Niederkorn, District de Luxembourg

The Land of the Red Rocks, also known as the "Minett", is located in the south of Luxembourg. Since the days of the steel industry, a positive structural change has taken place: from the open-air museum to the university campus and the modern shopping centre, here you can find both the past, marked by coal and steel, and the new technologies of the present. Nature is also hard at work reclaiming the former mining area. Since October 2020, the Minett officially bears the UNESCO "Man and Biosphere" label.

Niederkorn, District de Luxembourg

The Fond-de-Gras industrial and railway park recalls the iron and steel industry as an important period in Luxembourg's history. Whether it is the Train 1900 steam train, the old power station, the grocery shop where the workers bought daily items or the mining railway: the past comes alive here.

1 rue des Mines
Rumelange, District de Luxembourg

The bulk of the collection at the National Mining Museum is to be seen in the mine’s subterranean galleries where it was previously used. The traditional sightseeing tour starts aboard a small mine train. The train takes you through old opencast mines before entering the underground mine through the Langengrund tunnel.

1 Fond de Gras
Niederkorn, District de Luxembourg

Stop off at the charming “Bei der Giedel” restaurant in Fond-de-Gras for traditional hearty dishes in a cosy setting. The former rustic style miners’ café serves fondue, raclette, vegetable tarts and other specialities. The terrace is also a good place to sit and soak up the atmosphere - and sunshine, weather permitting!

Niederkorn, District de Luxembourg

In 1919 the grocery Victor Binck was opened in Differdange. Many different food products were sold to mine workers as well as to executives until the 1980s. “My brother used to work in the grocery. The steel industry has left its mark on us”, says Lori Gatti, who like many Italian immigrants used to buy ingredients for polenta in the shop. Because that too is “de Minett”: people who came to Luxembourg from the south to work and find a new homeland.

Belval

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg District, Luxembourg

Visit the blast furnaces in the City of Sciences and get an overview of the history of steel production as well as the reconversion of the industrial wasteland into a new urban district which has forged a name for itself in research and innovation.

6 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux
Esch-sur-Alzette, District de Luxembourg

Belval is flourishing place today which is largely thanks to its thriving steel past. Guided tours start with a brief introduction in the “Massenoire” former industrial building, which is now the visitor and information centre. Discover the district before stepping inside blast furnace A, visit the cast house, walk along the cooling system and end your visit 40m high with a breathtaking view.

Esch-sur-Alzette, District de Luxembourg

The mine Cockerill d’Esch-sur-Alzette played a major role in Luxembourg’s economic boom. This mine is known as a unique mine endued with a colliery, and the extraction was largely made by galleries. Explore the restored mining site and a museum in which one can find fossils, minerals, mining tools and numerous other genuine artefacts from the former iron industry.

Niederkorn, District de Luxembourg

In 2002, ARBED merged with Aceralia and Usinor to form the largest steel industry conglomerate in the world: Arcelor. In 2006, the group merged with giant Mittal Steel, creating Arcelor Mittal. The group's headquarters remain in Luxembourg and several production sites continue to supply the global market with steel products. From Doha to Copenhagen and from Sicily's vineyards to New York's One World Trade Center, Luxembourgish products are used across the whole world.