🇱🇺 INTRODUCE YOUR HOMETOWN - LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG 🇱🇺
Dear Steemians,
This to introduce my hometown Luxembourg City, which is the capital of, what else would you expect, Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Luxembourg, the country, is a landlocked country in western Europe, with borders to Germany, France and Belgium. Luxembourg is a tiny country with a total of 998.6 square miles (2586,4 km2 ) with some 580,000 inhabitants. Our currency is the Euro (€).
Most Luxembourgers speak Luxembourgish, German, French and English. We have as well a huge Portuguese community, so that you often hear Portuguese speaking as well.
Due to the small size of the country, a lot of workers and employees are cross-border-workers. As in the catering- and in the selling branch a huge number of them come from France and Belgium, it can be useful to speak some bribes of French to order your coffee on a shady terrace.
Coat of arms of Luxembourg:
First thing you'll be aware a bit everywhere in Luxembourg are the witnesses of the past, for Luxembourg was a very strong fortress, that time also called Gibraltar of the north. The fortifications were only dismantled in 1867, but the remains can be seen everywhere. Click -> Wikipedia: Fortress of Luxembourg
Imagine the poor guys who had to attack through this bottleneck, being basted from two sides with all kind of projectiles as well as pitch and sulfur:
Nowadays, Luxembourg is a peaceful and calm little city with mostly friendly people.
One of the main tourist attractions is the Grand-Ducal Palace, with the build-on Chamber of Deputies. Napoleon once resided here.
And this place is called "Rives de Clausen" and it represents the remains of a former leading brewery in Luxembourg (yes we do also brew beer in Luxembourg). Nowadays, also if it doesn't look like on my photos, it is one of the favorite Party-miles in Luxembourg. Unfortunately I have no nightlife pics of it, but you only need to google the three words and look at the images. It seems not to be the same place at night.
Hope you enjoyed my little guided tour through Luxembourg. This post was primarily about the historic side of Luxembourg City, next time, I'll take you uptown.
Wanna know more or interested in visiting my beautiful city?
Click: Visit Luxembourg City
Have a nice time! See you soon, maybe in my wonderful hometown Luxembourg.
Take care, my friends!
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Moien :) Schein mol en Letzeboier hei ze treffen! Super flott Fotoen!
Salut Cloé!
Wéi cool as daat dann? Ech sichen schon méintelaang an hun ëmmer gesouert, ech wier den eenzegen vun eiser Zunft hei! Dat freet mech, nét méi "elleng" ze sinn.
Selbstverständlech "followen" (gët ët do e Wuert op Lëtzebuergesch dofir) ech Dir elo an freeën mech op Deng Artikelen. Ech sinn zwar och nëmmen en kéngen Fësch hei, mee ech probéieren awer mol bëssi Déng Saachen ze pushen.
En ganz schéinen Dag nach,
PP
i still need to go there someday ,but first i need to find a new house to life and move away from this place. although it's only a 3hrs drive from my place ..
That's true, it's close! Well, give me a word, should you visit some day! 😉
will do :)
beautiful! thanks for sharing.
Thank you so very much! 😊
When we were children, at school, we studied Belgium, Nederland and Luxemburg, togerher and named in this order. And we knew Bruxelles, l'Aia and Luxemburg were the Capitals. That Amsterdam was built on the sea and that Nederlands was the Country of tulipans. Nothing else. And, quickly, a jump to Germany.
Thanks for your post!
Thank you so much for your kind comment!
So it's time to visit the three countries of your childhood one day!
I love it when you call The Hague "L'Aia". Surely your parents, at that time, said the French name: La Haye which is pronounced that way and must sound to childrens ears like L'Aia!
(:
Oh, you already know how much I love your city - and the whole country! I look longingly at your beautiful pictures, wishing it was me strolling along the fortress ruins- beauty in distress can be amazing! You gave me a good fix! Every shot, I can look at and most recognize. Oh, the days of living within arms reach of your most beautiful city! Thank you for the wonderful show! I just love this most well-kept secret! PS... I used to fly into Luxembourg because it was always less expensive than the neighboring countries. I got an extra view at a discount! A very lovely piece, Patrick! I look forward to more!
Upvoted and Resteemed (because I must, I must!!)
Thank you so very much for everything, Denise, your kind words, the upvoting and resteeming! I always love to read your comments, so truly full of passion. And I love your sympathy for my little country and hope, you will visit it again soon - don't forget to give me a word than!
Did you see, that with this post, @pollux.one launched a contest to promote the #introduceyourhometown series (one day left only):
https://steemit.com/introduceyourhometown/@pollux.one/rookie-challenge-introduce-your-hometown-learn-about-steemit-200-sbd-pricepool
Thanks again, dear friend and have a very beautiful weekend! 🌹
Thank you! I may try to put a piece together, although my files are such a mess! :))
Beautiful place....congratulations
Thank you so much, Fernando, my friend!
I wish a wonderful weekend to you and your loved ones! 😃
Thx for sharing! Great entry to the #introduceyourhometown challenge!
Thanks to you actually for initiating it! 👍🏼
Have a nice weekend, you and your loved ones!
Quel talent mon ami ! Bravo, tes posts sont toujours si bien documentés ! j'emmene celui ci sur mon profil pour le garder auprès de moi 😉...moi j'ai terminé celui sur Annecy il y a seulement quelques minutes et je suis lessivée ! on ne m'y reprendra plus à faire mes devoirs au dernier moments : ça fait trois jours que je ne fais que ça. ..😁
bonne chance cher ami et belle soiree !
Olala, je vais vite aller voir ton Annecy! Je suis sur que c'est du tonnerre! 😉
Merci beaucoup pour ton beau commentaire et pour le resteem!
Bonne Chance à toi aussi et une super belle soirée à toi et tes proches! 🌹
Luxembourg is beautiful place to visit! Thank you for sharing to us
Thank you Maya, dear! Have you ever been here?
Great introduction & photos my friend! Would love to visit it one day ;) Maybe do another one of some hidden gems and your most favorite places? ;) This was the purpose of my #introduceyourhometown when I started it... Posting things you can't read in books or on the internet ;)
We keep the hidden gems for ourselves, we Luxembourgers! 😃😉
Nee, Spaß beiseite: Ich will, wie im Post angekündigt, schon noch was nachreichen, habe aber nur dieses Material gehabt aus TSU-Zeiten, wo immer nach der Festung gefragt wurde. Durch die Knie-OP mit Krankenschein kann ich jetzt auch nicht einfach so mal mit der Kamera durch die Stadt laufen. Ich hätte es vielleicht besser sein lassen, bis ich richtig was zusammen habe 🤔.
Also, ich lass mir schon was einfallen, will ich doch schon länger über Luxemburg schreiben.
Danke aber für die coole Initiative, hab noch einen schönen Tag!