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Luxembourg

Want to spend time in a verdant land of rushing rivers, high hills and crumbling castles? Want to wile away the hours in a land that oozes an air of timeless tranquility? You can in Luxembourg.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg takes up an area of 2586 square kilometers and is home to 415,870 people. Wedged between France, Germany and Belgium, it encompasses forested highlands in the north (the Ardennes) and rolling farmland and world-class vineyards in the south. The country’s capital, Luxembourg City, is in the south of the country. Present-day Luxembourg exists thanks to Count Sigefroid of Ardennes who raised a castle here in 963 AD. By the end of the Middle Ages, Siegfroid’s city had Burgundians, Spanish, French, Austrians and Prussians all fighting each other for control of it. Besieged, destroyed and rebuilt more than twenty times in 400 years, it became the strongest fortress in Europe, after Gibraltar. The discovery of iron ore in 1850 ensured that Luxembourg would take its place among Europe’s economic powers.

Today, Luxembourg’s per capita GDP is one of the world’s highest and its people enjoy a consistently high standard of living. The country boasts a range of spectacularly verdant landscapes crisscrossed by rivers and dotted with fairy-tale hamlets. Great skiing and hiking opportunities abound in the north while the Moselle Valley, just east of Luxembourg City, is one of Europe’s most idyllic wine producing regions. Enjoy some of the valley’s fruity white wine accompanied by local specialities such as liver dumplings with sauerkraut while taking in the air of tranquil antiquity that oozes from this small state.

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