The Wealthiest Country in the World | Luxembourg

The Wealthiest Country in the World | Luxembourg
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In today's video I travel the the country of Luxembourg which is one of the smallest but wealthiest countries in the world.

[florentdedeken]

You said 'you only need 1-2 days to visit the entire country as everything is a couple of blocks away'. This is not correct, as you are clearly speaking about the capital city Luxembourg City and not the country. Don't think Luxembourg is similar to for example Monaco. The country itself has much more to offer than what you showed in this video. It has beautiful castles, forests, lakes, ... even a part called 'La Petite Suisse' (Little Switzerland). It's very beautiful and nice for hiking & mountainbiking. Just wanted to set that clear :-)

[chrisnothum]

As a Luxembourgish person I have to say that you have some interesting things to say about Luxembourg, but also quiet a few things wrong, especially about the population as we have around 630000 inhabitants and there are around 230000 people from neighboring countries crossing the border to work, so during working hours the population goes up to over 860000.
Plus, you said that a day is enough to see everything of the country, which is completely wrong as there is much to see throughout the countryside.
Lastly, even though Luxembourg is a rather rich county the risk of poverty is still 21, 5%, which while still under EU average is still pretty high.

But generally pretty good video. :)

[bellaxws]

As a Luxembourgish resident I'm quite disappointed with this video. Your sources aren't quite correct. Luxembourg's population is not 500 000!!!! Also our country is much bigger than just Luxembourg city. There's a lot to be seen. You could easily need a whole week to visit the most beautiful places in Luxembourg and not just 1 day. As far as for hotels, yes it will be expensive if you book it last minute (like anywhere else). You can get a 5* hotel for less than 200€.

[matildamead]

My mum grew up in Luxembourg and she can speak 7 languages fluently (English, Luxembourgish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German). As a child, she only spoke Portuguese to her parents as her parents came to Luxembourg from Portugal so that was her mother tongue. She lives in the UK now and hasn't been speaking all of them as much so is a bit rusty🤣

[jeffcrocenzi]

It is simply not true that 25 percent of the population are millionaires. Also a lot of families can't afford to buy or rent houses or flats in Luxembourg, so they emigrate to Germany, France and Belgium while still working in Luxembourg.

[cynthiagautier]

As a person who was born and raised in Luxembourg i just wanna put out a disclaimer. There are lots of jobs in Luxembourg and it is fairly easy to get a job PROVIDED that you speak English (international companies) and/or most of the national languages (luxembourgish, german, french) AND that you have at least a Bachelors degree. Ive seen too many people come to luxembourg bc someone told them how nice it is and moving here just to live through hell on earth. Accomodation might be the biggest misery bc most places now dont even rent you a place anymore if you are not in an fixed indetermined work contract (cdi). If you only have a contract for like a year or 2 (cdd) most people will not rent you their place. Thus creating lots of black work and unethical contracts and living situations.
Also if this wasnt enough to show you a little more about what reality is really like in Luxembourg: the stat that shows how rich we are is actually NOT a true representation of reality. Lots of companies headquarters are moving to luxembourg and their big bosses along high jacking our stats. And the eu parliament and court that are situated in luxembourg have a special agreement that exempt their workers from lots of taxes which creates a huge difference between their salaries and those of any other person working in Luxembourg.
Of course not all is bad, the fact that a lot of things are becoming free in luxembourg (public transport, school books, daycare for children etc) is bc politics noticed that it is getting harder to live in luxembourg and that a lot of people are being forced to move to the borders bc property in luxembourg is just unaffordable. Take some bills of their shoulders allows them to invest back into luxembourg again

[maiararebordao]

Well actually, I'm in Luxembourg right now too and I would say that there is a lot more to see than just Luxembourg City. The forests are beautiful and I'm in Esch-Sur-Alzette which is another decent-sized city with a beautiful park nearby. Many times just visiting the capital doesn't give you the full experience of any country. Your friend also forgot to mention that the country is very diverse in the sense of having many different cultures because of immigrants coming to live there.

[daweichen]

As someone born in Luxembourg, I can see why it is a really nice place to live in.

