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  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow  6 років тому +2117

    When Elon's Tesla broke down he was furious because he had to rent a 98' corolla. I guess you could say he was "Mad" at "a-gas-car!" Badum tsss! ....Oh shoot. Wait. That's for the next episode. Sorry, uh... Banks, Castles and something about space mining? Enjoy LUXEMBOURG!!!
    BTW Strasbourg thing is fixed in the Flag friday episode. JFYI.

  • @lukesumberg9182
    @lukesumberg9182 6 років тому +2505

    My name is Luke Sumberg, and people always say it sounds like Luxembourg. It does.

    • @fe-jo
      @fe-jo 6 років тому +199

      Luke Sumberg from Luxembourg in Luxembourg would be cool!

    • @theduck001
      @theduck001 6 років тому +10

      Hahah

    • @theduck001
      @theduck001 6 років тому +2

      @lazycatlux It's "Luc" (french like) here ? Luc Sumberg 😁

    • @theduck001
      @theduck001 6 років тому +1

      @lazycatlux I know a Luc from Luxembourg and a Luke from Ireland living in Germany.

    • @ay613
      @ay613 5 років тому +1

      So what ur real name then😂

  • @_Gongola
    @_Gongola 6 років тому +3596

    Did Germany take Alsace-Lorraine again without me realising

    • @bigyeet5857
      @bigyeet5857 6 років тому +86

      Höhöhö

    • @alejomed265
      @alejomed265 6 років тому +116

      This video has way too many faults

    • @alexandernoname6339
      @alexandernoname6339 6 років тому +174

      If so even we Germans didn't noticed it :D

    • @bauer9472
      @bauer9472 6 років тому +84

      Year that was sneaky :D, with all the attention in syria and stuff we thought: Now or never! And nobody realiced it :D

    • @saddamhussein3849
      @saddamhussein3849 6 років тому +19

      So that's why Barbs mentioned the Ardennes...

  • @anapatriciia8059
    @anapatriciia8059 4 роки тому +336

    im a portuguese raised in luxembourg and actually still living here and i have to say i was 12 years old and spoke 5 languages which i am totally grateful about, what i love the most is how i sometimes mix those 5 languages in one sentance when im speaking to someone close to me lmao sometimes i dont even notice its just a reflex and i must say everyone that has grown up in luxembourg does the same thing

    • @jpaulo_ap
      @jpaulo_ap 3 роки тому +19

      That's incredible. And here I am struggling to learn my third language.

    • @alexcordeiro5591
      @alexcordeiro5591 3 роки тому +11

      i'm 14 years old and i have the same problem when i am speaking to my portuguese mom sometimes i forget some words and start speaking in other languages she doesn't understand lmao

    • @damired
      @damired 3 роки тому +7

      It's a pleasure to see another five-lingual mate here :)

    • @alexcordeiro5591
      @alexcordeiro5591 3 роки тому +5

      @@damired pleasure to meet you, im a five lingual person aswell

    • @damired
      @damired 3 роки тому +1

      @@alexcordeiro5591 awesome! What are your languages besides English and Portuguese?

  • @Raphael_Blumm
    @Raphael_Blumm 4 роки тому +2714

    That moment when the video has more views than Luxembourg has inhabitants

    •  4 роки тому +1

      @NICK GRRR lol 14 minutes ago

    • @thamuribrahim5238
      @thamuribrahim5238 4 роки тому +97

      @NICK GRRR your not funny dude

    • @Noiee_suspirium
      @Noiee_suspirium 4 роки тому +11

      LMAOO

    • @Noiee_suspirium
      @Noiee_suspirium 4 роки тому +23

      Why are y'all mad he was just joking 😂

    • @thamuribrahim5238
      @thamuribrahim5238 4 роки тому +6

      @NICK GRRR Man I was trying to make you pissed my bad 🤦

  • @saebelzahnseba
    @saebelzahnseba 4 роки тому +774

    Correction: We're at the very least Quadrilingual. Luxembourgish, german, french and english are all mandatory languages. On top of those 4, a lot of people additionally speak dutch or portuguese or spanish as well.

    • @martenkats6915
      @martenkats6915 4 роки тому +87

      I remember that when I went to Luxembourg, I asked for directions and as someone who speaks German, English and French I politely asked which languague the person I was dealing with spoke. Turned out I could use all 3 of these languagues with pretty much anyone in the country...

    • @integralboi2900
      @integralboi2900 4 роки тому +47

      Yup, in my school all 4 of those languages are taught. Though, more importance is given to French as it’s used more.

    • @givemeursuborelse890
      @givemeursuborelse890 4 роки тому +18

      Bruh Luxemburg is full of people from Portugal

    • @nouraclaudina4163
      @nouraclaudina4163 4 роки тому +23

      Capverdeans who are born in Luxembourg speak at least 6-7 languages.

    • @tims.3916
      @tims.3916 4 роки тому +8

      English is not a mandatory language in luxembourg

  • @emilycurren4528
    @emilycurren4528 5 років тому +262

    “Historically Luxembourg doesn’t really have too much going on prior to the 20th century” *overlooks the whole history of the casemates and why the Lux City is built the way it is*

    • @msaocer
      @msaocer 4 роки тому +13

      He could have talked about the fortifications that Vauban built

    • @rey_nemaattori
      @rey_nemaattori Рік тому +1

      The fortress was literally what made Luxemburg a pivotal control point in the history of NorthWest-Europe.

  • @Dangic23
    @Dangic23 5 років тому +479

    When I lived in Germany, I used to drive to Luxembourg just to buy macarons at Ladurée...and drive back home.

    • @danrib4048
      @danrib4048 5 років тому +7

      Dangic23 Ladurée*

    • @Liam-zg2ip
      @Liam-zg2ip 5 років тому +4

      Lmfao nice

    • @leuvenfra
      @leuvenfra 4 роки тому +1

      @@Reichsritter Hm. Ein Nazi.

    • @Agnitlafr
      @Agnitlafr 4 роки тому +2

      Pierre Hermé's macarons are even better (and even more expensive... 😭)

    • @Dangic23
      @Dangic23 4 роки тому +1

      @@danrib4048
      Thanks.....my keyboard does not recognize that as a word.
      Fixed it for you.

  • @ethanhatcher5533
    @ethanhatcher5533 6 років тому +750

    Love this country! Greetings from Limberwisk!

  • @ramihamzeh9527
    @ramihamzeh9527 6 років тому +1305

    *"S T R A S B O U R G , G E R M A N Y"*

  • @sava3786
    @sava3786 4 роки тому +740

    as a fellow luxembourger, i laughed my ass off at your tries to pronounce our cities. xD

    • @msaocer
      @msaocer 4 роки тому +17

      Are they really that hard to pronounce?
      What's really hard tho is Ireland's villages

    • @msaocer
      @msaocer 4 роки тому +3

      @Michigan Mapping [CDP] I said Irish because there's a town with a really difficult name

    • @msaocer
      @msaocer 4 роки тому +1

      @Michigan Mapping [CDP] I don't care if I'm late I didn't even need to reply to you

    • @msaocer
      @msaocer 4 роки тому

      @Michigan Mapping [CDP] Yes, I've confused Ireland with Wales

    • @StyggeOrd08
      @StyggeOrd08 4 роки тому +3

      luxury burger

  • @maxkoller2677
    @maxkoller2677 4 роки тому +63

    Luxemburger here:
    This is the most accurate video about Luxembourg that I have seen.
    The only thing that I was kind of bummed about not beeing mentioned was the golden lady (gëlle fra).

