Things to see and do Luxembourg

The House are in 2007 the base camp of the European Capital of Culture, being at the same time information centre, meeting point for all visitors, exhibition space and event venue. They are located right behind the Luxembourg-Ville railway station, at the edge of the Bonnevoie district and thus easily accessible for all visitors and tourists. Classified at National Historic Monuments by Government order in 1991, these two warehouses of 5 000 m 2 built in 1875 served until little, repair workshop for locomotives and buses of the Luxembourg Railways (CFL). In 2007, each of them has specific orientations: Rotonde 1 is more focused on exhibitions and facilities and Rotonde 2, more on performances especially for and by young people.

Set up from 1871 to 1878 by landscape architect Edouard André on the location of the ramparts and glacis of the front of the old fortress, the municipal park spans a surface of 16 ha. A breath of clean air in the heart of the city. Parents can make their children discover the most common tree species: maples, chestnut trees, trees and other vineyards.

The most British parks in Luxembourg. The Laval Park is home to several remarkable trees over the age of 120. Its particularity is: a party is deliberately not maintained, the municipality having chosen to allow nature to take over. This is how you can discover very rare wild orchids.

Located between Marie-Thérèse Avenue and Monterey Avenue. A beautiful fountain gives a romantic character to this park adjoining the municipal park.

It is in place of a parking lot that a playground for children has been installed, which brings a little green in this neighborhood that was very much in need.

Sheltered from urban unrest, this small park was once the garden of a nearby castle, now headquarters of the Chinese Embassy. Its ponds, waterfall and trails invite quiet and leisurely walks.

During the Second World War, the Hollerich railway station was one of the main departure points for young people forcibly conscripted into the compulsory labour service (RAD), Jewish deportees and political deportees. Today it is a place of remembrance, the Deportation Memorial, and houses a museum. The latter includes different sections: German occupation, Luxembourg resistance, Jewish persecution, forced recruitment, deportation.

It's one of the oldest places of worship in the city. Originally, the place housed a small chapel, which was converted into a church in 987 by Archbishop Egbert of Trier. St. Michael's Church was destroyed and rebuilt many times, modified and enlarged many times. It was only in 1688 that it was given its present appearance and combines various architectural styles from the Romanesque, Baroque and Gothic periods. On the outside, there is a stone statue of the Archangel St. Michael and a fleur-de-lys coat of arms in memory of the French King Louis XIV.

From 1688 to 1705, the Saint John church has beautiful Baroque furniture, including a 1710 organ and a black madone from the Talk of Cologne school.

This is the specific tourist office for Luxembourg City. Here you will find all the necessary documentation to organize your visits in the capital of the Grand Duchy, such as the map of the city, the leaflets on the Casemates or the walks. It is also the starting point for many guided tours and organized tours. The establishment is strategically located in the heart of the city, on the Place Guillaume II.

A bank museum? It seems to be a matter of course in Luxembourg City! As a financial centre of international renown, the city presents in this museum impressive collections of banknotes, as well as its small, stumbling coins. Inaugurated in 1995, this museum is of course housed in the former counters of the head office of the Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat (BCEE) and retraces more than 150 years of banking tradition and innovation. A fun and interactive museum (terminals, touch screens, etc.).

A place (not far from the Biergerkräiz station), decorated in a garden for the delight of the people. Various varieties of roses to smell.

You have to leave the city centre and move southwest to reach the 16 ha of this park: fitness course, picnic area, mini golf… The ideal place for green escapades. Around the ponds and in the wooded area, many paths invite the promenade. Possible restoration on site.

Thierry Helminger, a botanist at the National Museum of Natural history and responsible for living vegetable collections, proposes two parks guided tours: A visit to the Réimerwee and central parks of a duration of 90 min (departure rue Coudenhove-Kalergi, next to IST) and a visit of the Park Klosegrënnchen also lasting 90 min. Visits are free and accessible all year round. For information call the National Museum of Natural History & 46 22 33 1.

Created a few months before the crack of 1929, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange is now one of Europe's largest financial centres. We can visit the site, but unfortunately we can no longer see traders working. The visit consists of a somewhat academic presentation of the functioning of the stock market. For investors investors.

