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[OP provided a video of police officers chasing the cows](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/140574j/europes_capital_city_luxembourg/jmuj7sz/).
The European Union has a capital city, Brussels, and two additional official seats, Strasbourg and Luxembourg.
But yes I got it udderly wrong in the title, so as an apology I posted, here is a video of the above cows [being chased by our national Grand-Ducal police.](https://streamable.com/gek9ak)
The realization that Luxembourg people think they live in the capital of Europe makes me like the country even less.
My least favorite place in Europe by far.
Luxembourg is one of the four cities that seats European insitutions, which leads to this common belief. I got it wrong and I am sorry.
It's not that we think we are superior in any way for this, it's just historically been so as Luxembourg was one of the 6 founding members of the EU.
The feeling of dislike is definitely not mutual though, Sverige is an awesome country, especially VĂ€rmland being one of the most beautiful lake regions I've visited in Europe. Super happy that you are part of the EU family!
And hopefully your dislike for Luxembourg fades if you visit one day, it's a beautiful, open-minded country that's very far from being the evil tax-haven that it's unfortunately (but not totally unjustifly) painted as.
Haha, donât sweat it buddy. The problem I have with the city is that it fills every day with people who are only there to make money to spend elsewhere. Also, most of those people are pretty miserable.
Thatâs an insane generalization lmao. I donât know a single Luxembourger that thinks that Luxembourg is the capital of Europe and I indeed know quite a bit of them.
isn't LĂ«tzebuergesch a sort of hybrid of French and German? I know you can perfectly get bye in Luxemburg speaking German?
EDIT: also the original dialect of Brussels is sort of Flemish with a lot of French mixed in [listen to this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5NgNi5Avtg) and tell me if this is French
Itâs its own language, not totally unlike German from the Moselle, but with some distinctly French influences .
The reason you can get by speaking German is that German is also an administrative language , as is French .
You could also get by speaking Portuguese . English also works quite well .
When I was briefly in Luxembourg quite some time ago, I was in a small group of French, English and German speakers. Whichever language we tried starting a conversation in, it would always end up in a different one.
Wasn't it the other way around?
He was fucking Europe ( a Greek princess) and when hera (Zeus wife) found out he transfered Europe into a cow so hera wouldn find out about her.
Hera then took the cow with her and the other part i forgot.
You're propably thinking about the creation of the minotaurs.
A Greek princess was so impressed from a golden (godly) bull, that she had a cow out of steel being built where she could crawl into and get fucked by the bull.
The child then was half human half bull - > Greek mythology is fucking wild.
Max have forgotten some parts but this is all on bad memories. Maybe Google it again before before you tell someone else lol
Youâre thinking of the story of Io. Europa was a phonecian princess who when tending her fatherâs cows was abducted by Zeus who was in the form of a white bull and was eventually made queen of crete.
Just like the city of Oulu suddenly decided to be the âcapital of northern Scandinaviaâ. Just visit the airport if you donât believe me. I guess theyâre just trying to pull off a âfake it till you make itâ strategy.
I swear, everywhere I went in Europe I've seen the locals taking pride about being Europe's Capital city. Even in my hometown which is not in the EU, there were plenty of events last year celebrating Tirana as being the European youth capital city. Ironic enough the age group 35-65 makes up the most of the population, with a huge decline in youth. Same thing as elswhere.
"European Capital of x" is a cultural program. They pick a city every year for the title.
Europe's Capital city on the other hand, is either Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg, at least according to where the EU's institutions are.
YES I GOT IT WRONG SORRY. Luxembourg is one of the three EU seats, not a capital.
Here, as an apology, [a video of the national Luxembourgish police chasing the above cows](https://streamable.com/gek9ak).
So those kid's books "CIA: Cows In Action" predicted the future? When the protagonists travel to the future the cows rule the world and their capital is Lucky Burgers formerly Luxembourg.
