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Esch-sur-Alzette · Luxembourg
In the destination Esch-sur-Alzette and the Minett.
In the photo: Hôtel de Ville, Esch-sur-Alzette
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Esch-sur-Alzette is Luxembourg's second city and the center of the Minett, the former iron-ore and steel region next to the border with France. The centre has the rue de l'Alzette, a pedestrian street with early 20th-century façades, and the Museu da Resistência. In the Belval district, the preserved altos-fornos sit among the university buildings. Around it, former mines have become nature reserves.
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The local experience
Two blast furnaces of the former Belval steel plant, preserved among the buildings of the Universidade de Luxemburgo. Blast furnace A can be visited, with a climb up to the high platform and views over the area.
Museum in Esch-sur-Alzette about Luxembourg's occupation by Nazi Germany between 1940 and 1944, the resistance, the general strike of 1942 and the deportations, linked to a reflection on human rights.
Former mining and railway area near Pétange, now an open-air museum, featuring the Train 1900, a historic steam train, and the mine train that travels through a gallery to the village of Lasauvage. It operates on Sundays and public holidays during the season.
Museum of the former Walert iron mine in Rumelange, 7 km from Esch. On the guided tour, a small train takes visitors about 20 minutes into the mine, and the route continues on foot through galleries with machines and tools.
Nature reserve south of Esch-sur-Alzette, on a former iron-mining area reclaimed by forest, with waymarked trails, remains of mining installations and a visitor center.
Hill with a park and woodland above the center of Esch-sur-Alzette, featuring an animal park, paths, picnic areas and views of the town and the Minett region.
