours left on the train. The smile is definitely fake.

Four countries, two days, more walking than you can imagine. It's a beautiful thing. Monday morning, Libor and I were at the train station at the ungodly hour of 5:30am to catch our train at 5:45. At about 10 we pulled into Salzburg, though we were late in catching our connecting train since we weren't travelling with ÖBB , but die Deutsche Bahn. Let us be a little prejudiced, ok? We've lived in Austria for almost 6 months now, of course there's animosity between us and Germany :) Anyways, after waiting a half-hour in Salzburg, we boarded the train, took a [View Full Entry]

By EuropeExplorer
December 15th 2008

Liechtenstein - an Alpine dwarf Europe » Liechtenstein

Vaduz Castle

This tiny principality is located in central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland. Vaduz is the capital of this Alpine "dwarf". The population is only some 35,000, but the quality of life is one of the highest in the world. It is the smallest German-speaking country in the world. It is also one of only two countries in the world that are doubly landlocked, meaning that all surrounding countries are also landlocked (the other country is Uzbekistan). Liechtenstein is a tourist (mostly winter sports) and banking center. Some of its revenue also comes from manufacturing that includes pharma [View Full Entry]

By jasonkirstyn
September 6th 2008

Lichtenstein - A Country in One Day Europe » Liechtenstein

Trying a Lichtensteinian Beer

There isn’t really that much to see in Lichtenstein but seeing as it is its own country (the 6th smallest in the world) we thought it at least deserved its own blog. Actually we mainly just wanted to tick it off the countries visited map! We spent a night just out of the capital Vaduz, which was pretty and very small. We walked up to the Prince’s castle but as he actually resides there we obviously didn’t get a look inside. Unfortunately neither of us needs dentures just yet which was a huge shame, Lichtenstein being the world’s biggest producer of [View Full Entry]

By jgibeault
June 6th 2008

The travel day to end all travel days Europe » Liechtenstein » Vaduz

Vaduz

Today I had one of those spectacular travel experiences that makes people want to spend there whole lives traveling around and doing nothing else. In fact, today was above in beyond anything I could have thought about. In fact, I may have achieved a state of travel nirvana, and ruined traveling for everyone else. How? I went to Liechtenstein. But first I set out to explore Feldkirch. It didn't take long. But it was really nice. I also went on a short hike recommended by the hostel clerk where I got great views of the town and the neighboring countryside. At [View Full Entry]

By Mariannli
June 5th 2008

Liechtenstein Europe » Liechtenstein

En direction du Lichtenstein
Canton de Glarus

Je me suis rendue au Liechtenstein. Premier jour: visite des lieux, visite du Musée de la philatélie Deuxième jour: Château de Vaduz (la principauté du Liechtenstein) et hiking en montagne, et Autriche le soir Je me suis mise sur les photos, mon amour, pour toi. [View Full Entry]

By Paulo Wanchope
May 15th 2008

Good things come in small packages Europe » Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein & Swiss view from Triesenberg

After an eventful drive from Interlaken, Switzerland to Triesenberg, Liechtenstein whereby we were caught in an avalanche and had to reclaulate our journey that last 5 hours.... we arrived in Liechtenstein weary but excited to be in a country thats probably smaller than most english towns. But we soon learnt that what Liechtenstein lacked in size, it certainly made up in spirit and atmosphere. If i'm truly honest, i fell in love with the place... we stayed in Triesenberg, On our 2nd day in Liechtenstein, we discovered a personal highlight of the trip... The most eastern part of the country [View Full Entry]

Border over the River Rhine.. they love each other really!

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