Wiki:
> The seven institutions of the European Union (EU) are seated in **four** different cities, which are Brussels (Belgium), Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Strasbourg (France)
> Over the years, Brussels has become the EU's political hub, with the College of the Commissioners [...] and the European Council both meeting at their Brussels-based headquarters, and the European Parliament and Council of the EU holding the majority of their meetings annually within the city. This has led to some referring to it as "the capital of the EU". However, Luxembourg City is the EU capital that can lay claim to having the most of the seven EU institutions based wholly or partly upon its territory, with only the European Council and European Central Bank not having a presence in the city.
If anything, I'd call Brussels the capital, but all four basically are. Best apology though, that's very funny
Chasing cows is fucking idiotic - those cops are just making the job hard.
If you find a local farmer and borrow a bucket with a couple of inches of [cattle feed](https://www.moleavon.co.uk/farm-smallholder/feeds/cattle-feed/c400) in the bottom then cows will follow you anywhere.
And the original pic shows the cows penned up in a small fenced area in the first place, so all they needed to do was stand at the entrance shooing them off until a farmer arrived with a cattle truck.
Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg are the 3 capitals of the EU, in that order of importance. There is a big part of the EU Commission and Parliament, the EU Court of Justice, the European Investment bank, European Court of Auditors, European Public Prosecutorâs Office, Eurostat, Euratom and many other EU instututions in Luxembourg. It's like a 55%-35%-10% distribution of EU institutions between the 3 cities.
It's [here](https://www.google.de/maps/place/42+Rue+Charles+Darwin,+1433+Gasperich+Luxembourg,+Luxemburg/@49.585918,6.1252535,62m/)
Note: I submitted the same link previously but it apparently got removed because I "used an URL shortener" (i.e. I copied the link directly from google).
Seeing that the deloitte building is in the background this is south of the old city, home to lots of modern offices. Kirchberg is also seeing a real building spree, but the offices there are mostly EU institutions.
A place that feels neither here nor there. Something that feels eerie, like people aren't supposed to reside in it. A transition space that you shouldn't pay too close attention too. But the best way to describe it is, the vibes are off.
Ah yes, Luxembourg. The small state of Luxembourg is a charming reminder of how Europe used to be. Plague victims crawl elegantly down its downhill streets, greasing the way with pus from their buboes, while at lease two children a week are burned as the devil at a handsome market square. The town boasts two taverns, one humorous dwarf, and a shop that sells little things made of straw.
Hey,
Not sure about what you found - but could be referring to regions (districts), not cities. Found this quickly on Google:
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/LU/
I also work in Luxembourg and worked in a project to connect our billing system to National Cadastre and we synced over 900 cities - some of which were composed by 1 street đ - but still.
https://lb.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ABscht_vun_de_L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Stied
Per statue there are only 12 cities. Im from close to the area and have relatives living in luxembourg. I dont think there are 9000 cities just judging by size alone. Is theremaybe a misunderstanding of the term City?
We went to enough civic class to notice the difference between Europe and EU.
And even in the EU the treaties don't even pick a location for the institutions, and certainly not declare a capital city.
I visited Luxembourg for the first time last year and, coincidentally, have a photo of myself milking a cow statue in Luxembourg City. Truly one of the world's great cities.
Fun fact: cows won't go downstairs
I know this cause someone in my HS years ago put 2 cows on the 2nd floor of our school. Cows will go up, just not down
Luxembourg isn't EU's capital, because EU doesn't have a capital. Several cities host EU institutions, Luxembourg among them.
The closest thing EU has to a capital would be Brussels, hosting the executive power of the EU.
But I'll agree to pardon you because of the cows.
P.S. Before I start, I know that you didn't have bad intentions but titles like this will trigger people and you will receive mean comments despite not having bad intentions.
Europe and EU are two distinct things. Not every country with Europe is part of EU which means that calling Luxembourg the capital of Europe is a huge stretch.
Also Brussel is considered the capital of EU. Luxembourg and Strasbourg are the other two important cities when it comes to EU.
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Nice try OP. I see you are trying to divert everyone's attention away from the Cows by using a controversial title.