    • @Phlepp
      @Phlepp 3 роки тому +6

      jo dat stemmt

  • @idontwatchmuch
    @idontwatchmuch 6 років тому +460

    I have cousins in France and Luxembourg who I stayed with last year.
    I can't emphasize how multilingual everyone is there. Two of the cousins who I met are around 20 or 21, and since I only spoke English, they apologized since English was their "fifth language". Yet within minutes I realized they had a -very- advanced knowledge of English. Their fifth language and were visibly uncomfortable speaking it, but did it way better than most people who I know speak English as a second language.
    I don't know how the Luxembourgers do this, but whatever language learning techniques they have needs to be exported.
    Also, the Grand Duchy lives across the street from a business called the Chocolate House. They have his portrait behind the counter.
    And I didn't know Mondorf-Les-Bains was a major site even though my cousins paid for me to go there for the day. There are a lot of old naked men who are there in the facility. No joke.

    • @kingtomas7276
      @kingtomas7276 6 років тому +53

      We don't have any special learning techniques for languages here, we just learn it. You don't need to know all four languages in the first place. Not everyone in Luxemburg is a polyglot after all. I suggest if you're a tourist French and English are your best bet but if you want to live in Luxemburg, Luxemburgish and French are very usefull to start off with.
      German is only taught because Luxemburgers have more difficulty in learning French than German. Otherwise German is only spoken at work...sometimes. So don't expect people to talk German in Luxemburg when you visit the country. Learn Portuguese it's way more usefull the German😂
      P.S. I live in Mondorf and I can relate😂😂

    • @Sirinwara
      @Sirinwara 6 років тому +17

      learning languages is only weird in Britain.
      Most Germans speak English, Dutch people speak at least two, but rather three (German, English and some speak French), etc.
      In the UK it is not really emphasised how important it is to pick up a language and as a result you don't really find anyone to practice it with if you would like to start it (unless you'd go for Czech or Polish in which case you'd find plenty of people :D )
      And my favourite: if you can say baguette and bonjour, you'd say you speak French. :D
      On the other hand there are some tenacious fellows. The former British ambassador in Hungary actually bothered to learn our language and most people who know him adore him for that

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 6 років тому +33

      @@Sirinwara French people are also monolingual most of the time. More and more of us speak English, but we tend to be pretty bad at learning languages, simply because, just like the US and UK (and unlike Luxembourg) we're not exposed to foreign languages from a young age as French is already a major language and many people don't see the need to learn anything else as they can access most media and information in French. It's basically the same kind of situation as when American people come to visit Europe and get frustrated when realizing that not everyone speaks English.

    • @E-plunksna
      @E-plunksna 6 років тому +1

      fifth language haha
      love your comment, thank you for letting us know!

    • @laidbackjack-2680
      @laidbackjack-2680 5 років тому +8

      Dude...like all of Europe and other foreign countries knows 3+ languages... it's just the U.S. that sticks to 1 language (with the exception of those who go out and learn other languages)

  • @romeblanchard3419
    @romeblanchard3419 6 років тому +623

    *There's a two hour drive concert from here!!
    American: Omg!! yaas let's go
    Luxembourger: I ain't driving to Germany for that.

    • @LuxGamer4ever
      @LuxGamer4ever 6 років тому +3

      Agreed

    • @talknight2
      @talknight2 6 років тому +43

      All small-country people are like that :D
      In Israel taking a 1-hour bus ride to go out is a big deal, but in Russia any destination you can reach on the same day you left is considered a short distance!

    • @fittipaldi3770
      @fittipaldi3770 6 років тому +4

      Tal Sheynkman In Brazil,driving from Rio de Janeiro to Amapá takes something like 5 days. Ive never travelled like that,and some states are so big that driving from its eastern part to its western part takes 7 hours.

    • @talknight2
      @talknight2 6 років тому +4

      Eduardo Pacheco in Israel, you can drive across the entire country, border to border along the longest axis, in about 6 hours.

    • @fittipaldi3770
      @fittipaldi3770 6 років тому +1

      Tal Sheynkman Really? That seems something Impossible to us brazilians :D

  • @pierre-etiennemartineau1145
    @pierre-etiennemartineau1145 6 років тому +701

    Strasbroug in Germany? I am done....

    • @jerelax
      @jerelax 5 років тому +75

      Es ist besser so...

    • @philippw.4757
      @philippw.4757 5 років тому +41

      barbs knows how things should be loool

    • @nirokay136
      @nirokay136 5 років тому +68

      It's rightfull german territory...
      Für den Kaiser, Gott mit uns!

    • @tatarosgaming3176
      @tatarosgaming3176 5 років тому +21

      @@jerelax für den Kaiser!!! ;)

    • @HMN134
      @HMN134 5 років тому +4

      **nut**

  • @theflender4852
    @theflender4852 5 років тому +130

    This country is small but great
    Love from Georgia 🇬🇪😍🇱🇺

    • @ipadair7345
      @ipadair7345 4 роки тому +3

      Why you gotta tell your region name, like no one says they're from wyoming(partially cause no one lives there)

    • @theflender4852
      @theflender4852 4 роки тому +5

      @@ipadair7345 i want and i say it okay?

    • @theflender4852
      @theflender4852 4 роки тому +3

      @@ipadair7345 what's the point for you? If you don't like anything just continue scrolling 😉

    • @timkieffer2955
      @timkieffer2955 3 роки тому +6

      thanks greetings from Luxembourg 🇱🇺

    • @Jarl3169
      @Jarl3169 3 роки тому

      Nice

  • @cactusng
    @cactusng 6 років тому +374

    ▪I mean it is small, but trust me its not 45 minutes to drive from one side to another
    ▪ Stratssbourg is in France, not Germany
    ▪How did you not mention Vianden Castle???? Its THE castle!!!

    • @DengMam
      @DengMam 6 років тому +17

      If there’s not much traffic, Diddeleng - Elwen is totally feasible in 45minutes. Even before the Nordstroos was finished.

