Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg 300

The enchanted forest

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February 24th 2010
Wednesday 24.2.2010 day 134 The enchanted forest Luxembourg is Europe 3rd smallest country. We drove to the centre of the city of Luxembourg and then to Echternach were Mullerthal’s fairy tale enchanting forest is. We then drove to Vianden and saw it’s very impressive castle. We then did lots of shopping as taxes are very low in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is so small that while driving around it w ... read more

Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden

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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. Overr... ... read more