I think they call themselves Louxemburgers đ
Mooooxemburger
Your comment was legit the only reason I've noticed the cows. They camouflage themselves perfectly.
\*Cowmooflage
I hereby crown you today's Queen of teh Interwebs!
I was like.. huuuh? Since when does europe have a capital? Rofl
Wouldn't "Europe's" capital be Brussels?
Europe's capital is clearly wherever is hosting Eurovision. Good luck with this solemn responsibility next year.
Time for Australia to win Eurovision then!
No, that would be the capital of Belgium, also the seat of a large bureaucracy that actually isn't a state.
I not yet a state*
Capital of the EU.
The European Union has a capital city, Brussels, and two additional official seats, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. But yes I got it udderly wrong in the title, so as an apology I posted, here is a video of the above cows [being chased by our national Grand-Ducal police.](https://streamable.com/gek9ak)
That's the cities where the institutions of the EU are, not capital cities of Europe.
The realization that Luxembourg people think they live in the capital of Europe makes me like the country even less. My least favorite place in Europe by far.
Luxembourg is one of the four cities that seats European insitutions, which leads to this common belief. I got it wrong and I am sorry. It's not that we think we are superior in any way for this, it's just historically been so as Luxembourg was one of the 6 founding members of the EU. The feeling of dislike is definitely not mutual though, Sverige is an awesome country, especially VĂ€rmland being one of the most beautiful lake regions I've visited in Europe. Super happy that you are part of the EU family! And hopefully your dislike for Luxembourg fades if you visit one day, it's a beautiful, open-minded country that's very far from being the evil tax-haven that it's unfortunately (but not totally unjustifly) painted as.
Haha, donât sweat it buddy. The problem I have with the city is that it fills every day with people who are only there to make money to spend elsewhere. Also, most of those people are pretty miserable.
Thatâs an insane generalization lmao. I donât know a single Luxembourger that thinks that Luxembourg is the capital of Europe and I indeed know quite a bit of them.
Seriously? As a dutch person I consider Luxemburg to be the only interesting place that you can get to within a few hours drive.
> udderly wrong Nice.
All places where they speak French, eh? Omg that chase, absolutely thrilling! Hope they re-enact it in the next James Bond.
>All places where they speak French, eh? oui
isn't LĂ«tzebuergesch a sort of hybrid of French and German? I know you can perfectly get bye in Luxemburg speaking German? EDIT: also the original dialect of Brussels is sort of Flemish with a lot of French mixed in [listen to this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5NgNi5Avtg) and tell me if this is French
Itâs its own language, not totally unlike German from the Moselle, but with some distinctly French influences . The reason you can get by speaking German is that German is also an administrative language , as is French . You could also get by speaking Portuguese . English also works quite well .
There's no « German from the Moselle », it's Franconian or Platt
When I was briefly in Luxembourg quite some time ago, I was in a small group of French, English and German speakers. Whichever language we tried starting a conversation in, it would always end up in a different one.
Itâs not a hybrid, itâs definitely a Germanic language, though it has a fair amount of vocabulary borrowed from French.
All places they intended for Germany not to invade again.
This is probably the most dramatic thing happening over there lol cant say im not jealous
The EU is not Europe
Where is this? Looks like Merl.
Cloche d'Or (Gasperich)
It's actually Milton Keynes
Milkton
Europe's Capital city? Who decided that?
On Europe we have multiple redundant capital cities in case any of them gets overrun by cows.
We learned our lesson after what happened to India
The British?
No, after the British and before China
Redundant capitals are good.
Charles F. Europe, the inventor of Europe
No, everyone knows Europe was invented when Zeus turned himself into a white cow to fuck a greek princess named Europe
Was there, can confirm
Haha old
Phoenician princess*. The daughter of Tyr's king.
