No, it’s not America. Surprisingly. As of 2023, Luxembourg is the richest country in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, with a value of $135,700.
So what is it like to visit such a wealthy place? Insider’s Mikhaila Friel decided to visit the country back in March, and she’s now back to tell her experience. She spent three nights in different luxury hotels and went to different tourist spots using Luxembourg’s free public transport.
Friel shared that one of the best parts of her trip was the hotels that she stayed in. She paid $275.50 for a one-night stay in a traditional queen room at Hotel Le Royal, a five-star hotel. The furniture and amenities were all there for her, and she had a complimentary fruit bowl and a box of chocolates as a gift.
While all the luxury hotels she stayed in were very high-quality, Friel stated that the highlight of her trip was the public transportation in the country. It is the first country in the world to provide free mass transportation to both residents and visitors in 2022. Everything was easy to use, and the vehicles were clean and comfortable.
If there was something she could say as a bad point about the city is that it was too quiet. While the country has 645,000 residents, most of them commute to Belgium, France, and Germany to work. “While the city was beautiful, the streets were very quiet when I visited,” Friel wrote. “When traveling solo, I usually prefer cities with a larger population, as they usually have a more lively and welcoming atmosphere, which makes it easier to meet new people and to feel less alone.”
Image credit: Mikhaila Friel/Insider
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Just ask the men who died aboard the Ocean Ranger - an oil rig off the coast of Newfoundland - when it went down back in the 80's. The computers that controlled the ballast tanks and pumps were all shorted out and destroyed when a rogue wave hit a porthole that wasn't storm-rated and smashed it out, letting water into the ballast control room. That porthole was approx. 70' above the waterline.
Cliffs exist because of erosion. The only way something that vertical is there in the first place is because it's constantly crumbling - otherwise it'd be a beach or a swamp or something gentler.
The media are full of stories of houses falling into the sea because of costal erosion...and this looks like another, just waiting to happen.