Luxembourg

Traveling

Passport and visa requirements: Visas and Passports of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Visa HQ
Health precautions

Time and time difference: It is %T:%M %A in Luxembourg (GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer)
Summer time period: Summer time from March to October

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Culinary specialties: The Luxembourg food is a mixture of French, Belgian and German recipes.
Smoked pork carré
Piglet in jelly
Ham of the Ardennes
Quetsches pie
Soufflé omelet with kirsch
Drinks: white wines of the Moselle.
Luxembourg beers: Mousel, Bofferding, Diekirch and Simon.
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Domestic currency: From January 1st of 2002, the currency in circulation is the euro. There are some notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros. The nominal values of the coins are the following: 1 cent (or 1/100 of euro), 2 cents, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, 1 euro and 2 euros.
To obtain domestic currency: To find out the locations of ATMs in Luxembourg, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express.

Official language: Luxembourger
Other languages spoken: The majority of Luxembourgers also speak French, German and English. French is used for written legislation. Moreover, French, Luxembourg and German are used as administrative and judicial languages. French is the common language of the Administration especially in writing. Luxembourger is the most frequently used language in private life. Television in Luxembourg is in French but radio broadcasts in the three languages.
Business language: Luxembourger, English, French and German.
Getting some knowledge
Free translation tools: Eurodicautom - The European Union Dictionary (12 languages available)
Babel Fish - Free English-German-English translator of texts and web pages
Leo - German-English-German dictionary with over 300,000 entries
Babel Fish - Free French-English-French translation of texts and web pages
Grand dictionnaire terminologique - Free French-English-French dictionary with 3 billion terms
Systran - Free English-Dutch-English translator of texts and web pages
Freedict.com - Dutch-English-Dutch dictionary

Highlights: -The national Museum of Art and History (Luxembourg),
-The Natur museum (Grund),
-The Clervaux Castle (Ardennes),
-The Museum of the Ardennes battle (Clervaux, Diekirch, Ettelbruck, Wiltz) .
Tourism organizations: Luxembourg Tourism Board
Ministry of Tourism Luxembourg