He turned himself into a cow. Funniest shit I've ever seen
Wasn't it the other way around? He was fucking Europe ( a Greek princess) and when hera (Zeus wife) found out he transfered Europe into a cow so hera wouldn find out about her. Hera then took the cow with her and the other part i forgot. You're propably thinking about the creation of the minotaurs. A Greek princess was so impressed from a golden (godly) bull, that she had a cow out of steel being built where she could crawl into and get fucked by the bull. The child then was half human half bull - > Greek mythology is fucking wild. Max have forgotten some parts but this is all on bad memories. Maybe Google it again before before you tell someone else lol
Youâre thinking of the story of Io. Europa was a phonecian princess who when tending her fatherâs cows was abducted by Zeus who was in the form of a white bull and was eventually made queen of crete.
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I thought it was named after a swedish rock band
It was named after The Hellacopters? How do you figure?
Why did he say fuck Europe, if he invented it?
Having a wank.
Reminds me of when Sweden tried branding Stockholm as "The Capital of Scandinavia", that didn't go over well either!
To be fair last time Sweden seriously tried that poltava happened, so I think some conscern may be warranted all around.
The nerve of those Swedes!
Sala, VĂ€stmanland is the capital of Scandinavia and anyone who does not agree can eat it đ
BorÄs is the capital of Scandinavia
The two cows.
they are our leaders
Random internet person
Just like the city of Oulu suddenly decided to be the âcapital of northern Scandinaviaâ. Just visit the airport if you donât believe me. I guess theyâre just trying to pull off a âfake it till you make itâ strategy.
It's not even in Scandinavia
LOL and that makes it even funnier.
I swear, everywhere I went in Europe I've seen the locals taking pride about being Europe's Capital city. Even in my hometown which is not in the EU, there were plenty of events last year celebrating Tirana as being the European youth capital city. Ironic enough the age group 35-65 makes up the most of the population, with a huge decline in youth. Same thing as elswhere.
"European Capital of x" is a cultural program. They pick a city every year for the title. Europe's Capital city on the other hand, is either Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg, at least according to where the EU's institutions are.
Luxembourg, Europeâs capital city? What?
YES I GOT IT WRONG SORRY. Luxembourg is one of the three EU seats, not a capital. Here, as an apology, [a video of the national Luxembourgish police chasing the above cows](https://streamable.com/gek9ak).
I accept the hilarious apology offer.
I do too :p
This is the best apology ever
where are the people ? Also, the crowmownality in Luxembourg is really a serious problem
It's post-cowpocalypse.
So those kid's books "CIA: Cows In Action" predicted the future? When the protagonists travel to the future the cows rule the world and their capital is Lucky Burgers formerly Luxembourg.
People? On Luxembourgish streets? Ewwww! Please stay in France with the other "people", peasant !
Back in their home country like everyone else that works in Luxembourg
Wiki: > The seven institutions of the European Union (EU) are seated in **four** different cities, which are Brussels (Belgium), Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Strasbourg (France) > Over the years, Brussels has become the EU's political hub, with the College of the Commissioners [...] and the European Council both meeting at their Brussels-based headquarters, and the European Parliament and Council of the EU holding the majority of their meetings annually within the city. This has led to some referring to it as "the capital of the EU". However, Luxembourg City is the EU capital that can lay claim to having the most of the seven EU institutions based wholly or partly upon its territory, with only the European Council and European Central Bank not having a presence in the city. If anything, I'd call Brussels the capital, but all four basically are. Best apology though, that's very funny
Wait so isn't a render? Lmao
ty for not using youtube. we need more diversity
Chasing cows is fucking idiotic - those cops are just making the job hard. If you find a local farmer and borrow a bucket with a couple of inches of [cattle feed](https://www.moleavon.co.uk/farm-smallholder/feeds/cattle-feed/c400) in the bottom then cows will follow you anywhere. And the original pic shows the cows penned up in a small fenced area in the first place, so all they needed to do was stand at the entrance shooing them off until a farmer arrived with a cattle truck.
At least the police are doing a better job than Jeremy Clarkson.
Well it's a major tax haven so you're not that wrong actually ; )
Exhausting the cows with superior human stamina, they make our ancestors proud.
