Name: 地理Now!ルクサンブール (Geography Now! LUXEMBOURG)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T10:20:55.000Z
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We are so lucky today, because we are doing, Luck-sembourg (Luxembourg)!

Just make sure you don't call it Little Switzerland,

Hey everybody I am your host Barbs! I once had a conversation with a German guy, and it kind of went like this:

Hey, so what's interesting in Luxembourg like what do people do when they go there?

You know you can open up a bank account. You know. It's pretty cool

No, but seriously, Luxembourg is kind of like this curiously distinct nation with a lot of mixed hybrid culture cues

that have jumbled up to create what it is today.

Oh, and it's like super small. You can drive across the entire nation in like 45 minutes.

Let's find out where it is on the map now, shall we?

I feel like we're kind of just playing copy and paste because we did

Liechtenstein, another rich landlocked microstate tax haven and now it's happening again.

First of all, Luxembourg is a landlocked nation located in Western Europe right along the tri-point of France Germany and Belgium.

The country is only about 35 miles or 57 kilometers wide and 51 miles or 82 km long

making it just barely under a 1,000 square miles in area or 2,500 square kilometers.

The country is made up of 12 cantons with the capital of Luxembourg City located in the south

which also acts as one of the three capitals of the EU. In addition to Brussels, Belgium, and Strasburg, France. Luxembourg city also holds the

European Court of Justice the highest judicial authority in the EU. Out of the 12 main towns and cities, the largest ones after

Luxembourg City are Esch-sur-Alzette and Differdange. The country has one main Airport:

Luxembourg City International close to the capital which is actually the fifth busiest cargo

transporting Airport in Europe servicing three large shipping airlines: Cargolux, China Airlines Cargo and Qatar Airways cargo.

Yeah, when you want to make quick cash, you got to make yourself a transport hub with great international trade rates.

You know what I'm talking about Singapore?

Now traditionally, the country is kind of divided into two main regions when it comes to populous. The Oesling or "Eiseck" in the north

which has most of the higher hills and forests. And the flatter Gutland in the south where about eighty-five percent of the population lives.

Luxembourg actually used to be a lot larger in the past until three partitions happened from the French, Prussians and finally the Belgians in the

1800s. To add insult to injury, they actually named their largest southern region touching Luxembourg the

"Luxembourg region". For such a small land area though, Luxembourg is incredibly compact

with amazing ancient sites and landmarks and businesses. Over 100 castles 75 of which were built in the Middle Ages.

I mean there's a reason why they were labeled the European Capital of Culture twice.

Over 150 main banks and many companies like Skype, Amazon, Pepsi, JPMorgan, FedEx and IKEA have their European headquarters in Luxembourg.

So yeah, this place knows how to keep busy with commerce. Speaking of which, some notable sites of interest might include:

smaller castles like Beaufort, Hollenfels, Bourshield,

Larocehette and the Grand Ducal Palace of Luxembourg. Lots of stuff happening on such a small space.

Speaking of which, let's jump into the landscape now.

Luxembourg is sometimes referred to as the Green Heart of Europe. Speaking of which,

they do kind of have the highest ecological footprint in the world.

As mentioned before, the northern part of the country or the

Öesling highlands are part of the greater Ardennes hilly range

that extends across South Belgium into Germany. With the tallest peak at only 560 meters, Kneiff summit

Just one meter taller than Buurgplaatz, which is often mistaken for the highest point

but it's not. Most of the country's 30% forest coverage

can be found here and in the eastern Müllethal forest. From here, the important rivers, the Sûre,

Woltz and Alzette all join up in the middle whereas the largest body of water being the upper Sûre Lake Reservoir.

However the longest river is the Moselle flowing along the border with Germany in the east.

Let's see, some other things to note: Luxembourg only gets about 61 days of sunshine a year so uhh...

They have the highest consumption of wine per capita out of any country in Europe.

They also have the highest rate of car ownership at about 650 per thousand residents. The national animal is the gold crest bird

Actually in ancient times, Lions did naturally inhabit parts of southern Europe and Asia.

However today, due to human interaction and natural environment ships, they're actually almost exclusively found

you're here ok. Because I've been meaning to take a break from teaching these friggin annoying...

adorable subscribe of mine. I need a triple shot of espresso, okay?

You know how they tell prompter works, the audience loves you, okay? Take it away.

Historically Luxembourg didn't really have too much going on prior the 20th century

And it wasn't until huge iron ore deposits were found in the South Redlands that really kicked off their industry output.

Today the world's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal merged the Indian Mittal company

is headquartered in Luxembourg City and today produces nearly 100 million tonnes of steel.

But steel isn't Luxembourg financial trophy. In fact the industry has been in decline since the 70s. What really gave Luxembourg a boost was a

financial and banking sectors. In 1929, they passed the holding law which meant that corporate holding companies be allowed

manager subsidiaries in Luxembourg for incredibly low tax rates, some as low as 1%.

Finally in the late 90s and early 2000s, known as a golden age during the online business and tech boom

in which they doubled their GDP per capita in only five years

by a complex system of business and management deals. This however did lead to this as frequent Lux leaks 2014

in which tax evasion techniques were released the public from a team of accountants. This was a huge deal

which then led politicians calling for reforms all over the world.

Some of the top dishes of the country might include things like: Fried potato pancakes, boiled pork meat with beans,

Human-shaped brioche pastries and Kacheis.

Speaking of food, are you in the mood for some

Luxembourger, that's what you call somebody from this country.

Luxembourgish is what you call the language and something from this country,

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