3118 LUXEMBOURG - International Postcrossing Meetup, July 1, 2017

This meeting, organized by Anne Hippe, brought together postcrossers from Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. They met at 10:30 at Place d'Armes, from where they went to the post office, and then explored the postcard shops and the city centre. For lunch, but also to write and sign postcards, they stopped to the Brasserie Chiggeri, located in the old town, close to the Theatre Square. I'm sure it was a memorable meetup.

0372 LUXEMBOURG - Wandering in Luxembourg City (UNESCO WHS)

As the first postcard received by me from Luxembourg, this one is also a multiview, containing 5 images, but showing other sites than the first (from left to right):

• Place Guillaume II lies in the heart of Luxembourg's historic Ville Haute quarter, and it's colloquially known as Knuedler, from the Luxembourgish word knued (knot), referring to the knot in the belt of the Franciscan friars, because the square was the site of a Franciscan monastery between 13th and 19th centuries. The western half of the square is dominated by City Hall, whilst the equestrian statue to Grand Duke William II, after whom the square is named, is the prominent feature of the eastern half.

0110 LUXEMBOURG - A short tour of Grand Duchy

According to the census of 2011, Luxembourg has 439,539 inhabitants, as a district of a city like Shanghai, Moscow and New York City, to give three examples at random. But the country has a highly developed economy, with the world's highest GDP (nominal) per capita according to the IMF. The recorded history of Luxembourg begins in 963 with the acquisition of Lucilinburhuc (today Luxembourg Castle), around which a town gradually developed. In the 14th and early 15th centuries three members of the House of Luxembourg reigned as Holy Roman Emperors. In 1437 Duchess Elisabeth sold the territory to Philip the Good of Burgundy.