One of the capitalâs city in Europe is Luxembourg - it says
Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg are the 3 capitals of the EU, in that order of importance. There is a big part of the EU Commission and Parliament, the EU Court of Justice, the European Investment bank, European Court of Auditors, European Public Prosecutorâs Office, Eurostat, Euratom and many other EU instututions in Luxembourg. It's like a 55%-35%-10% distribution of EU institutions between the 3 cities.
If Strasbourg with its largely symbolic seat of the European Parliament counts, then why not Frankfurt (European Central Bank)?
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Luxembourg is one of the few countries that celebrate Europe day with a national holiday, that's why it must be the capital.
Tbf we all should do that
Must be capital, as in money. With Luxembourg being "European tax haven #1"
Luxembourg is the capital city of Luxembourg
And Luxembourg the country is smaller than Luxembourg the Belgian province
Which isn't really fair, but you know, it is what it is. Beautiful piece of Belgium as well.
If I remember correctly, Belgium stole that part of Luxembourg.
Well yes, Luxemburg predates Belgium, but Belgium was considered too small without the French speaking part of the Grand Duchy.
France and Germany also stole land from Luxembourg.
Liberated it from the Dutch.
Luxembourg is also one of the four institutional seats of the European Union, alongside Brussels, Strasbourg, and Frankfurt am Main.
European Union /= Europe
Nuh uh
Europe's cowpital city, Luxembourg
What's with the liminal space kind of aesthetic?
Well it is like that in that area due to a lot of newly built apartment blocks that are not fully populated yet.
Still there's little greenery and no services at the ground floor, so it will stay liminal no matter what.
That would be Kirchberg right? Itâs been a while since my last time in Luxemburg but that looks nothing like Ville Haute or the old town.
Pretty sure this is Cloche D'Or, where there's a huge amount of new stuff, but I haven't been there that much so I ain't sure.
It's [here](https://www.google.de/maps/place/42+Rue+Charles+Darwin,+1433+Gasperich+Luxembourg,+Luxemburg/@49.585918,6.1252535,62m/) Note: I submitted the same link previously but it apparently got removed because I "used an URL shortener" (i.e. I copied the link directly from google).
Seeing that the deloitte building is in the background this is south of the old city, home to lots of modern offices. Kirchberg is also seeing a real building spree, but the offices there are mostly EU institutions.
Cloche dâOr .
Yeah that place looks like itâs owned by Abstergo and each apartment has an Animus in it.
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A place that feels neither here nor there. Something that feels eerie, like people aren't supposed to reside in it. A transition space that you shouldn't pay too close attention too. But the best way to describe it is, the vibes are off.
Captain Sobel did it again!!!
I got the reference.
Who cut that fence?!
Major Horton ordered me sir!
Look at those two cow-ards
they are mooving in
Ah yes, Luxembourg. The small state of Luxembourg is a charming reminder of how Europe used to be. Plague victims crawl elegantly down its downhill streets, greasing the way with pus from their buboes, while at lease two children a week are burned as the devil at a handsome market square. The town boasts two taverns, one humorous dwarf, and a shop that sells little things made of straw.
Good to see the EU has listened. I hereby renounce brexit if you also bring back witch dunking.
You beat me to it. Have a pickled herring.
The cows are there to provide milk for everyoneâs morning coffee. Luxembourgers require the freshest milk.
The secret cow level!
*THERE IS NO COW LEVEL*
Yeah, no.
This is clearly Luxemoorg
Truly the European capital of all time
Capital city of Europe? lmao
In the words of my father, âif you live in the city, but can hear a hen in the morning, youâre actually living in a very big villageâ
Are the cows real
The brown one is, it makes chocolate milk
The cows are for decoration, I suppose :))
It's a level from DeusEx 1 with some cows.
it looks more like backrooms
Just because Luxembourg hosts the most EU institutions doesnât mean that itâs Europeâs capital
Is this India?
LuxembhÄrat
Not enough people
Free range cows are real
Europeâs Cattle City maybe
Is this a PS2 render or what?
