Luxembourg

The Smallest Country I've Been To So Far...

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September 20th 2005
Well, after a lifetime of thinking that Luxembourg was the capital of Sweden or some such rubbish, I've now discovered that it is, in fact a tiny wee country stuck in between France, Belgium and Germany! It only measures about 50x20km's or something like that, and has only one city: Luxembourg! 😊 It's lovely, and I'm trying to get my camera to work on this @#$! computer to prove it... wait ... read more

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

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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