Luxembourg Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Luxembourg (See more on ITYPEJOB.COM)
Official language: German, French, English
Currency: Euro (exchange rates)
Continent: Western Europe
According to Countryaah, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the European Union. Still, it has a lot to offer for a vacation. Luxembourg is a constitutional-parliamentary monarchy whose head of state is the Grand Duke.
Together with the Netherlands and Belgium, Luxembourg forms the Benelux countries.
If you want to go on a city trip, it is advisable to take a trip to the capital of the same name, Luxembourg (not, as is often wrongly written, Luxembourg), which is ideally suited for a city break. If you spend your vacation here you should take a city tour, past the most famous sights. From these sightsinclude the Monument de Solidarite, the Place Guillaume, the Palais Grand-Ducal, the main train station (Gare Central), the Place de Martyr, the Passarelle, the Plateau du Saint-Esprit as well as the European Center and many other sights. The European Union has important institutions in the Europe Center: Court of Justice (ECJ for short), European Court of Auditors, European Investment Bank and the Secretariat of the European Central Bank. The main task of the Court of Justice, according to the EU Treaty, is to ensure uniformity in the interpretation and application of the EU treaties. The European Court of Auditors audits the revenue and expenditure as well as the budgetary management of the European Union.
But Luxembourg also has a lot to offer for those who come to Luxembourg to cycle on their holiday. There are numerous routes available that inspire cycling. For example, it is advisable to take a trip to the Moselle region, where numerous routes invite you to go cycling. The route “VeloRoute SaarLorLux”, which leads through the border triangle of France, Germany and Luxembourg, is particularly appreciated by holidaymakers who spend their cycling holidays in Luxembourg.
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Euro (100 cents)
ISO 4217 code
EUR / 978
Geography
Continent: Europe
Region: west
Geo coordinates: N 49 ° 48 ’55 ” E 6 ° 7′ 46.5″
Highest mountain: Burgplatz (559 m)
Total area: 2,586 km²
Mainland: 2,586 km²
National border: 359 km
Politics
Dependency: Netherlands until 1839
UN member since: 1945
Other political affiliation: European Union since 1957
Form of government: Constitutional monarchy
Houses of Parliament: unikameral
Party system: Multi-party system
State building: centralized
Political culture: Subject culture
Particularities: Compulsory voting; Instance of the State Council as a state control body
Economy
Export goods: Machines, vehicles
BSP: $ 33,284,000,000
GDP: $ 37.979 billion
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 32.610 billion
Economic growth: 3.5%
GDP share of agriculture: 1 %
GDP share of industry: 14.4%
GDP share of services: 84.6%
Inflation rate: 2.7%
Unemployment: 4.3%
State budget revenue: $ 4294967295
State budget expenditure: $ 4294967295
Export: $ 13.86 billion
Import: $ 20,080,000,000
Electricity consumption: 6,230 million KWh
Gas consumption: 1,360 million m³
Oil consumption: 59,100 million m³
Cultivation area: 24.51%
Bovine: 210,000 pieces
Pigs: 81,000 pieces
Demographic data
Residents: 474,500
Residents in cities: 431,000
Minorities: 39.6% foreigners in total, especially Portuguese, French, Italians, Belgians, Germans.
Average age: 38.7 years
0-14 years: 18.9%
15-64 years: 66.5%
> 65 years: 14.6%
Population growth: 1.23%
Birth rate: 11.94 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 8.41 / 1,000 residents
Migration: 8.75 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.97
Fertility: 1.78 children / woman
Infant mortality: 4.74 ‰
Life expectancy men: 75.6 years
Life expectancy women: 82.38 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: LU
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: LUX
ISO 3166 numeric: 442
Top Level Domain: lu
IOC country code: LUX
UN / LOCODE: LU
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 373,000
Cell Phones: 517,000
Radios: 310,000
TV: 245,000
Computer: 350,000
Internet users: 440,000
Transportation
Railway lines: 274 km
Paved roads: 5,326 km
of which expressways: 157 km
Cars: 311,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 42
Pipelines: 155
Health
Number of doctors: 1,150
Daily food intake: 3,550 kcal / resident
Education
History
Foundation: 1839
Last sovereign since: 1839
Religion
Main religious group: Christians
Distribution of religions: Roman Catholic approx. 98%, Protestant approx. 1.2%, Jews (0.25%), Muslims (0.1%)
Crime
Prison inmates: 700
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 1,000
Defense Spending: $ 324.9 million
GETTING THERE
Arriving by plane
Luxembourg’s national airline is called Luxair (LG) (Internet: www.luxair.lu). Scheduled flight connections to Luxembourg from all major European cities.
Flight times
Frankfurt / M. – Luxembourg-Ville: 40 min; Zurich – Luxembourg-Ville: 1 hour; Vienna – Luxembourg-Ville: 1 hour 30 minutes
Arrival by car
The Luxembourg-Saarbrücken express bus (four times a day) is connected to the ICE network of Deutsche Bahn.
Arriving by train
Good connections from all neighboring countries. Thanks to the east route of the TGV (Internet: www.tgv.com), Luxembourg can be reached from Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Paris, among others. The EuroCity travels via Koblenz or Basel (all connections with one change) to Luxembourg. From Frankfurt / aM you can take the Intercity direct to Luxembourg (travel time: 4 hours). Intercity trains run daily from Luxembourg to Brussels (journey time: 3 hours). All major international trains have dining cars. For more information, contact the CFL (Internet: www.cfl.lu) in Luxembourg.
Rail passes
InterRail: Children (4-11 years), young people (12-25 years) and adults (from 26 years) who have had a permanent place of residence in Europe, the CIS or Turkey for at least 6 months can use InterRail. The InterRail one-country pass is available for travel in almost 30 European countries including Macedonia and Turkey and is valid for 3, 4, 6, 8 days within 1 month in one country. Children aged 4-11 travel at half the adult price. The InterRail Global Passenables travel through several countries and is offered with different validity periods. Either 5 days out of 10 days total validity or 10 out of 22 can be selected. A continuous period of 22 days or 1 month is also possible.
Note on arriving by train
Discounts
The SaarLorLux-Ticket is a joint initiative of the Saarland, the Lorraine region, Luxembourg, the French railways SNCF, the Luxembourgish railways CFL and the Deutsche Bahn DB Regio. The SaarLorLux-Ticket is an international nice weekend ticket. The ticket can be used by individual travelers and groups of up to 5 people with no age limit. For further information see www.bahn.de.
In addition, the offers CFL the day return Trier on, with which one in a day from Luxembourg to Trier and can drive back.