    • @cactusng
      @cactusng 6 років тому +4

      Joel Shinoda Maybe if you reeeaally push the speed limit

    • @Enri2447
      @Enri2447 6 років тому +10

      It’s like 2 hours 😭

    • @adr77510
      @adr77510 5 років тому +4

      Cactus ‘N Gaming it depends if you use the major roads or not. If you drive through the south Google Maps says you can get there under 40 minutes

    • @brazilbrazil2100
      @brazilbrazil2100 5 років тому +11

      from west to east it’s like 45 minutes but from north to south it’s like 1h an 30 mins

  • @МаксимГлоба-г1ь
    @МаксимГлоба-г1ь 5 років тому +417

    Luxembourg: bic
    Germany: *_K U G E L S C H R E I B E R_*

    • @rockinresurrection6542
      @rockinresurrection6542 4 роки тому +30

      Everthing seems to be agressive when you type in capital letters. This German-language joke is sooo old and boring.
      PS. You can just say Kulli in German too

    • @traumkapitan
      @traumkapitan 4 роки тому +3

      it says it all

    • @givemeursuborelse890
      @givemeursuborelse890 4 роки тому +1

      True lol

    • @luxilux9625
      @luxilux9625 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahaha

    • @momo13022000
      @momo13022000 4 роки тому +7

      Wants to make fun about the german language but doesnt even realise that he just said the brand... actually its also called „kugelschréiwer“ in luxembourgish and yes we can also call it kulli here in lux!

  • @eluminium4900
    @eluminium4900 6 років тому +1607

    Huh, Luxembrugs flag kinda looks like toothpaste...

    • @danielmills7801
      @danielmills7801 6 років тому +78

      History Fanatic
      Same with the Netherlands

    • @eluminium4900
      @eluminium4900 6 років тому +3

      Daniel Mills Yeah true

    • @rfldss89
      @rfldss89 6 років тому +35

      Yeah, a lot of people prefer the "roude Leiw", the civil flag of Luxembourg. It doesnt get confused with the Netherlands flag, and it subjectively looks better.

    • @kwya
      @kwya 6 років тому +20

      it looks like Aquafresh :D

    • @koootoshidayo
      @koootoshidayo 6 років тому +9

      So that's why indonesians remove blue colour on dutch flag when surabaya got annexed by allies

  • @jolinaluiseee
    @jolinaluiseee 3 роки тому +16

    i live right next to luxembourg in germany and i gotta say it’s one of my fav countries, like it’s so calm and so many small villages and fields, it’s absolutely beautiful

  • @bloodypelican
    @bloodypelican 6 років тому +618

    "Srasbourg, germany"
    TRIGGERED

    • @rumovonzamonien7266
      @rumovonzamonien7266 6 років тому +54

      ''Franfurt''
      TRIGGERED

    • @1988zoetje
      @1988zoetje 6 років тому +14

      It was untill the French-German war in the 18 hundreds :')

    • @titusb6792
      @titusb6792 6 років тому +11

      It was until WWI, germany got it after the French-German war :) (I think)

    • @rumovonzamonien7266
      @rumovonzamonien7266 6 років тому +1

      Didn't know that. I was skimming over the wikipedia page but couldn't find anything. I'm glad that you responded.

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 6 років тому +26

      As German, this came as pretty big news to me.

  • @For4Reel
    @For4Reel 6 років тому +859

    Straßburg is in France not Germany ;)

    • @Rahjhh5
      @Rahjhh5 6 років тому +259

      not anymore, barbs gave it back to us. thanks pal.

    • @kis_kocosdaddyslittlemonst287
      @kis_kocosdaddyslittlemonst287 6 років тому +57

      For4Reel But it is german city

    • @jurka9353
      @jurka9353 6 років тому +29

      Kis_Kócos # Daddy's Little Monster It ALWAYS belong to East Francia and HRE until 1650 the French were like "This is French EVERYTHING IS FRENCH!"But Prussia in 1871 was like:SHUT UP! and take it back until the lost WW1 France take it back until...yeah Hitler take it for 5 Years but nope..
      Dude why everybody want this Region!

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +69

      Well should be german

    • @hd_inmemoriam
      @hd_inmemoriam 6 років тому +2

      @Rahjhh5 Cool, I didn't know he had the authority! :)

  • @seanbarry1757
    @seanbarry1757 6 років тому +2085

    *COMPLETLY FORGETS TO MENTION WHY THERE ARE SO MANY PORTUGESE PEOPLE IN LUXEMBOURG*

    • @GTX5080Timb
      @GTX5080Timb 6 років тому +70

      17% i guess he mentioned that

    • @kjul.
      @kjul. 6 років тому +266

      Yeah I've always wondered that and hoped he would explain :|
      Something for flag friday maybe? BARBY!

    • @Xgamerplays
      @Xgamerplays 6 років тому +81

      Sean Barry basically all the portuguese lower class goes there...

    • @LuxGamer4ever
      @LuxGamer4ever 6 років тому +422

      As a luxembourger myself I can say that the "true" luxembourgers are just working in offices and we need the portuguese to do the manwork (building roads and houses etc.) After WWII we had a lot of Italians for exactly the same reason.

    • @seanbarry1757
      @seanbarry1757 6 років тому +14

      LuxGamer4ever ah thanks

  • @gozeros7611
    @gozeros7611 4 роки тому +168

    Im from Luxembourg, and live in Asia now, people here always ask:
    So in what part of Germany is Luxembourg ?

    • @jonatroes5526
      @jonatroes5526 4 роки тому +19

      Yeah true always and one time a german said that luxemburg is a Bundesland of germany

    • @lucacarneiro839
      @lucacarneiro839 4 роки тому +3

      I know that so good I’m from Esch-sur -Alzette and then when I play ps4 online with random people they all ask me where in germany it is😑

    • @danilomantilla9140
      @danilomantilla9140 4 роки тому +6

      I guess it's better than being asked what part of Mexico is Colombia (yep, American's greatest strength is not geography)

    • @dana-zk8me
      @dana-zk8me 4 роки тому +4

      I Visited luxembourg last friday nice and beutiful

    • @user-nu6ie7ti7g
      @user-nu6ie7ti7g 4 роки тому +4

      Luxemburg should be part of Germany. You don't have an own Language rather in an own peoples

  • @Mr-fx3lm
    @Mr-fx3lm 6 років тому +109

    Love to Luxembourg from India 😊

  • @kartoffelman111
    @kartoffelman111 5 років тому +429

    Wanns de dat hei grad lies an et verstehs, dann bas de definitiv eng ganz gäil säu!

  • @Armin00
    @Armin00 6 років тому +67

    I really love Luxembourg, such an interesting country and I can’t wait till I visit it sometime! Greetings from Belgium 💙

    • @Phlepp
      @Phlepp 3 роки тому

      thanks

    • @cortwill4085
      @cortwill4085 2 роки тому

      💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

    • @cortwill4085
      @cortwill4085 2 роки тому

      @@Phlepp wate, are you sure he's talking to you?

  • @vitoriavi856
    @vitoriavi856 4 роки тому +26

    Luxembourgish, or Lëtzebuergesch, is the native language of Luxembourgers. Foreigners often tell me it sounds like Dutch but softer. It has kept much of the German grammar and syntax and a lot of its words can be traced back to either German or French.

