Haut-Martelange — Slate, Mines and a Village Built around Stone

Haut-Martelange is one of those places where understanding what lies beneath the ground completely changes the way the landscape looks. At first it appears to be a very small settlement in the far west of Luxembourg, almost pressed against the Belgian border. In...

Boulaide — A Small Village above the Upper Sûre

Boulaide brought another change of landscape during our journey through Luxembourg. After travelling through the west of the country, this was already unmistakably the Éislek: higher ground, wooded slopes, deep valleys and the River Sûre winding through a landscape...

Redange-sur-Attert — A Practical Stop in the Attert Valley

Redange-sur-Attert was one of the most straightforward motorhome stops of our journey through Luxembourg. After the castles, industrial towns and more unusual landscapes we had been exploring elsewhere in the country, Redange offered something rather different: a...

Koerich — A Castle Village on the Valley of the Seven Castles

Koerich was a very different stop from the industrial towns we had been visiting in southern Luxembourg. After Rumelange, Esch-sur-Alzette, Dudelange and Differdange, the landscape changed again. Instead of mines, steelworks and former industrial ground, Koerich...

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...