Differdange — Steel, Industry and a Changing City in the Minett

Differdange was another stop on our route through the industrial south of Luxembourg, following places such as Rumelange, Esch-sur-Alzette and Dudelange. By this point the Minett no longer felt like a collection of unrelated towns. Each place showed us a different...

Esch-sur-Alzette — From the Red Lands to a New City

Esch-sur-Alzette was another stop that showed us how different southern Luxembourg is from the rest of the country. By the time we reached it, we had already seen how strongly this part of Luxembourg had been shaped by iron ore and industry, and Esch is really the...

Rumelange — Into Luxembourg’s Iron-Mining Country

Rumelange was one of the places in Luxembourg where the reason for our visit was very clear from the beginning: we came for the National Mining Museum and for the extraordinary industrial landscape surrounding it. After spending time in Luxembourg City and in quieter...