    • @cheyenneg.5725
      @cheyenneg.5725 4 роки тому +3

      Yes it is a mixe of German and French and sounds sometimes a little bit like a soft version of Dutch

    • @peterlemcwilli9203
      @peterlemcwilli9203 6 місяців тому

      Its stupid from him pretending Its a dialect. Im German and I can Tell you Most Germans dont even Understand Swiss ppl Austrians and Not even Bavarian... Luxembourgish is even harder

  • @benklomp4616
    @benklomp4616 6 років тому +35

    The European headquarters of IKEA are actually in Delft, Netherlands

  • @josephlee9496
    @josephlee9496 6 років тому +187

    Strasbourg is in France, not Germany, although its right on the border and has a hybrid French/German culture

    • @anonim0022
      @anonim0022 6 років тому +19

      Joseph Lee Long live the KAISERREICH

    • @linoc10
      @linoc10 6 років тому +5

      Joseph Lee We need Bismarck again to unite the german empire and to humiliate the French.

    • @josephlee9496
      @josephlee9496 6 років тому +1

      CRIKEY! This all got a bit Reich-ey

    • @studiosnch
      @studiosnch 6 років тому

      we don't want another saarland anymore

    • @anonim0022
      @anonim0022 6 років тому

      Linoc10 Indeed we do. We need a Kaiser, we need to destroy this feeble "Federal Republic" and come back to what we always were, the Deutsches Kaiserreich

  • @rumrunner8019
    @rumrunner8019 6 років тому +444

    There is one geographic location everyone wants to know about: *NOAH'S GYM*

    • @konjojojo
      @konjojojo 6 років тому +7

      rum runner you still believe in that myth?

    • @lenaarkenberg9434
      @lenaarkenberg9434 6 років тому +4

      Hahaha

    • @rumrunner8019
      @rumrunner8019 6 років тому +5

      you imbecile: I MEAN NOAH THE CO-HOST!!!

    • @fivestar7553
      @fivestar7553 6 років тому +9

      more like steroid cycle

    • @sorchaoreilly2633
      @sorchaoreilly2633 6 років тому +53

      Barbs: "so what do you lift?"
      Noah: (casually) "this series' standards." *flexes muscles*

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 4 роки тому +34

    7:53 is literally the national motto of Luxembourg.

  • @hanneselsen5282
    @hanneselsen5282 6 років тому +118

    To the intelligebility from German: I was in Luxemburg with two friends once. My father comes from the Eifel, where the dialect is very similar, so I could understand Luxembourgish without problems. However, my friend from Hannover didn't quite get everything, and my friend from Saxonia (the other end of Germany, geographically and language-wise) couldn't even guess what they were saying ... so, it depends on the region of Germany, I guess

    • @Der.Preusse
      @Der.Preusse 6 років тому +6

      How long were you there? I find after listening to people talk for a while I'll get used to the dialect and start understanding a lot more. Swiss German for example. Also pretty sure its Saxony not Saxonia.

    • @th2030
      @th2030 6 років тому +3

      Yep if you are from Rheinland Pfalz for example you can understand luxembourgish.

    • @polwijnen
      @polwijnen 6 років тому +1

      Living in the northeast side of Belgium, at the Dutch border and about 10 km from Germany I can easily understand Luxembourgish.

    • @hanneselsen5282
      @hanneselsen5282 6 років тому +1

      Err possible. We were there for a week and it got better as time went on, but our friend from Saxony still had the most problems

    • @Der.Preusse
      @Der.Preusse 6 років тому

      Der Hannes Yeah makes sense

  • @Saphirblauermond96
    @Saphirblauermond96 6 років тому +790

    But first: Moien! 🇱🇺😄 (Hello in luxemburgish)

    • @misfitcherries
      @misfitcherries 6 років тому +1

      You have good taste for music :p

    • @claytonfonseca5824
      @claytonfonseca5824 6 років тому +16

      Moien ,Leit

    • @trollface865
      @trollface865 6 років тому +27

      Serena Peeren Ass dat elo d’lëtzeboier Commentaire-Sektioun 😂

    • @trollface865
      @trollface865 6 років тому +28

      Bass of Nation And here are some other very “useful” phrases in luxembourgish is for all Foreign/American people: “Kuff d’Schmull” and “Lëck mech am Arsch” 😂😂

    • @travispesch1478
      @travispesch1478 6 років тому +5

      @@trollface865 Majo xD

  • @Dracopol
    @Dracopol 6 років тому +82

    4:08 Yay! 30% more Noah! Also shout out to Keith for the BASS and Ken for graphics.
    Remember you can send your letters, post-cards and regional gifts to people OTHER than Barby.

    • @tonywang8494
      @tonywang8494 6 років тому +2

      actually, if u read the credits, ken is not in it

    • @Dracopol
      @Dracopol 6 років тому

      Okay! My mistake, then.

  • @adamfinnegan735
    @adamfinnegan735 4 роки тому +22

    I've been there before for a few days, wonderful country! 🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺

  • @TheMono313
    @TheMono313 6 років тому +65

    11:06 Actually he is not "King of Belgium" but "King of the Belgians"

    • @schumerus6786
      @schumerus6786 6 років тому +6

      TheMono313 You’re right, that small difference is so important actually

    • @trollface865
      @trollface865 6 років тому +1

      TheMono313 No he’s “Burger King”... ba-dum-z

  • @jackdaw1905
    @jackdaw1905 6 років тому +251

    Actually, Strasbourg is in France

    • @beeny9
      @beeny9 6 років тому +74

      For now...

    • @miccorax3911
      @miccorax3911 6 років тому +13

      It was German but now it's French and people there are French and feel French. I live there.

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +18

      Implanting population is no exuse

    • @anonim0022
      @anonim0022 6 років тому +9

      Jack Daw No, it's in the DEUTSCHES KAISERREICH!

    • @jackdaw1905
      @jackdaw1905 6 років тому

      Anonim 002 well, then I guess I still live in Österreich-Ungarn..

  • @SkyPalaceHub
    @SkyPalaceHub 6 років тому +180

    I swear if the Madagascar episode doesn’t have a Madagascar (the Dreamworks’ movie) joke. It seems Strasbourg is now in France. Great video as always, Barby. :)

    • @mybumbrash
      @mybumbrash 6 років тому +4

      Yes straussburg was apart of France since the end of ww1 except when. Nazi Germany took it. Before WW1 the german empire had it.

    • @doktorhund6926
      @doktorhund6926 6 років тому +3

      Its still a german influenced region whith a high percentage of native german speakers

    • @moustiqueneige4
      @moustiqueneige4 6 років тому +11

      No. People in Alsace speak both alsatian and french but not german.

    • @mybumbrash
      @mybumbrash 6 років тому +13

      Moustiqueneige4 Alsatian, a southern German dialect influenced over time by French. It is closely related to the Alemannic German dialects spoken in the adjacent border regions of Germany and Switzerland.

    • @mimalho
      @mimalho 6 років тому +2

      It is not a german influence. Quite a unique culture. The percentage of native alsatian (not german) speakers is very low actually, and only elderly people speak it.

