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What main languages are spoken here?:

The main language is German, but because Trier is so close to Luxembourg and France, many people also speak Luxembourgish, French, and English. There are also lots of native Turkish speakers, because in the 1960s and 70s there was a large population of Turkish people who immigrated to Germany to find work. Many of the children descended from these early settlers speak German in school but speak Turkish with their families at home! There are also lots of Germans, immigrants and refugees living in Trier who speak Arabic as well. For such a small town, you hear a lot of different languages just by walking down the street!

What type of money is used here?:

In Germany (and in many other European countries) they use euros. One euro is worth about $1.09. On the back of euro coins and notes are drawings of buildings But here’s a secret: the buildings don’t actually exist! The people who designed euros didn’t want to put real buildings on to the currency because countries whose buildings don’t appear on the euro would, they felt, be offended. If euros only had pictures of the Eiffel Tower on them, for example, people in Germany or Spain would feel left out! So the currency designers decided to draw imaginary buildings onto their money.

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