hey there fellow travelers mark here
with walters world today we're here in
luxembourg city
in luxembourg and this country has a lot
of things to do in such a small space
but we're not going to talk about just
the dues today what we're going to
actually talk about are the don'ts
of visiting luxembourg and one of the
don'ts i've actually seen when i've been
walking around here is
don't worry about crossing the street
because everybody will stop for you
you know there's certain places like in
toronto the traffic always styles for
the pedestrians
here is definitely one of those places
so the buses the taxis the drivers the
bikes
they all seem to stop for you which is
really cool as a tourist because you're
looking around and taking in all the
beautiful architecture and the palace
and the
churches and stuff like that and hey
you're not worried about getting hit so
it's kind of a funny thing
but i will tell you it will be a little
bit of consternation for you if you're
driving here
or if you're in a taxi wanted to hurry
because they will wait for the
pedestrians
all the time so i just want to give you
the heads up to start off with that one
my second dome for you is don't expect
to see a lot of luxembourges
or luxembourgers when you are here
though there there's 600 000
people that live in luxembourg only
about half the actual population
are luxembourgers okay and the thing is
is this is a very
international very diverse country so
you know about 50
of people aren't from here and so you'll
see a big portuguese population i know
when i walk into the stores every time i
come here
i get so excited to see the superbach
and sumo from portugal i'm like yes
i'm back in my old land it's so cool but
the thing is kind of a typical
luxembourg family these days is maybe
the moms from france the dads from spain
and the kids were born here in
luxembourg and so it's a very
international place so you have
international restaurants
tons and tons of different languages
you'll hear german you'll hear french
and everyone else will also speak
english and you'll hear actually some
luxembourgish occasionally as well
so you do have that but you know what
don't expect to meet a local but if you
do
get a picture of them so you can prove
that they exist it's like it
it's like when you see a leprechaun like
oh there's one i saw one and so it's the
same thing with the lutson burgers
now the next donut i have for you is
don't worry about the ups
and downs here in luxembourg city so
down behind me you have the groon that's
down below that's the old center of the
city and so you can go down there this
nice little
you know small passageways and the small
alleys and stuff like that
there's not a lot of shops on things
like that but it's wonderful to walk
around
you've got the natural history museums
down there you got the new moonsto
that's right behind me you can see that
it is a nice place to go but it's way
down there and then you have the up part
of the city okay and there you have the
notre dame
church you can go into there the
cathedral you can go into you go to st
michael's which is right over here
you can go to the casements that are
right over there it's the old
fortification like caves
that you can go through it's really cool
and you're gonna see all these things
but there's some up and there's some
down and some people go
i don't want to walk down there that's a
long ways to go and come back up
don't worry there's a couple elevators
that actually take you down and bring
you back up
so you can enjoy both of them and
because i would say going down to the
ground
is definitely much more of a relaxing
place to go and like you'll be more by
yourself than if you're up here in the
upper city
so do have a heads up for that now with
the upper city and lower c
kind of gets me thinking about another
donut i have for you is don't forget to
bring a good pair of walking shoes
because walking around the city and it's
very compact you can see pretty much all
the
the upper city in a couple hours just
walking around and going to the groomed
and other parts down there
you're going to be walking around but
it's a lot of walking around and a lot
of hills and up and down it's really
important
that you have a good pair of walking
shoes because you can walk along
the konisha basin with those calls their
balcony this basically nice little
walkway that i'm on right here
to overlook and see the groom and see
all kinds of places but you're going to
be doing a lot of walking and you don't
want your dogs barking when you're here
okay so make sure you got some good
shoes
now my next stop for you is when you're
walking around you're seeing all this
beautiful architecture you're going to
see some pretty fancy stores as well
and you might want to do a little bit of
shopping when you're in luxembourg but
the thing is
don't expect to do any shopping in the
evening or on sundays because
you know what in the evenings they close
the shops early so you're not going to
get a lot of shopping done at night so
make sure you're doing your shopping
during the day and then enjoy the
outdoor cafes and stuff like that during
the evening times
where you can have some some drinks and
some bites and stuff like that
because that's what you're going to do
it's not nighttime shopping here sadly
so one of the things you'll notice when
you're shopping or when you're going out
to restaurants and something like that
is the service here and my don't for
that is don't expect
friendly service don't expect over the
top service don't expect help for
service
a lot of times you'll be going into
shops or different places it seems like
they're they're gifting you the chance
that you get to shop there or you get to
be there i mean it's been a couple times
our kids had said
did something happen that the shop
attendant was mad at you mom or
mad at you dad and i'm like no i just
wanted to spend money i just want to get
some water i wanted to get a shirt i
want to get you guys some
a souvenir and you're like what the heck
and it's funny because my french friends
that are here even mentioned like
yeah even for the french we find their
service here pretty bad in luxembourg so
just have a heads up for that there's no
point to get upset because believe me
they're treating everyone the same way
so just realize that everybody's getting
bad service
and you'll be okay all right it just
helps you get through that a bit so you
don't get as frustrated
now another service that tourists like
to use is like uber and lyft and so my
dump for that is
don't expect to find lyft or uber when
you are here in luxembourg
they're taxi systems you can get apps
for the different like web taxi and
stuff like that
so you can get their taxis that'll come
pick you up all over the country and
take you all over
they are a bit pricier than what you're
usually typically getting with like an
uber or something like that
but they do come and we we were staying
out in one of the far out villages
and they still came and got us at one
o'clock in the morning so it's not
really a problem but
don't think you're gonna have uber or
lyft you're gonna have to use the taxis
when you're here and the thing is i
guess another thing would go off of that
