3033 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

It's always exciting to get a card from a country one doesn't get to see very often. Luxembourg is one of those countries.

Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the world and one of the least populated countries in Europe. However, the growth rate is amongst the highest. Half of Luxembourg's population are foreign born. Grand Duke Henri is the constitutional monarch of Luxembourg and Luxembourg is the only sovereign grand duchy in the world.

Luxembourg is also unique for a country in Europe as its sports are not concentrated upon one national sport, such as football in France or Germany, or hockey in Canada. About 1 in 7 Luxembourgers are licensed members of one sports federation.

Cycling is Luxembourg's most succesful sport at the professional level, and is a main participatory sport amongst the general public. The Tour de Luxembourg is run annually as a prelude to the Tour de France. Football is the most popular team sport and the National Division is the premier league in Luxembourg and carries 14 teams. d'Leiwen, or The LIons, have only risen to number 82 on the FIFA rankings (September 2018).

Luxembourg has only won two medals in the Summer Olympics:

Joseph Alzin, silver medal, in weighlifting at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp.
Josy Barthel, gold medal, 1500 m athletics at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.

Luxembourg has won two medals in the Winter Olympics:

Marc Girardelli, silver medal in the Super G, and silver medal in the Giant Slalom at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.

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