Located within the public transport buildings, the Musée de Tramways et de Bus de la Ville de Luxembourg boasts an impressive collection of photos, network operating equipment and, of course, working tramcars. There's also an astonishing life-size replica of a horse-drawn tramway (which ran in Luxembourg over a 10 km route from 1875 to 1908) and a number of cars awaiting restoration.

The museum has a very important collection of old documents, photographic material, philatelic collections, in short all kinds of objects that relate to the positions: telegraph, morse machine, valves switch, lettres or time. And, for collectors, the museum presents a philatelic window where you can find the new postage stamps, the most beautiful télécartes, the Luxembourg collection currencies issued by the MLI and a range of exclusive philatelic products. An illustrated special stamp works continuously.

Educational discovery for lovers of old music history as well as for all knowledgeable music lovers.

Inaugurated in 1995, this museum and a monument were erected in honour of General George Patton, commander of the US Third Army, who liberated Ettelbruck during the Second World War on 25 December 1944. Numerous photographs and documents document the German invasion in May 1940, the Nazi occupation, and the liberation by American troops. Numerous weapons and military equipment are on display. General Patton is buried in the American military cemetery of Luxembourg-Hamm, in the eastern suburbs of Luxembourg City.

The CAPE, located in the heart of the country and at the gateway to the Ardennes, is a regional cultural centre renowned in Luxembourg for the quality and diversity of the shows on offer (music, theatre, dance, plastic and visual arts, film...). The establishment is composed of three theatres in which around a hundred events for all age groups take place every year. It is a serious competitor of the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg-Ville.

The Ettelbruck Tourist Office welcomes you in the City Tourist Office to inform you about activities and walks in the region. In high season, it offers guided tours of the city trail through the old town and the pedestrian zone. It also organizes, together with the municipal services, events such as Nei Ettelbréck, Candle Night, Wine Fair, etc. It is also the municipal administration that manages Camping Ettelbruck.

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1757 on older foundations. The tower dates back to 1806. In the apse there is a Gothic Eucharistic cupboard. The altarpiece with a central niche in perspective dates back to the second half of the 18th century. Its polychromy was made in 1858 by Peter Dausch and Nicholas Stegreiff of Trier. The Müller organ dates from 1901 and the altar is a listed monument.

Situated near the bridge over the river Our, the church of St. Nicholas was built in the lower town by the Order of the Knights Templar, towards the end of the 13th century, when Vianden was divided into two parishes. The building was destroyed by fire in 1723 and rebuilt the following year. The interior, a single nave with a ribbed vault, houses a Baroque high altar, made in 1768 by the carpenter Fischbach from Vianden and enriched with Rococo elements. Note that until 1801 the lower town was part of the parish of Roth.

One of the country's most important religious monuments. From Gothic style to two naves, it was built in 1248 by Count Henri I of Vianden to thank Trinitarian for having bought his father, made prisoner by the Saracens during the crusades. The cloister belonged to the former monastery of Trinitarian. The convent is sold for auction and divided into private property in 1783 when order is abolished; it is only later that it will be restored and restored.

The Tourist Office is also the address of the Tourist Guides of the Luxembourg Ardennes. Situated in the heart of Vianden, on the banks of the river Our, the Tourist Office houses many brochures about the town but also about the Oesling region. You will find timetables and prices of activities as well as information about hotels, campsites, restaurants and cafés in the surrounding area. You can also visit the website.

The remains of this former copper mine are located 1.5 km from Stolzembourg. More than 500 years old, it has attracted many prospectors in the past. The visit, with a guide, follows three stages:the museum, which presents among other things the history of the mine and the extraction techniques. The geological trail, which places the site in its history and its environment (2.5 km), and finally, the discovery of part of the underground galleries, 50 m underground.

This church, founded in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 16th century, has a late medieval Gothic nave. Its ribbed vaults include a group of remarkable frescoes. They date from the 15th and 16th centuries and depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments as well as the saints who were venerated in the region. The furniture dates from the end of the 17th century. On Pentecost Sunday, an open-air mass is celebrated in honour of St Willibrord to whom the church is dedicated. This remarkable church is classified as a National Monument.

