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Introducing Luxembourg
Luxembourg is fairy-tale stuff…complete with the happy ending. The story of this land’s tumultuous history beguiles with its counts and dynasties, wars and victories, fortresses and promontories. Only the dragon is missing. It's no surprise that Luxembourgers are a proud people whose national motto, Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sin (‘We want to remain what we are’), sums up their independent spirit. The population of 469,000 is predominantly rural based – the only centres of any size are the capital, Luxembourg City, followed by Esch-sur-Alzette.
Though too small for its full name to fit on most European maps, pint-sized Luxembourg (2586 sq km, or 82km long and 57km wide) is wonderfully diverse. Lush highlands and valleys in the northern Ardennes merge effortlessly with the Müllerthal’s ancient forested landscape to the east, where the vibrant town of Echternach makes an enjoyable base. The impossibly picturesque and ridiculously romantic (not to mention tourist-flooded) Vianden is just a short trip north from Luxembourg City; in the southeast snakes the Moselle Valley with its steep vineyards and riverside hamlets. In between all this are rolling farmlands dotted with pristine, pastel-toned houses and medieval hilltop castles.
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Latest headlines for Luxembourg
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German minister angers Luxembourg
7 May 2009 10:16AM
German-Luxembourg ties sour after a German minister compared Luxembourg's banking secrecy to practices in Burkina Faso.
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Llanelli to host Wales football team
1 April 2009 11:10AM
Llanelli is set to host its first ever Welsh senior football international after it successfully hosted Wales' under-21s win over Luxembourg.
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Wales U21 5-1 Luxembourg U21
31 March 2009 8:27PM
Brian Flynn's Wales Under-21s earned a morale-boosting victory over Luxembourg at Parc y Scarlets in the Euro 2011 Championship qualifier.