  • @joycebrh
    @joycebrh 5 років тому +194

    I'm Portuguese living in Luxembourg, so I speak 5 languages, which is very usual in our country :)
    you pronounced most of the Luxembourgish words wrong haha
    aaaand I can guarantee you that Luxembourgish and German are two different languages ! :b
    And there are so many more Luxembourgish dishes which look and taste better than the ones you showed lol
    But I'm very glad that there are actually some people around the world that know about our tiny country :)

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 5 років тому +8

      We should help Asa shouldn't we?

    • @jessicam6485
      @jessicam6485 5 років тому +12

      I'm happy too, we so irrelevant to other countries :(

    • @jessicam6485
      @jessicam6485 5 років тому +13

      @@Reichsritter yes it is?

    • @UNDERGROUNDUK1
      @UNDERGROUNDUK1 5 років тому +1

      Inherently Wicked Chauvinist luxembourgish is german... 😄 it’s called the Bitburger Platt 😉

    • @romainreuter9604
      @romainreuter9604 5 років тому +7

      @@Reichsritter Yes it is. Period.

  • @emrich3961
    @emrich3961 6 років тому +22

    Firwat = Für was = Warum: makes perfect sense from a German perspective. In many southwestern German dialects, you use this as well. Same with Klinik, which is just a different word for Krankenhaus/hospital.

    • @lenaarkenberg9434
      @lenaarkenberg9434 6 років тому +1

      yes the german varieties change gradually from place to place

    • @schlesier2821
      @schlesier2821 6 років тому +1

      Wobei es den Ausdruck ,,für was" eigentlich gar nicht gibt, glaube ich.

    • @darkIkarus
      @darkIkarus 6 років тому +1

      And Bic is only a french brand name for pens.

    • @therudepotatochip8633
      @therudepotatochip8633 6 років тому

      @@schlesier2821 For what?

  • @enriquepaz7
    @enriquepaz7 6 років тому +174

    I was in Luxembourg once. I filled up my tank on the cheap and ate at McDonalds. 10/10 would go again.

  • @elgatogordoo
    @elgatogordoo 6 років тому +209

    So much biceps in this episode... got distracted

    • @ISS600
      @ISS600 5 років тому +4

      Barby works with a lot of jacked dudes

    • @yzack5521
      @yzack5521 3 роки тому

      Down bad

  • @AnaSilva-up2iu
    @AnaSilva-up2iu 6 років тому +76

    "Esch sulazete"😂 I love the way he said it

    • @mauveijn
      @mauveijn 5 років тому +1

      That actually sounds Portuguese

    • @cheyenneg.5725
      @cheyenneg.5725 4 роки тому +2

      Ya it's so funny because I'm a Luxembourger😂😂😂

    • @wangxian7313
      @wangxian7313 4 роки тому +1

      Same😂 I see you're an army too👀

    • @Phlepp
      @Phlepp 3 роки тому

      @@cheyenneg.5725 same

  • @SamWickens
    @SamWickens 6 років тому +56

    Not much history before the 20thC? The fortress of Luxembourg City was one of the most strategically desirable positions in all of Europe from around 1200-1867, and was the source of a dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors (see John the Blind, King of Bohemia, Duke of Luxembourg, HRE).

    • @Saruman38
      @Saruman38 6 років тому +2

      John the Blind was Count of Luxembourg, not Duke, and he never was Holy Roman Emperor.

    • @SamWickens
      @SamWickens 6 років тому +1

      Oh you're right, his son was HRE but not him. My mistake.

    • @greatalexander3820
      @greatalexander3820 6 років тому +1

      Yeah, John is famous for being the best fighter/tactician for the French at Crecy despite being blind which is a rather remarkable feat.

    • @chemgym
      @chemgym 6 років тому

      Charles IV Holy Roman Emperor is my favourite one. In czech we call him father of the czech nation.

    • @theduck001
      @theduck001 6 років тому

      Yes that's why every empire in europe wanted us. Not even that fact, also the fact that because of our fortress, there was many dispute between the empires, and this could bring to war... So the big empires decided to make the fortress useless...

  • @JovanNecakov
    @JovanNecakov 6 років тому +61

    Oh, Keith

  • @TheGroundHopper
    @TheGroundHopper 6 років тому +137

    more Keith explanations please 😂

  • @lord_gillespie
    @lord_gillespie 6 років тому

    Dirbach.....beautiful place

  • @agentsmith2400
    @agentsmith2400 6 років тому +112

    1:20 Did you just say that Strasboug is in Germany ? XD

    • @agentsmith2400
      @agentsmith2400 6 років тому +10

      Please, no more war for this city, ok ? :)

    • @lucasfrey3585
      @lucasfrey3585 6 років тому +6

      Hopefully Barb will fix that on the flag friday

    • @Asdff-vl8tj
      @Asdff-vl8tj 6 років тому +2

      Silon Antumni no, we just steal it without war ;)

    • @samaelthelight8341
      @samaelthelight8341 6 років тому

      Stupid guy it exust a strasbiurg in germany and another in france. Dumb as fuckguy

    • @aidenbooksmith2351
      @aidenbooksmith2351 10 місяців тому

      Charles de Gaules is turning in his grave lol

  • @taigo_gaming6988
    @taigo_gaming6988 6 років тому +11

    FINALLY, I live on Belval right next to Esch and I’m so happy Luxembourg is finally here, been waiting since Afghanistan

  • @JC05
    @JC05 6 років тому +381

    Wait, so why are there so much Portuguese people in Luxembourg?

    • @truedarklander
      @truedarklander 6 років тому +38

      JC05 VIDZ emigration.

    • @_agua_de_horchata__4350
      @_agua_de_horchata__4350 6 років тому +38

      Reactionaries Commies and Fascist Beware obviously nigga but why just portuguese people why not other

    • @lenaarkenberg9434
      @lenaarkenberg9434 6 років тому +17

      maybe because Portugal is a poorer euro state with the crisis

    • @marlo3898
      @marlo3898 6 років тому +69

      Majority of portugueses work in construction. And because our minimum wage is 1,998.59€ they can send a lot of money home.

    • @TrojanKassandra
      @TrojanKassandra 6 років тому +87

      Historically, Italians and Portuguese guest workers were called to Luxembourg to work in the mines as Luxembourg was BIG on the steel industry. (since they were Catholics like Luxembourg, it was easier to get them into the society culturally.) The rest is more or less Luxembourg being filthy rich and therefore very attractive for immigrants

  • @MitchellShilling
    @MitchellShilling 7 місяців тому +1

    I actually had a classmate in my 10th grade economics class in high school that was actually from Luxembourg. I didn’t even know that she was from Luxembourg until she mentioned it to my economics teacher in class one day. My teacher then asked her if she could speak any of the languages that are spoken there, and sure enough, she was able to speak English, German, French, and Luxembourgish quite well.

  • @jamestang1227
    @jamestang1227 6 років тому +190

    So the country is called Little Switzerland, got it and its next to the Southern Netherlands.

    • @collindelange5344
      @collindelange5344 6 років тому +51

      James Tang The country above Southern Netherlands is called the German beach , right?

    • @mcanton2000
      @mcanton2000 6 років тому +28

      And they speak a German dialect

    • @rfldss89
      @rfldss89 6 років тому +16

      I know you're joking, but actually the sandstone forest region in west of Luxembourg is often called little switzerland because of its rugged terrain and all the little caves and cliffs it encompasses.