Its foundations date back to the 13th century. The tower is made of Ardennes schist and the façades of the nave are covered with the white plaster typical of the Ardennes. The interior of the chapel has a single nave with three bays. The keystone above the high altar represents the coat of arms of Frederick II of Brandenburg. The altarpiece of the altar illustrates the glorification of the patron saint of the church. Murals from the 15th and 16th centuries depict a crucified Christ, the symbols of the four evangelists and polychrome ornamentation of the flames.

Founded in 1989 under the name "Domaine touristique du cheval de trait ardennais", the site has been called the Robbesscheier Nature Center since 2013. It covers more than 6 hectares and includes a discovery park, accommodation and a restaurant. The children discover, through several workshops, the Luxembourgish way of life of yesteryear such as the baking of bread or the work of the blacksmith. The domain also organizes bicycle, walking and carriage tours.

Built in 1653 and rebuilt in 1772, this modest chapel is a place of pilgrimage on Whit Monday. It houses an impressive white baroque altarpiece with a statue of Saint Pirmin. The bishop is said to have lived as a hermit near the cluse in which there is a well, whose water is said to have medicinal virtues (it was used to cure children's diseases). Be careful not to confuse the tiny hermitage, which is located a few dozen meters from the main road, with this building, which is located on a higher ground.

On 16 December 1944, under the command of General von Rundstedt, German troops attacked the American line along the Sûre and the Our. This bloody episode of the Second World War, which lasted two months and caused thousands of casualties, is called the Battle of the Bulge. This museum looks back on this historical period that led to the final liberation of Luxembourg from the occupier. It displays documents but also uniforms and weapons.

The chapel was built in 1762 in a late baroque style by Count Adrien Jean-Baptiste de Lannoy and his wife Constance de Wignancourt to make it a place of pilgrimage dedicated to Mary. On the portal are represented their coat of arms and a relief of Our Lady of Loreto. Inside, the ceiling is adorned with a stuccoed rocaille decoration. The high altar is surrounded by two funerary monuments of the Lannoy family. The bell tower could have housed a hermit during services.

The first Christian altar was probably built in the 7th century on a Roman shrine and gave its name to the town, diet kirch meaning "people's church". Of the Romanesque building constructed around the year 1000, only a 12th century tower remains today. In the 15th century, the church was transformed to have two naves in Gothic style. The 16th century frescoes illustrate the life of St. Lawrence, the patron saint of the church. In the crypt there are Roman and Merovingian sarcophagi from the 6th century that were discovered under the church.

The Diekirch brewery was founded in 1871 and is today part of the Brasserie de Luxembourg group, which has been part of the Belgian-Brazilian group Anheuser-Busch InBev since 2005. The latter has introduced into the company a whole range of major international brands: Leffe, Hoegaarden, Belle-Vue, Stella Artois, Jupiler, Franziskaner, Beck's and Super-Bock. Three Diekirch beers are brewed on the site (Reserve, Premium and Grand Cru) as well as the Mousel beer.

The Diekirch Tourist Office provides information on the opening hours of many establishments in the city, on its cultural sites, monuments and churches, as well as on the opening hours and prices of museums, restaurants and hotels. You will also find information about the signposted walks in Diekirch through woods, fields, meadows, along brooks and rivers, and on cycle paths. The Tourist Office also manages the Camping de la Sûre.

Housed in a former bourgeois house, the City History Museum reconstructs the interiors of the 18th and 19th centuries and the lives of the inhabitants of Vianden with the help of pictures, objects and musical installations. Completely restructured in 2009, it presents several themes, including: "Bakery of the 1950s", "Meat, from the Celts to the present day", "Vaudeville" and finally "Edmond de la Fontaine, known as Dicks", dedicated to the Luxembourg national poet of the 19th century.

If you come to Echternach, don't forget to visit the tourist office to learn more about the destination and to get some good ideas for excursions. You will find good advice, but also various brochures, including the cultural tour "Via Epternacensis Echternach". The tourist office also manages the official camping site, a gothic house for rent, as well as two medieval towers of the old city wall that have been transformed into lodging. The latter can accommodate between 4 and 6 people.

Erected in 1830 according to plans by the architect Schaar de Grevenmacher, the parish church of Berdorf was consecrated in 1847. Its centrepiece is the stone with four deities, which serves as a base for the altar, discovered during excavations in the villa Beronis (300 m to the south-west). It is believed to have formed the base of a Roman Jupiter column and depicts Hercules with a lion's skin and a club, Apollo with a lyre, Juno with a peacock and Minerva with a shield.

