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Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both World Wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area. To be updated

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By Bobsie
June 23rd 2006

My first Russians and Grand Duke Henry's birthday bash... Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Crazy Town
Revellers in the street. The entire city was like this...

Oioi! I ventured into town today with my mate Erik who is over from Holland for two days. His mother agreed to drive me to the Russian embassy. This became a bit of a mission, as the embassy is actually an old country manor hidden away in a wooded area right on the edge of town. When we got there it was closed. A brief conversation with the embassy staff in a sort of franco-russian via the gate-phone informed me that the embassy opened for an hour every day - if they felt like it. So, my first experience of Russian [View Full Entry]

By Rach and Si
June 23rd 2006

Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden

Vianden Chateau

After a really cold morning we left La Roche heading towards Luxembourg City. via Vianden, a nice town on another river. It had a good looking castle (sorry...Chateau, as we are now in French speaking part of Belgium) but we didn't go in as we couldn't be bothered. Looks like travel apathy starting to set in. Had for lunch, (what is currently in our top 5 snacks) a fantastic pork-veal mince sausage and onion kebab which was deep fried and then covered in this tomato-BBQ sauce which was delicious. Add to that world class 'frites' and we had it made. Ended [View Full Entry]

By Bobsie
June 21st 2006

Back to my "second home" Europe » Luxembourg » Nommern

Sebastian, in all his glory.
This is the room that I hid in for the night from the people that owned the place. It was a bunk house for the science students, but it was quite cozy for illicit visitors as well.

So here I am, finally out of the UK! I had a very pleasant week in Devon and managed to meet up with Seb, a housemate from uni, in Slapton for some drinking by a fire on the beach. Very chilled, despite staying in the student bunkhouse overnight and trying not to get noticed... Life here on the campsite is still quiet as the tourists won't be arriving for a few weeks yet. The weather isn't exactly stunning either, but at least it all gives me time to settle in befor eI start work in a few days. I have my [View Full Entry]

By Were Lost
June 21st 2006

Luxembourg Day Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

First we found that our booking was only for two nights and not three. It actually worked out because we had to take a night train down to Barcelona. So, our half day was spent searching for food. And lo...we broke down and had Pizza Hut. It counts as an eat in restaraunt doesn´t it?!? There were already festivities on the stages set up all around the city. We caught some of the Luxembourg Philiharmonic Orchestra and a gospel choir in seperate parts of town. The next day was the big celebration/all night party. Amie was feeling a little under the [View Full Entry]

By judylay
June 19th 2006

A stamp-sized country, Luxemburg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Lux Trainstation
Pretty stainglass window, gorgeous light coming through!

Luxemburg. Boy, I am so far behind with the blogging. I went there over 3 weeks ago! And here's my usual line... My original plan was: When I was still in Germany and planning my trip to Lux, I thought hm, it's not that big, looks like 20 miles across, wouldn't it be cool if I WALK my way across the whole country??!! How many people can say they've walked across a whole country? Well, ok, my friend Ryan who walked from Florida to California, but he doens't count, he's probably crazy. So with that in mind, I figured 3 days [View Full Entry]

By RAGZANDKEZ
June 16th 2006

Brief trip to Lux Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Hi guys, So we eventually made it to Luxembourg after our 1st breakdown. We left the campsite in Holland on schedule at 9am, only to get 1km down the hill and Fred died!!!!!!! We thought it might be petrol so walked to petrol station to get a jerry can and fill it up. Filled Fred up and he still wouldn't start. So Pete took the back off to check for loose wires......and there it was daggling from the coil. So it was ragz to the rescue (H8TR, my dads not a mechanic but I can still fix cars, ha ha ha [View Full Entry]

By JoeTJBobby
May 26th 2006

Rainy Day in Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

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Joe and TJ on one of the bridges spanning the valley

took a day trip to luxembourg......really really pretty......none of us had been there before......it was still really cool even though it rained ALL DAY argh......i havent seen the sun in a while......most of europe is the earth's black hole for weather imo......anyways, onto the pics: [View Full Entry]

By The Jansens
May 15th 2006

Got the car Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Checked out of hotel and took a cab to Peugeot to pick up the car. On the way got to experience the madness of the Arc de Triomphe "roundabout" - scary stuff. Picked up our little 307, got a little weirded out by the wrong side of the car/road thing. Got to experience a mini Arc De Triomphe thing - just flew across in front of 3 or 4 cars - fun fun. Was nice and easy on the motorway. Had an early dinner at Verdun (kebabs!) and checked out Fort du Vaux and drove through the battle fields of WW1. [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Lady
May 3rd 2006

Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

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Main cathedral in Luxembourg City. Learned that cathedral is not just a big church--it is home church for a Bishop.

Hello everyone, The first thing I noticed in Luxembourg was the aerial cranes. There were ten in one direction and nine in the other. We were told that the growth rate is 4%--the largest in Europe. Unemployment is only 4.6%. Luxembourg goes back to 963. It is in the middle of three valleys, so has a natural defence. In 1867 it was declared neutral and unarmed--unless you count 1,000 volunteers and three canons. The guide said that during WWII, the Germans didn't exactly invade--it was more like they just walked in. As a result, there was no real damage done. In [View Full Entry]

By warpgirl
April 16th 2006

Easter in Luxembourg City Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Luxembourg City

So after exhausting myself on the sites of Brussels I decided to spend my Easter Sunday in Luxembourg City, as a day trip from Belgium. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that Lux was three hours away by train. So that means I was on the train to and from for six hours. I only had three hours to actually explore the city. But that turned out to be sufficient. I walked down from the train station into the old center area and crossed the ravine that divides the city. It was reminiscent of Bern actually, except different. I visited the Cathedral, lit [View Full Entry]

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