Practical Information for visiting Luxembourg

The currency is the euro. Public transport is free, which removes the commonest small transaction, and taxi fares are unregulated, so the price is agreed rather than metered by law. The tourist board and both advisories say nothing about card acceptance, ATMs or tipping, so they are not summarised here; the country is a financial centre and behaves like one.

Canada advises normal security precautions and the UK calls violent crime uncommon, though violent robberies have happened. The crime that reaches visitors is theft: pickpocketing, bag-snatching and theft from vehicles are common on buses and trains, at stations -- the main station, Gare de Luxembourg, above all -- and airports, in youth hostels and in hotel lobbies, those of the Findel area near the airport being named. Keep passport, cards and cash apart, and report any theft in person to a police station within 24 hours to get the report number insurers need.

Roads are the likelier hazard: hundreds of thousands of cross-border commuters on weekday motorways with frequent rush-hour accidents, fog and ice in autumn and winter, and drivers from three neighbouring countries whose habits differ. Scammers target visitors and residents; give no personal or bank details without checking.

Terrorist attacks cannot be ruled out, as everywhere in Europe; there is no recent history of them.

Dial 112 for an ambulance; asking for a SAMU brings a doctor with it. Tap water is drinkable throughout the country and there are public fountains. Pharmacies carry a green cross and a duty rota covers nights and Sundays. The advisories name no disease risks; healthcare standards are those of a wealthy EU state, though travel insurance covering treatment and evacuation is advised as everywhere. Nothing further is summarised here because no authority page opened for this page spoke to it.

Carry photo ID: conductors on the free transport may ask for it at any time. Drinking: the minimum age is 16, and being drunk and disorderly in public is a criminal offence that can mean a night in custody and a heavy fine. Drugs, including cannabis, bring long jail sentences and heavy fines, including in airport transit. Drones fly no higher than 120 metres and not at all over many areas.

On the road: priority to the right, 0.05 per cent alcohol (0.02 for new drivers) with regular checks, hi-vis vest on leaving a broken-down car on a motorway, winter tyres when it freezes, child seats for the small, parking banned on yellow lines and within five metres of crossings, an international driving permit carried.

Manners are quiet and multilingual: greet in whichever language the other person used, do not raise your voice, and be on time. Tipping and photography rules are not summarised here until they have been read on an authority's page.

Emergency numbers: police 113; ambulance and fire 112. Asking 112 for a SAMU brings a doctor with the ambulance.

Theft: report in person at a police station within 24 hours for the insurance report number. Pharmacies: green cross, with an emergency duty rota.

Natural hazards: none named by the advisories beyond fog and ice on the roads in autumn and winter.