The Breechkaul amphitheater was built in 1979 in a strange cavity in an ancient rock. The rock dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was used to extract rocks and make millstones. This atypical place is now the object of concerts in summer and of cultural or religious events. The mass of Saint Hubert (patron saint of hunters), whose musical accompaniment is produced by hunting horns, is celebrated there every year on the Sunday following November 2. The place is accessible via the Berdorf self-pedestrian route.

The Berdorf Tourist Office can provide you with information on a multitude of hiking trails, ranging from 3 to 33 kilometres, as well as on the rock formations to be discovered and on all the activities in the region. Their brochures are available on the spot but also on their website. A good point of information on the spot on local, regional, national and cross-border tourism. The tourist office also offers a wide range of regional products (cider, jam, apple juice, vinegar...). A smiling and professional welcome!

The city walls, built between the 10th and 13th centuries, were 2 km long and had four gates and 20 towers. Damaged in the 19th century, only a much shorter part remains today (count 500 metres when following the cultural circuit). Most of the towers were also destroyed, while those in good condition were sold at public auction in 1813 and converted into apartments, three of which are now available for rent as charming accommodation.

The market square, which is on the route of the dancing Procession, is a major area of the city center. Its particular form comes from the route of two major Roman pathways that crossed there. At its center, the Cross of Justice, called "Urtsel" (the column of the judgment), affirmed the secular power of the abbey. Destroyed by the French revolutionary troops in 1794, it was not until 1938 that she rose… to be destroyed again in 1944. It was finally rebuilt in 1982, according to the plans of the eighteenth century.

Plantations, earthworks, water, sculptures, paths, and stone fields form a very beautiful 2.5 hectare complex in which it is pleasant to walk. The "Wiltz Garden" project was initiated in 1983 by Luxembourg and foreign artists who wanted to develop models of intervention in the public space and the social environment. Thus, this garden has been laid out by disabled people, long-term unemployed people, participants in temporary workshops and artists, some of whom continue to provide for its upkeep.

The Beaufort Tourist Office offers many brochures on various activities in the region. You will find a map of hikes around Beaufort and in the Mullerthal region. It also takes care of the maintenance of the hiking trails and organizes events throughout the year. It is also the operator of the Camping Park Beaufort, the open air swimming pool and the ice rink of Beaufort. Rent a Bike bicycle rental.

The museum is set up in the last Potter potter's workshop, which closed in 1914. The village of Nospelt, situated not far from the capital, was 1458 to 1914 the center of Luxembourg pottery.

Erected in 1707, the Saint-Michel tower, named after the famous archangel who struck down evil, is a remnant of the former parish church. It is 40 metres high and has an original architectural form. Recognizable by its unique dome-shaped dome roof with an octagonal, baroque bulb, it is the symbol of the city of Mersch. Since 1997, the monument has had a faithful companion and neighbour, a bronze dragon statue. The St. Michael's Tower houses the Tourist Info, where you can find all the necessary information about the region.

Mersch houses, in a small building in the centre of the Rue des Romains, the foundations of a Gallo-Roman villa with a very well preserved hypocaust (an underfloor heating system). The site was partially excavated in 1905-1906, by the state architect C. Arendt. About 20 metres away, there are traces of what was once a monumental basin, 6 m wide and 75 m long. This basin, once made of stone,is today largely covered by grass. The drainage channel channelled the excess water back into the Mamer.

Owned by the State since 1947, this former fortress is now in ruins. However, one of the towers and the walls are fairly well preserved. Its enclosure forms a square of 30 metres on each side, which was once surrounded by a moat fed by the Weillerbach stream. Its history dates back to the 10th century: the fortress was then known as Pittigero Mazini. The name Pettingen or Pittange was not given to it until the 13th century.

The Château de Septfontaines, built at the end of the 11th century, is now private property. The baroque gate dates from the 13th century and a Gothic part was added around 1400. The bridge over the entrance and the large square tower date from 1600. The predominant location of the castle at that time allowed it to watch over the entire Eisch Valley.This castle should not be confused with the seigneurial residence of the Boch brothers, located only a few minutes from the centre of Luxembourg, which dates from the 18th century.