    • @Ragetothefullest
      @Ragetothefullest 6 років тому +11

      Народная Воля wouldn't it be... Bigger Lichtenstein?

    • @olelech
      @olelech 6 років тому +4

      Zeg makker

  • @Gorantaylis
    @Gorantaylis 6 років тому +31

    05:47 interestingly that is not unique to Luxembourg at all. In fact it is most famously found in Switzerland and other alpine areas around Christmas time and they are called Grittibanz

    • @napoleonsittingonvegemite6234
      @napoleonsittingonvegemite6234 6 років тому +1

      yep and in northrinewestphalia (germany) too

    • @Eigenbejt
      @Eigenbejt 6 років тому

      we actually have in itself a large variety of names for it, haha. in some parts we call it "Grittibänz", in others it‘s called "Grättimaa", so it depends.

    • @alexandrevidal5203
      @alexandrevidal5203 6 років тому

      Fried potato pancake is also not a Luxembourgish speciality. This is very popular where I live too.

  • @raytag9036
    @raytag9036 6 років тому +69

    love and respect to LUXEMBOURG from Iran.

  • @hohotash
    @hohotash 5 років тому +11

    keith can play bass really well! mad props to keith.

  • @acaxi1
    @acaxi1 6 років тому +7

    omg i love this channel, its my first time saying things like this on comment.
    its sooooo fun to watch and its educating ! i hope everyone can find this channel for their own good

  • @DenEefeler
    @DenEefeler 6 років тому +6

    Respect Barbs! You did a very good job at researching. I didn't expect you to mention the alcohol, gas and coffee shopping travels to Luxembourg :D There are literally whole villages which seem to be consisting completely out of gas stations. Especially next to the border to Germany :D

  • @jobejer
    @jobejer 6 років тому +28

    2:02 hmm I think I've heard the same story but with another country
    *cough* poland *cough*

  • @theisenchristophe5123
    @theisenchristophe5123 4 роки тому +14

    Actually Luxembourgish is an official language and can be used in politics, although our formal language is french. A lot of people speak 5 languages not 5, because they are refugees from portugal or former jugoslavia. There also a lot of italian people who came here during the steel industry boom. The lived mainly in the south but none of them speak the language because they came here 4 generations ago

    • @tomelsey151
      @tomelsey151 4 роки тому +1

      Luxembourgish is an official language but if u try and speak luxembourgish in front of a court of justice for example, ull be reminded immediately to speak french or English.

    • @Newwgo
      @Newwgo 3 роки тому

      @@tomelsey151 That's not true

  • @StarTeamVideo
    @StarTeamVideo 6 років тому +11

    Hello everyone from the Luxembourg province in Belgium (and yes it's a province not a region as Barby said in the video)

  • @ashleyelizabeth6094
    @ashleyelizabeth6094 6 років тому +6

    7:40 YES! I WAS HOPING TO SEE MORE OF "CURLY GUY" (someone called Keith that in a fanmail video)

  • @B100inCP
    @B100inCP 6 років тому +44

    And nothing said about the Netherlands, even though the Dutch King was also Grand Duke of Luxemburg until Queen Wilhelmina, because Luxemburg didn't have a law permitting Grand Duchesses to rule without a Grand Duke, so the Luxemburgish crown went to another branch of the family of Nassau.
    Edit: Spelling error fixed.

  • @maximus_totalus255
    @maximus_totalus255 4 роки тому +12

    Luxembourger here 👋🏻
    Was funny to hear all of the names pronounced in English sounded quite funny but you did a great job 👌🏻
    Villmols Merci (Thank you very much) ☺️

  • @furaidochikon
    @furaidochikon 6 років тому +13

    Gotta love that keith part with it's own persona and style of reporting lol

  • @hd_inmemoriam
    @hd_inmemoriam 6 років тому +92

    Oh Barby, you and your April Fools' episodes! Who would believe there is a tiny country between Germany and France full of castles that has a freaking duke, is inhibited by Portuguese people and uses a brighter version of the Dutch flag? Also, you're a month late for April Fools', dude! :P

    • @MamuSa198
      @MamuSa198 6 років тому +2

      HD_inmemoriam respect my country xD

    • @nickmasuen1859
      @nickmasuen1859 6 років тому +2

      I do not live in Luxembourg nor have I had the chance to visit it but it is part of my family heritage, and I have known about it for quite awhile so when I say "Yes it does exist" Barby is not B.Sing you. Try using your head once in awhile and look things up before putting some dum ass comment on.

    • @13Luk6iul
      @13Luk6iul 6 років тому +10

      Nick Masuen i think it was a joke... :D i found it very funny :)

    • @pitreichert
      @pitreichert 6 років тому +9

      HD_inmemoriam i'm from Luxembourg, i find your remark very goid, because a country no one knows or believes doesn't exist can do sneaky things. Where do you think all that money comes from? Muahahahaha

    • @tattianelima3939
      @tattianelima3939 6 років тому

      He’s already done a April fools

  • @terriall3430
    @terriall3430 4 роки тому +5

    This is really interesting. And you nailed it with the "not a German dialect". FYI, you'd be hard pressed to find a native who speaks "only three" languages. As there are so many foreigners, they'll have a Spanish mum and Italian dad, for example, so will speak these, too. And all seem to be super fluent in English, too!

  • @DanielFleiss2343
    @DanielFleiss2343 11 днів тому +1

    At 1:15, the easiest Canton to pronounce is Dahghule, (pronounced Dah-ghghuull.) the second gh is rolled. It's German. That's probably where peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were first popularized.

  • @immakings634
    @immakings634 6 років тому +30

    03:52 lol his T-Shirt, it shows the map of africa but asia written on it

    • @hamzaalnjjar15
      @hamzaalnjjar15 6 років тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @vvg_lol
      @vvg_lol 6 років тому

      Afrasia.

    • @E-plunksna
      @E-plunksna 6 років тому

      hahaha yeah noticed that too, and my conclusion was it was a joke :)))

    • @E-plunksna
      @E-plunksna 6 років тому

      they are too damn good in geography to confuse something like this

  • @fiffi5318
    @fiffi5318 6 років тому +19

    Krankenhaus is a more modern word
    The original word is actual Klinikum or short Klinik!

  • @NareshMallya
    @NareshMallya 6 років тому +36

    Noah, please take the honors of the beat down in the next episode. 5:53 😁

  • @mangantasy289
    @mangantasy289 3 роки тому +1

    as Luxembourger and biologist, I have to add that the country has an astonishing high diversity of biotopes (and thus species) for such a small surface, exactly because as you very well mentioned it has it has an interesting geography. The "terres rouges" ("red earthes") of the minette (rich in ore) being quite extraordinary and now has lots ofprotected areas.
    And now, we are not a "small switzerland" but the Müllerthal region is called the "little luxemburgisch switzerland". It's forests are so unique (and fairy-like beautiful!) that they were even treated in the "vegetation of the earth" basic biology course at my university in Germany. Can only recommand them to allhikers out there.
    And we had a large immigration of italians as well.
    Anyway, very nice video!