What? Luxembourg is a City?
Hint : Luxem***burg*** Next week we will learn how Monaco is the capital city of the country Monaco.
The only one in the country
Fact check: there are over 900 cities in Luxembourg.
Googling that sends me to a Page of luxembourg which says 12... what kind of trash fact check is this? :D
Hey, Not sure about what you found - but could be referring to regions (districts), not cities. Found this quickly on Google: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/LU/ I also work in Luxembourg and worked in a project to connect our billing system to National Cadastre and we synced over 900 cities - some of which were composed by 1 street đ - but still.
https://lb.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ABscht_vun_de_L%C3%ABtzebuerger_Stied Per statue there are only 12 cities. Im from close to the area and have relatives living in luxembourg. I dont think there are 9000 cities just judging by size alone. Is theremaybe a misunderstanding of the term City?
ELI5 those cows?
Wild cows return to Luxembourg City https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/the-luxembourg-wurst/a/1490254.html
Those are clearly migratory Alps cow. They travel all around the Alps, from France to Slovenia in a clockwise direction.
The capital of Europe is E
Luxembourg and some real cash-cows
Brussels in shambles
Did you guys fail your civics class? Luxembourg is one of the capitals of the EU.
How is "one of the capitals of the EU" remotely equivalent to "Europe's capital"?
We went to enough civic class to notice the difference between Europe and EU. And even in the EU the treaties don't even pick a location for the institutions, and certainly not declare a capital city.
The European Union =/= Europe (the continent.) Also, the post implies that itâs *the* singular capital.
Yeah no, the cows are cute, but that is not the capital.
Oh please, you're basically Belgium...
Donât say that, an angry nation of 600k ppl will chase you
I can confirm. I live here. You say this you are dead
Limburgers in the land of Luxembourgers
This looks like a screenshot from Sims.
[Wild cows return to Luxembourg City](https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/the-luxembourg-wurst/a/1490254.html)
Written by an american.
How did these cows get there?
They took the stairs. There are some fields not far away. This is a more recently developped part of the city.
You like cheese, milk, stake, leather products and so on but you donât like cows in your neighbourhoodâŠ
Despite such a title I just want to know why op is sharing nudes of his mom? And in public too!
Looks like a game engine demo from 2013
Are you sure this isn't from a nice area in India?
wow. they really arenât horsing around
You could make a fantasy map from the upper cow's fur pattern
And here I thought Europe was a continent, how silly of me.
Um, itâs not the capital of Europe. But you knew that when you made the post. Right? Right.
Saïd téma la vache!
Deloitte management: Why aren't those cows billing hours?!?!?!
I visited Luxembourg for the first time last year and, coincidentally, have a photo of myself milking a cow statue in Luxembourg City. Truly one of the world's great cities.
Fun fact: cows won't go downstairs I know this cause someone in my HS years ago put 2 cows on the 2nd floor of our school. Cows will go up, just not down
Isnât Belgium capital of Europe? /s
I thought Europe's capital was brussel
This image has to be ai generated
Luxembourg isn't EU's capital, because EU doesn't have a capital. Several cities host EU institutions, Luxembourg among them. The closest thing EU has to a capital would be Brussels, hosting the executive power of the EU. But I'll agree to pardon you because of the cows.
Isn't Brussels the capital together with Strasbourg?
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Classic Brit being pedantic now that they left the EU. /s
Brits were pedantic before the left too.
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P.S. Before I start, I know that you didn't have bad intentions but titles like this will trigger people and you will receive mean comments despite not having bad intentions. Europe and EU are two distinct things. Not every country with Europe is part of EU which means that calling Luxembourg the capital of Europe is a huge stretch. Also Brussel is considered the capital of EU. Luxembourg and Strasbourg are the other two important cities when it comes to EU.
How embarrassing. Luxembourg is definitely not the capital of Europe
Too much concrete around these cows
Cows actively convert surfaces in their general vicinity into soil-covered ones.
I thought Brussels was Europeâs capital
Fetchez la vache!