Top 10 facts about: Luxembourg

1. The treaty resolved a crisis over Luxembourg between France and Prussia provoked by an offer by France to buy Luxembourg from the Dutch.

2. In terms of gross domestic product per capita, Luxembourg is now the world’s second richest country behind Qatar.

3. It also has the EU’s highest minimum wage.

4. Luxembourg is the world’s only Grand Duchy. The present Grand Duke is Crown Prince Henri. 

5. According to Guinness World Records, the restaurant Chiggeri in Luxembourg has the world’s biggest wine list.

6. The name of Luxembourg derives from an ancient Saxon fortress Lucilinburhuc, meaning little fortress. 

7. Luxembourg has a population slightly higher than Sheffield and an area just lower than Dorset.

8. Luxembourg’s national dish is bouneschlupp, a mixture of green bean soup with potatoes, bacon and onions.

9. Luxembourg has won the Eurovision Song Contest five times, the same number as Britain.

10. “A woman is as old as she wishes to tell you.” (Luxembourg proverb).

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