  • @milesperhour9256
    @milesperhour9256 6 років тому +33

    Apparently Barbs lives in the alternate Kaiserreich world in this episode.

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +8

      Its a better world
      But whouldnt that make luxebourg a province in germany?

    • @charliemasson4287
      @charliemasson4287 6 років тому +3

      It would also make the luxembourg province in Wallonia german :v

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому

      Prettt sure they whould call german wallonia. The german deparment state of luxemburg if it remain part of it. through the second weltkrieg.
      Considering the german population in the area and all

  • @adityarao1098
    @adityarao1098 6 років тому +69

    Luxembourg: Hey Netherlands can I please copy your flag??
    Netherlands: Please change it a bit to make it look less obvious
    Luxembourg: *changes dark blue to light blue*
    Netherlands:*facepalm*

    • @cifercero
      @cifercero 6 років тому +13

      Aditya Rao Actually before the Independence Luxembourg was part of the Netherlands and so you can guess why the similar flag.

    • @adityarao1098
      @adityarao1098 6 років тому

      IK but i think they are a bit too similar

    • @lenaarkenberg9434
      @lenaarkenberg9434 6 років тому +1

      Our flag (Germany) is also rotated and switched compared with the Belgian one.
      By the way : the Russian flag looks also similar to the dutch flag

    • @lenaarkenberg9434
      @lenaarkenberg9434 6 років тому

      Actually the russian flag does a bit

    • @Promaja
      @Promaja 6 років тому +2

      Actually, the origin of the Russian flag is possibly connected to the Dutch tricolor. The Netherlands has exerted influence on places that you would never expect, even though no one recognizes these influences as Dutch anymore.

  • @PShermanWallabyBaySydney
    @PShermanWallabyBaySydney 6 років тому +11

    Krankenhaus is a hospital, whereas Klinik refers to a clinic rather than to a hospital.
    The Luxembourgisch word for Hospital would be Spidol. And IKEA’s HQ is in Leiden, Netherlands.

    • @jacobmeade1045
      @jacobmeade1045 6 років тому

      P Sherman ok we all mistakes

    • @diogoscf
      @diogoscf 6 років тому +1

      BTW there isn’t even a single IKEA store in Luxembourg

    • @lagavulin7194
      @lagavulin7194 6 років тому

      isn't the HQ in Delft?

    • @PShermanWallabyBaySydney
      @PShermanWallabyBaySydney 6 років тому

      quadro beam: Well of course, but doesn’t he do like a recap every Friday after his new episode to correct minor details? I’m not judging or anything. Just pointing it out. Also cuz I literally couldn’t find anything about a possible Ikea HQ in Luxembourg

  • @erwanentringer9904
    @erwanentringer9904 4 роки тому +8

    You’ve done a good research man, as a luxemburgish citizen I was amused by the video cus all u said was pretty accurate. Good job hahahaha

  • @killmao
    @killmao 6 років тому +19

    The european parlement is actually in Strabourg FRANCE. it is some time a joke for french people to tell the alsacian are still german but nope we joined back with France one last time aftert WWII.

    • @henningbartels6245
      @henningbartels6245 6 років тому +1

      mistakes can happen to anyone - even those concerning "Strabourg"

    • @killmao
      @killmao 6 років тому +2

      yeah but I am not complaining about it, but as I know that Barbs does correct the mistakes in flag friday it is usefull to mention it. I also have to admit that hearing "my city" being mentioned and place on the wrong side of the border hurts my pride a little bit ^^

  • @maksd2090
    @maksd2090 6 років тому +7

    So glad you invited Umtiti for this episode!

  • @TheFlyingSebas
    @TheFlyingSebas 6 років тому +35

    I want Noah to read me bedtime stories

    • @ericsico4714
      @ericsico4714 6 років тому

      TheFlyingSebas i would love too also

  • @bluesparrowtaxandaccountin2377
    @bluesparrowtaxandaccountin2377 5 років тому +1

    Excellent job! Just a few small comments to mention. One Luxembourg is not a tax haven. The Holding 29 companies have been abolished since 2007. The purely banking and private banking are in decline, but corporate and financial services are the main drivers.
    Oh yes, Ikea is not located in Luxembourg.

  • @albertorivera4485
    @albertorivera4485 6 років тому +34

    There are only two countries that carry an X in their name, Luxembourg is one of them, the other, Mexico

    • @MaurGB
      @MaurGB 6 років тому +4

      Thats funny to me because im from Mexico but i have Luxembourg nationality as well :)

  • @CEKROM
    @CEKROM 6 років тому +48

    8:02 This is the best Keith intro I ever see =D

  • @bdnathan13
    @bdnathan13 6 років тому +11

    Luxembourg is friend with all the countries ❤

  • @olivierparker2019
    @olivierparker2019 4 роки тому +3

    i'm a luxemBURGER and this was hilarious, especially the pronunciations :D !! love it

  • @muckiwoltz9939
    @muckiwoltz9939 5 років тому +4

    As a Lëtzebuerger, I can say that this is one of the best descriptions of Luxembourg I've seen on UA-cam! Great job!
    There are a lot of Portuguese people in Luxembourg, because in the 60s and 70s, they came to fill up the jobs in Luxembourg. They earn more money in Luxembourg than in Portugal, even by doing cleaning jobs or similiar less paid jobs. Usually the Portuguese living in Luxembourg send part of their income back to Portugal. Most of the Portuguese are well integrated, especially the younger generations.
    Luxembourg always relied on immigration. During the mining area, there was a Italian immigration periode. In the middle of the century, there was the Portuguese immigration periode. And during the 90s, there was a bigger immigration coming from the Balkan states, like Serbia or Bosnia.

    • @links2films201
      @links2films201 5 років тому +2

      The Portuguese immigration to Luxembourg started in 1875 during the country industrialisation .
      In 1893 Grand Duke Adolph decided to marry his son and future Grand Duke William IV to Princess Maria Ana of Portugal and that their children should have a Portuguese and Catholic education to convert the Grand Duchy to Catholicism.
      At those days the Portuguese were probably less in total number than today but an higher percentage of the total population.
      Today they are 17% but many others are of Portuguese ancestry including the Royal Family.

  • @romeblanchard3419
    @romeblanchard3419 6 років тому +195

    Luxembourgeoisie

    • @gigachonker69
      @gigachonker69 6 років тому +25

      Whats up, Comrade?