is also the taxis are a little pricey so
maybe
don't skip getting the luxembourg card
when you're here
because it gives you free public
transportation around luxembourg the
luxembourg city and stuff like that
which is awesome because there's buses
that go all over the place and it's
pretty efficient so you can use that so
maybe
you don't feel you have to take taxis
but you know so you know get the public
transportation
that card can really help out now my
next stone has to do with how long
you're going to stay here
don't think that you need more than a
weekend to really enjoy luxembourg
because since it is a relatively small
country i mean
it's like you know 80 90 miles up and
down 50 60 miles across
you know so it's not super huge so you
can get to a lot of places
and they have public transportation that
will get you a lot of places too but you
don't need a super ton of time
because you can really wander the city
here in luxembourg city and see some of
the good museums
the museum of modern art is really cool
when you're here there's a natural
history there's some other ones here to
check out
occasionally go to the the grand duke of
palace and things like that
but it's not like there's tons and tons
and tons of stuff to do so you can go
out and explore
other things but don't think you have to
spend a lot of time here and kind of
leading off that
don't think you need to spend more than
a weekend is don't think that this
country is too small to visit
because there is more to see than just
luxembourg city because there's tons of
castles
all over luxembourg because this is kind
of like a crossroads
throughout europe so there's all kinds
of really cool castles to see
throughout the country and probably the
easiest castle to get to when you are
here is the vyondin castle
i'm sure i'm saying to run at least i
spilled it right down below it's pretty
easy to get to there's a nice little
village there as well you can check out
so it can be your afternoon day trip
when you're here in luxembourg city base
yourself here
there's also the village of ectronaut
which is a nice little village you can
go see the saint peter and paul church
is there
it's worth visiting as well and you can
also go up to the ardennes and the kind
of like the hilly region and the north
so there's plenty of stuff to see and do
when you're here
for a nice robust weekend trip but not
more than that okay you don't need to
spend too much more there
because you're not going to want to
because my next stone for you is don't
think it's going to be cheap coming here
luxembourg is one of the most one of the
richest countries in the world and the
prices reflect that
in accommodation and going out to eat
going out to drink buying stuff things
like that
you're going to spend a pretty penny
when you're here that's what i'm saying
is do this as a weekend you got more
time go to france it's cheaper go to
belgium or germany it's cheaper to go
there and the thing is you'll see that
in the people because a lot of people
actually that work here they actually
live in france or live in germany or
belgium and then they
commute in because it's so much cheaper
not to live here so
don't be surprised if you're like wow
how did i spend so much money here when
i was only here for a weekend
that's luxembourg now i kind of related
a little bit this before when i was
talking about how
you know the shops closed a little bit
earlier and people like to live a little
bit farther out of the city like in
other countries
and that kind of leads into our next
stone which is don't expect to see a lot
of people
out and about in the evening times
because so many people live outside the
city and
you know it is rather expensive here you
don't have a lot really going on
at night and so when you wander around
on the evening it's almost like you have
this whole european capital to yourself
which is kind of a cool experience if
you're staying in town it will be worth
your money because you will be like
having a city to yourself
another don't i have for you which a lot
of our travelers like to always ask
about is wi-fi hey
in luxembourg city you don't have to
worry about wi-fi they actually have
free wi-fi
throughout the city so you can just log
on and have that and share your
instagram pictures of
going in the casements or going to the
groomed or or seeing the golden lady and
stuff like that you do have those things
so that's kind of cool
but one thing you won't see too many
instagram pictures of is the food here
and my don't for that is don't think
it's gonna be easy to find luxembourg
food when you are here now there's some
stuff you can have like they have some
dumplings that are nice and
the wine for the mosul river region yeah
that's some good wine you can have that
but in general what you're gonna have
when you're here is you're gonna have
international food you have italian food
greek food
portuguese food and the thing is the
italian restaurants are with italians
running the whole thing and the greek
restaurants
is a greek family ramen running in the
portuguese restaurants the portuguese
family's running it because it's such an
international city
the food here is really good from all
the different countries that are there
because the people are from there and
they know what it's supposed to taste
like so you actually eat really well so
when you spend a lot of money
you're not really that upset because the
food is pretty good but don't expect to
find too much luxembourg food when
you're out there
even at the grocery stores it's a little
bit tough to find some of it so
just have a heads up for that and my
last stone for you is
don't think it's too hard to get here
look getting from paris if you want to
do a day trip from paris you actually
can you can take a tgv
it's only about two and a half hours to
get from the paris goddess
to here in luxembourg and two and a half
hours back
so you leave in the morning you can
spend the whole day here then head back
in the evening you know
leaving like the workers and heading
back to france and stuff like that
or you can go if you want to go to
belgium it's not too far either we came
from brussels about another
two and a half hour ride there not bad
at all so you can actually
you make it an easy day trip from either
those places also you can come in from
germany too so there's a lot of options
for you
to get here and enjoy here and i i hope
this video helps you know a bit more
about luxembourg
because a lot of people don't really
know anything about it they know it's
that little tiny country there that's
somewhere between like germany and
belgium and france yeah it's between all
three
so they do have that so i hope this
helps you know a bit more what not to do
when you're here
so you can you can enjoy more of what
you do do when you do come here
anyway if you want to learn more maybe
you want to learn about belgium or
france or germany some of the
neighboring countries and their cultures
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time here in luxembourg
because you know what it's so gorgeous
here when you're going around that you
will enjoy the nature and you will enjoy
the cute towns and the castles and all
those things so
i'll see you later bye from luxembourg