To be hoenst, I am quite satisfied. There is only the issue of expensive houses and the education system that used to drive me crazy 😂

[giuliosoro]

Amazing job Brett and Chris, good to see you two coming over here.
Been in Luxembourg almost 9 years now, and I am still amazed, my daughters were born here and it's still incredible hearing a 4yrs old and a 6yrs old fluently speaking 4 languages already!
As for the millionaires, given the prices of housing everyone who has a house can classify as such, albeit everyone has a huge mortage to afford those as well.. but yes, many Porsches and Bentleys!

btw you can more or less visit the city in 24hrs yes, but the "country" is way bigger, and there are hidden gems spread all around that are worth a visit, next time stay few days more and we'll show you around!

[reuterromain]

I find it to be offensive when a non-national person tells the world that our national language is a "dialect - german mixed with french words". Because it is neither a dialect nor is it german mixed with french words.

[mchartmann]

I was just in Luxembourg since I am Dual citizen with Luxembourg. If you know what you are doing you can find cheap deals. I decided to stay in a hotel for 5 days and it was 350 euro for the week. My lunches averaged around 8 euro. Also since inside country transport is free I took the train and bus to Echternach Luxembourg where I spent time as a child.

[SntYvsLrnt]

Luxembourg and Switzerland are like real life fantasies.

[melanielife]

So Luxembourgish teen here, we are at about 670.000 people in the country right now with an additional 220.000 cross-border workers. So we're quite a bit more than 500.000 people. Also you might want to add that, about half the population immigrated. It's extremely diverse. One big thing is that you mixed up the country's name with the name of it's capital, both of them being Luxembourg. There is a whole lot more to see, the East is known for it's wine, the South for the steel industry which made the country rich, and the North is very rural with a lot of forrests and lakes.
The biggest negativ point is the housing crisis we're facing, there is not a house under a million euro sold these days. 20 years ago it was 1/3 of that price.

[thiebaudlohisse]

Really nice to see our country shown on youtube, but a bit gutted that no ‘real’ Luxembourger joined to give some ‘real’ information about life in Luxembourg, language, culture, etc., that are not the clichés as mentionned here

[andrepinto]

Not to be an arse, just want to point out some things wrong or misunderstood.
1) Transports are free but they're originally meant to combat the vehicle flood. (Isnt working well because the public network isnt on point yet)
2) Luxembourgish is not a dialect. Yes the language uses words from German or French but do not confuse it with either language.
3) Do NOT eat fast food in Luxembourg. It's expensive and most of the times you get some real food for similar prices.
4) Try to find hotels outside of the capital since the public network to and from the capital are well established.
5) Luxembourg city is not the whole country. There's Vianden for its castle, The Giele Botter marching trecks etc which are all outside of the capital.

[rolandcassar]

I'm a Luxemburger (although I'v been living in Paris for near on forty years now) and I have a slight correction : you CAN'T see the whole country in a day. You can see the whole of Luxembourg City in a day, but not the country.

[sirfredrickhandsman]

I'M NEW TO BTC AND I'VE BEEN MAKING LOSSES TRYING TO MAKE PROFIT MYSELF IN TRADING...I THOUGHT TRADING ON DEMO ACCOUNT IS JUST LIKE TRADING THE REAL MARKET... CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT OR AT LEAST ADVICE ME ON WHAT TO DO?

[MRF_AGRO_]

Today I have seen in a DW documentary on poverty in Luxembourg, named 'Land of Plenty' that mentioned every 1 in 15 residents are millionaire in this country. But mention every one is millionaire.

[celinemartins]

I’m a native, and whilst I really enjoyed your video, I also have to say that unfortunately you got a bunch of stuff wrong 😅 One of them is that we definitely do not have that many millionaires! 😅 Yes wages are decent but life in Luxembourg is hella expensive! I also feel like you could have found a much cheaper hotel, as the Grand Hotel Cravat is quiet expensive haha But all in all it was really nice to see my beautiful country on your channel ;) It is a nice country to grow up in and it has lots to offer and so much to see. Come back any time ! ;)

[ClaudhyaLifestyle]

I work there in Luxembourg in finance and yes I can clearly say that this country offers opportunities and a satisfactory salary level. Very realistic vlog!