Theatre, music, literature, cinema, gastronomy, and the multilingual cultural life that runs through the Philharmonie, Mudam, Rotondes, and the Grand Duchy's village halls.
With the slogan “Deel vun eppes Groussem” — “Part of Something Great” — D’Ekipp is trying to connect Luxembourg’s separate sporting circles into one inclusive community, from social runs to its Day One collaboration that drew hundreds through the capital.
Luxembourg is the only sovereign grand duchy on Earth, a constitutional monarchy where the Grand Duke is head of state but governs almost nothing. The 2023 constitution clarified that he promulgates laws rather than approves them. In October 2025, Grand Duke Henri abdicated and his son became Grand Duke Guillaume V. Real power lies with the 60-member Chamber of Deputies and a government led by Prime Minister Luc Frieden.
Luxembourg's temperate climate sits between oceanic and continental: mild, damp summers with July highs around 23-25 C, and cold, grey winters near 0-4 C with occasional snow. Rain is spread across the year, totalling roughly 830 mm; the north (Oesling/Ardennes) is cooler and wetter than the Moselle valley and south. This guide covers what to expect season by season, plus daylight hours and packing tips. All figures are climate averages.
Luxembourg City packs UNESCO ramparts, deep river valleys and a glassy business plateau into a compact, walkable capital. It covers where to stay by neighbourhood: the central Ville Haute, the lively, affordable Gare, the scenic Grund, modern Kirchberg, and quiet Belair and Limpertsberg. With transport free nationwide, staying outside the centre is practical too.
Luxembourg City packs an astonishing amount into a small, walkable space: a UNESCO World Heritage old town wrapped in dramatic fortifications, the underground Bock Casemates, the cliff-edge Chemin de la Corniche, two storybook lower towns, world-class museums at Kirchberg and a Grand Ducal Palace. Best of all, public transport across the whole country is free, making it effortless to explore. This guide covers the top sights, practical tips and how to link them together.
Luxembourg is small enough that almost the whole country and several neighbouring cities sit within a day's reach of the capital. Public transport inside the Grand Duchy has been free for everyone since 2020, so trains and buses to Vianden, the Mullerthal, Echternach, the Moselle and Esch-Belval cost nothing. Cross-border favourites such as Trier, Metz, Saarbrucken and Bastogne are easy add-ons. This guide lists the best day trips and how to get there.
Luxembourg is one of Europe's most rewarding hiking destinations: compact, superbly waymarked and reachable on free public transport. This guide covers the 112 km Mullerthal Trail through the UNESCO Global Geopark Mëllerdall, the 106 km Escapardenne Eislek Trail and 53 km Lee Trail in the north, the Moselle and Upper Sûre routes, and more than 200 short circular walks, with practical tips on maps and seasons.
Robert Schuman (1886–1963), architect of the declaration that founded what became the European Union, was born in Clausen, Luxembourg City — a German citizen at birth who became French in 1918, and is honoured as the "Father of Europe."
Vicky Krieps (born 1983 in Hesperange) is Luxembourg's most internationally recognised screen actor, acclaimed for Phantom Thread (2017) and award-winning for Corsage (2022).
Luxembourg is at its best from late spring to early autumn, roughly May to September, when daytime temperatures sit around 20 to 25 degrees, days are long and terraces, festivals and trails are in full swing. June brings National Day on the 23rd, late August opens the giant Schueberfouer funfair, and September turns the Moselle into wine country. December lights up for the Christmas markets, while the quiet shoulder months trade weather for lower prices and smaller crowds.
Crémant de Luxembourg is a quality sparkling wine made by the traditional method along the Luxembourg Moselle, a protected appellation since 1991. This guide explains the production rules, the 42-kilometre wine region and its grapes, the Marque Nationale quality scheme, where to visit, and how Crémant differs from Champagne and Prosecco.
Luxembourg's cuisine fuses German heartiness with French finesse — "French quality, German quantity." The national dish is Judd mat Gaardebounen, smoked pork collar with broad beans. Around it sit everyday classics: Bouneschlupp soup, deep-fried Gromperekichelcher, spreadable Kachkéis, Träipen black pudding, Friture de la Moselle, Feierstengszalot and Bouchée à la reine. Sweets like Quetschentaart and carnival Verwuerelter, plus Moselle wines and Crémant, complete it.
In 1897 a British punitive expedition stripped Benin City of roughly 5,000 artworks now scattered across the world's museums. In 2026 their return is accelerating: the Netherlands handed back 119 pieces, while Germany, Sweden, the Horniman and the Smithsonian have already ceded ownership of hundreds more. The British Museum, holding 900-plus objects, still refuses to deaccession, citing a 1963 law.
On 10 April 2026, detectorists Rune Sætre and Vegard Sørlie found 19 silver coins at Mørstad farm in Østerdalen, Norway, then stopped and called archaeologists. That restraint preserved the context for a find now at roughly 3,000 late-Viking-Age coins and counting, surpassing the 1,849-coin Årstad hoard of 1836 as Norway's largest. The cache mixes English, German, Danish and fresh Norwegian silver naming Cnut, Æthelred and Harald Hardrada.
Luxembourg's Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart (MNAHA) opens its first major retrospective of painter Berthe Brincour (1879-1947), with a vernissage on 4 June 2026 and a public run from 5 June 2026 to 10 January 2027. Brincour left her whole body of work to the state in 1947, but most was never studied or shown in full. After fresh research and restoration, the museum presents about 80 works, framing her as a rediscovered modern pioneer.
Luxembourg's Ministry of Culture has named Guy Helminger, the 63-year-old author born in Esch and based in Cologne, as winner of the 14th Prix Batty Weber. The €10,000 prize, awarded every three years for a writer's complete body of work, will be presented on 30 September 2026 at the Centre national de littérature in Mersch.
Luxembourg has unveiled "La Merde," Aline Bouvy's immersive installation built around an anthropomorphic excrement figure, at the 61st Venice Art Biennale. Commissioned by Kultur|lx and produced by Casino Luxembourg, the work runs from 9 May to 22 November 2026. At home, ADR deputy Alexandra Schoos has challenged its €540,000 budget, while Culture Minister Éric Thill defends both the spending and artistic freedom.
Esch2022, the cross-border European Capital of Culture spanning Luxembourg and France, drew 512,000 visitors to 1,351 events on a 54.8 million euro budget. Four years on, the legacy is mixed-to-positive: strong turnout and a concrete Interreg follow-on, but only a minority of Minett residents felt the French-Luxembourg link itself grew stronger.
Luxembourg and Iceland have signed their first audiovisual co-production treaty, opening a formal route for joint films, series and digital works.
The Cinémathèque's redesigned permanent exhibition treats a century of Luxembourgish film as serious cultural history rather than nostalgic curiosity.