    • @user-nu6ie7ti7g
      @user-nu6ie7ti7g 6 років тому +1

      Nur ein Deutscher Dialekt wie Bayrisch oder Wienerisch

    • @Lucas-hl7lr
      @Lucas-hl7lr 6 років тому +3

      We hate you for that joke

    • @user-nu6ie7ti7g
      @user-nu6ie7ti7g 6 років тому +2

      It is Not a joke, it's the truth...you have just as much a own language as Hessen have

    • @Lucas-hl7lr
      @Lucas-hl7lr 6 років тому +1

      No... not at all

  • @matttannermann7678
    @matttannermann7678 5 років тому +19

    The reason of the Portuguese people in Luxembourg:
    From the 60’s on Luxembourg started major infrastructure projects and needed the builders to litterally build the whole country to the new era. Due to the high unemployment and poor economic situation under Salazar’s rule, Luxembourg welcomed the Portuguese people and offered them work. Portuguese immigrants saw quickly that the Luxembourg was better and prosperous country to raise a family than Portugal, so they stayed, eventhough the infrastructure projects were finished. Also, Luxembourg has a highest minimum wage in Europe. You can’t pay less than 2000€ (gross) per month for an employee.

    • @davemustanetheking3375
      @davemustanetheking3375 5 років тому +1

      That's true but you forgot to mention the heraldic connection from 10th generation back to Michael I of Portugal.
      Also, Robert I, Duke of Parma, 1884 to Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, daughter of the deposed King Miguel I of Portugal and his wife, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Maria Antonia was his second cousin once removed, as her paternal grandmother (Charlotte of Spain) and Robert's paternal great-grandmother (Maria Luisa of Spain) were siblings, both children of Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma. She bore him another 12 children, among others was Prince Felix, who married Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, his first cousin (their mothers were sisters, and had issue, including Jean - Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who's funeral held today 4.5.2019.
      His grandmother was Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (Portuguese: Maria Ana; 13 July 1861 - 31 July 1942) was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Guillaume IV and the country's regent in the name of their daughter, Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde. She was a member of the House of Braganza.

    • @matttannermann7678
      @matttannermann7678 5 років тому

      Dave MustaneTheKing
      I really doubt that the heraldic connection, backing centuries in time of the two countries, were in the minds of the unemployed Portuguese people when they were searching for jobs around Europe. It’s more of a pleasant coincident that they and Luxembourg found each other. Nice detail though, what you wrote.

    • @davemustanetheking3375
      @davemustanetheking3375 5 років тому

      @@matttannermann7678
      Totally agree with what you say as, just wanted to fortify it :)
      BTW - I'm not sure the author's details on Luxembourg's drinking abilities...

    • @davemustanetheking3375
      @davemustanetheking3375 5 років тому

      @@matttannermann7678
      Totally agree with what you say as, just wanted to fortify it :)
      BTW - I'm not sure the author's details on Luxembourg's drinking abilities...

    • @aaronbrandenburger4860
      @aaronbrandenburger4860 4 роки тому +1

      Thats wrong. Italien people was the ones who came to work her first. Was 60-70‘s

  • @mikeweiler3452
    @mikeweiler3452 3 роки тому +1

    The most accurate description of our country. Very VERY very good job.
    Greetings from Luxembourg

  • @stevenomccurie8412
    @stevenomccurie8412 6 років тому +11

    Our little brother💙
    Greetings from the Netherlands!

    • @HaxorMy
      @HaxorMy 6 років тому

      Steven why in the world would be like the Luxemburgers? they sure as hell don't like us nor do any of the people in our surrounding countries, the Germans don't really care or like us, The Begians hate us and we hate them besides the fact their state was created by the British to prevent us from becoming a even bigger power in the 1850's and then after WW1 they demanded we gave them Limburg and part of Bratband for not entering WW1, the Luxemburger's don't even know we excist.
      Besides that when do we ever cover anything positive from our Neighbhours when we gave away our Airspace to the Belgians and we gave our naval and groundforces to the Germans, or like today when Juan Claude Juncker A LUXEMBURGER shoved the bill of the EU budget for 2020-2026 of 1.1 Trilion EURO mainly our way when we are the biggest net contributer to the EU already.
      We have no friends in Europe we never did and we never will, our country has been founded on beeing indiviualistic that is what gave us the will to form our nation and conqour and colonise abroad.

  • @ashekiislambadhon4626
    @ashekiislambadhon4626 4 роки тому +7

    Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
    Luxembourg 🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺

  • @simp-shrimp9618
    @simp-shrimp9618 4 роки тому +4

    I’m from Luxembourg! 🇱🇺 Finally someone talking about us 😁

    • @scorpioholic777
      @scorpioholic777 4 роки тому +2

      Lol your country is too small. I know y'all have money tho 👀

    • @kra3553
      @kra3553 3 роки тому

      Wonderful country 💗

  • @justinlucas6783
    @justinlucas6783 5 років тому +5

    I went to Luxenberg recently I would highly recommend a visit

  • @TheMikeOrganist
    @TheMikeOrganist 5 років тому +7

    Funny thing is that the Luxembourgish language sounds and is written very similar to some austrian dialects. I've had conversations with collegues from Luxembourg and we don't had to switch to the standart german language, because we understood each other with dialect languages. ^^ ;D

  • @Theturtleowl
    @Theturtleowl 6 років тому +6

    When my familiy was on vacation near the border of Luxembourg in Germany, my parents drove to Luxembourg to get their coffee, nothing but Douwe Egberts for them.

  • @luizneto1262
    @luizneto1262 4 роки тому +12

    I’m half Brazilian half Luxembourgish. An interesting mix isn’t it? 🇧🇷🇱🇺

    • @gabewest9359
      @gabewest9359 3 роки тому

      What is luxembourger a mix of?

    • @juandepook
      @juandepook 3 роки тому +1

      half spaniard half luxemburger here🇪🇸🇱🇺

  • @shafibajauri4988
    @shafibajauri4988 2 роки тому +1

    Commenting this from my hotel room in Luxembourg. DO NOT take taxi in Luxembourg. From 2020 onwards, public transport ( Bus, tram, train) are absolutely free in Luxembourg for everyone ( including tourists/visitors). Taxi is expensive and the starting price is 50 Euros.

  • @felixlueggerto
    @felixlueggerto 6 років тому +13

    Alsace is now part of Germany again. When did that happend

  • @JC05
    @JC05 6 років тому +265

    Welcome to Little Liechtenstein's brother
    *Little Luxembourg!*

    • @EvilTaco
      @EvilTaco 6 років тому +35

      JC05 VIDZ except that Luxembourg is bigger than Liechtenstein

    • @kaiserwilhelm3933
      @kaiserwilhelm3933 6 років тому +26

      You mean big, mighty, undefeatable Luxembourg?

    • @acmulhern
      @acmulhern 6 років тому +15

      And that Luxembourg has absolutely no ties to Liechtenstein.

    • @EvilTaco
      @EvilTaco 6 років тому +3

      s1r_dr2g0n wow there. How about you take your own advice

    • @JC05
      @JC05 6 років тому

      Lol

  • @evanyangfan
    @evanyangfan 6 років тому +16

    0:37 Thank you for using the Dutch flag on us.

    • @mondsgesandter
      @mondsgesandter 4 роки тому

      Kann man schonmal verchecken, wenn man bedenkt, wie ähnlich die sich sehen

  • @alexandre1771
    @alexandre1771 3 роки тому

    I´m from luxembourg and I have to say that you are the first one who explains our cuntry that good and precisly. nice job well done