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Cathédrale Notre
Most memorable for its distinctively elongated black spires, sumptuously carved Renaissance portal inside the main doorway and attractive stained glass, the 17th-century cathedral contains a tiny but highly revered Madonna-and-child idol (above the altar) and the graves of the roya
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Château de Bourglinster
Bourglinster’s 18th-century castle sits within the shattered ruins of a bigger 12th-century fortress destroyed by a 1684 French attack. The whitewashed gatehouse towers look like cartoon mushroom houses, the main building hosts exhibitions and the courtyard is used for occasional p
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Musée National dHistoire Militaire
Luxembourgs most comprehensive war museum, Diekirch’s Musée National d’Histoire Militaire, set in a former brewery in the town centre, is packed full of WWII equipment, vehicles and memorabilia. Numerous well-executed mannequin scenes illustrate the suffering and hardships of the b
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General Patton Museum
In an unlikely residential street, the little General Patton Museum displays some interesting fallen chunks of WWII aircraft and plays a half-hour black-and-white video about Pattons exploits. Otherwise, its selection of wartime photos, ammunition and helmets is considerably less i
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Abbaye de Neumünster
Dominating the Grund riverbank, this large complex is a renovated abbey turned cultural centre. Around the cloister is a permanent display of sculpture by local Lucien Wercollier, imprisoned by the Nazis in this very building. Several other exhibition spaces surround a central atri
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Musée d’Histoire de la Ville de Vianden
This inspiring little museum is formed from two knocked together old Vianden houses. One maintains its full 19th-century decor, the other partly retains equipment from its 1950s incarnation as a bakery. Upstairs, historical and cultural exhibits are brought to life by human cut-out
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MNHA
Startlingly modern for its Old Town setting, this unusual museum offers a fascinating coverage of art and history. It starts deep in an excavated rocky basement with exhibits of Neolithic flints, then sweeps you somewhat unevenly through Gallic tomb chambers, Roman mosaics and Napo
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Musée Littéraire Victor Hugo
Across a historic bridge from Grand Rue is a replica Rodin bust of French writer Victor Hugo. In 1871 Hugo stayed for three months in the house facing this point, part of his 19-year exile from France. Those three months were long enough for him to get the Vianden castle architect
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Château de Bourscheid
From a distance, this splendid castle ruin is surely the nation’s most dramatic. As you get closer, the degree of degradation is much clearer but it’s still very interesting to clamber about the wall stubs. Admission includes a remarkably extensive audio guide and there’s a trio of
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Grand Rue
Grand Rue’s most attractive section is around Place Victor Abens, where the town hall stands astride a small spring. There’s an attractive church and an easily missed alley beside Hotel Heintz leading to a pretty cloister that was once at the heart of the 1248 Trinitarian Monastery
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St
The abbey that was Echternachs raison dêtre was rebuilt in 1862 but bombed to rubble during WWII, when much of the town was severely damaged. Nonetheless, Willibrord’s relics slept peacefully in the crypt and today the complex has been rebuilt. The new incarnation is a dark and som
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Château de Larochette
Larochettes dominantly positioned castle is accessed from the centre by steep paths or by a longer, gentler 2km road (start off towards Mersch then double back). Up close, the site is less complete than it appears from below, but exploring the castle lawns, wall stubs and stairways
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Fort Thüngen
This squat building is a 1730 twin-towered extension of the plateaus vast complex of Vauban fortifications. It has an interesting museum about Luxembourgs historic defences and also hosts changing exhibitions. If the relevant door is open, climb up onto the roof for an original vie
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Royal Palace
Photogenically a-twitter with little pointy turrets, this 1573 palace has been much extended over the years. It now houses the Grand Duke’s office with parliament using its 1859 annexe. In summer the palace opens for gently humorous 45-minute guided tours, dealing mostly with famil
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Musée dHistoire de la Ville de Luxembourg
This remarkably engrossing and interactive museum hides within a series of 17th-century houses, including a former ‘holiday home’ of the Bishop of Orval. A lovely garden and open terrace offers great views.
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Mudam
Groundbreaking exhibitions of modern, installation and experiential art are hosted in this airy architectural icon designed by IM Pei. The collection includes everything from photography to fashion, design and multimedia. The glass-roofed cafe makes a decent lunch/snack spot.To rea
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Chemin de la Corniche
This pedestrian promenade has been hailed as Europes most beautiful balcony. It winds along the course of the 17th-century city ramparts with views across the river canyon towards the hefty fortifications of the Wenzelsmauer (Wenceslas Wall). The rampart-top walk continues along Bl
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Family of Man Exhibition
The Clervaux castles primary attraction is Edward Steichens world-famous photography exhibition, Family of Man. Gifted to Clervaux in 1964, the collection comprises 273 black-and-white, mid-20th-century photos from 68 countries interspersed with wise sayings and quotations. It was
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US Military Cemetery
In a beautifully-maintained graveyard near Hamm lie over 5000 US WWII war dead, including George Patton, the audacious general of the US Third Army who played a large part in Luxembourgs 1944 liberation. Its a humbling sight, with its long rows of white crosses (and the odd Star of
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Bock Casemates
Beneath the Montée de Clausen, the cliff-top site of Count Sigefroi’s once-mighty fort, the Bock Casemates are a picturesque, atmospheric honeycomb of rock galleries and passages – yes, kids will love it – initially carved by the Spaniards between 1737 and 1746. Over the years the
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