Esch-sur-Alzette - Esch-sur-Alzette

Deanery Church of St. Joseph
Esch on the Alzette
provinceEsch-sur-Alzette
Residents
36.228 (2021)
Tourist information Tel 352 54 73 83 246
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Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch (Alzette) Esch / Alzette (lux .: Esch-Uelzecht; German: Esch an der Alzette) is a town and municipality in the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette and is located in the region Southwest Luxembourg. Esch an der Alzette became the title for the year 2022 European Capital of Culture awarded.

background

The city is located in the south of the Grand Duchy and borders directly on the state border of France. It is the second largest city in the country with a multicultural population. The city used to be an industrial center and there is still a large ArcelorMittal steel mill in the western part of the city. But it is in the process of transforming itself into a university town.

getting there

By plane

By train

  • 1  railway station, Boulevard J.F. kennedy. Station in the Wikipedia encyclopediaStation in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsStation (Q2484377) in the Wikidata database.The train connection with Luxembourg City runs every 15 minutes.

By bus

In the street

By car from Luxembourg City on the A4 motorway. The route is only about 17 km long. From direction Saarland there is from the German border Schengen from a direct motorway connection to Esch-Alzette (A13).

mobility

Map of Esch-sur-Alzette

There is a dense public bus transport system. The bus station is right next to the train station. The RGTR bus line 205 connects Esch-Alzette with Luxembourg City every 20 minutes during the day.

Tourist Attractions

  • 1  National Resistance Museum, Place de la Resistance. Tel.: 352 548472. National Resistance Museum in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNational Resistance Museum in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNational Resistance Museum (Q6978080) in the Wikidata database.Open: Thu, Sat-Sun 3: 00–6: 00 p.m.
  • 2  Deanery Church of St. JosephDeanery Church of St. Joseph in the encyclopedia WikipediaDekanatskirche St. Josef in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDeanery Church of St. Joseph (Q13103396) in the Wikidata database
  • Game enclosure on the Galgenberg. Price: free entry.

activities

On the former industrial wasteland Belval, a new city district with a shopping center, university, apartment blocks and cultural facilities is under construction and partly already usable.

shop

The main shopping street is the rue de l'Alzette (pedestrian zone) with its side streets.

kitchen

Cheap

  • Café du Théatre, 66, rue du Brill. Portuguese restaurant on a budget.

medium

  • Le Pavillion, a bit out of the way in Park Galgenberg. French kitchen.

Upscale

  • Fridrici, 116, route de Belvaux. Gourmet restaurant.

nightlife

  • Casablanca, 110, rue de l'Alzette. Tel.: 352 26 53 18 34. Open: Mon - Sat 7.30 a.m. - 1.00 a.m., Sun 10.00 a.m. - 1.00 a.m.
  • 1  Pitcher, 27, Grand-rue. Tel.: 352 54 04 59. Rock café, mixed crowd.Open: Mon 11 a.m. - 1 a.m., Tue - Sat 10 a.m. - 1 a.m., Sun 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 5 p.m. - 1 a.m.

accommodation

Cheap

  • 1  Hotel Topaz, 5 rue des Remparts. Tel.: 352 53 14 41 1. Somewhat out of the way.

medium

  • 2  Hotel De la poste, 107, rue de l'Alzette. Art Deco Hotel.
  • 3  Hotel Ibis Esch-Belval, 12, avenue du rock'n'roll.

security

health

Practical advice

  • Esch City Tourist Office, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville - B.P. 318. Tel.: 541637, Fax: 547383 678. Open: Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm, in summer also Sat 1 pm-5pm.
  • Main post office, 11, rue Xavier Brasseur, near the pedestrian area.

trips

literature

The city library is located at 26, rue Emile Mayrisch

Web links

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European Capitals of Culture

European Culture Month (now discontinued):
1992: Krakow |1993: Graz |1994: Budapest |1995: Nicosia |1996: St. Petersburg |1997: Ljubljana |1998: Linz, Valletta |1999: Plovdiv | 2000: none | 2001:Basel, Riga | 2002: none | 2003:St. Petersburg

European City of Culture:
1985: Athens |1986: Florence |1987: Amsterdam |1988: West Berlin |1989: Paris |1990: Glasgow |1991: Dublin |1992: Madrid |1993: Antwerp |1994: Lisbon |1995: Luxembourg |1996: Copenhagen |1997: Thessaloniki |1998: Stockholm

European Capital of Culture:
1999: Weimar |2000: Avignon, Mountains, Bologna, Brussels, Helsinki, Krakow, Prague, Reykjavík, Santiago de Compostela |2001: postage, Rotterdam |2002: Bruges, Salamanca |2003: Graz |2004: Genoa, Lille |2005: Cork |2006: Patras |2007: Sibiu, Luxembourg together with the greater regionSaar-Lor-Lux |2008: Liverpool, Stavanger |2009: Linz, Vilnius |2010: Istanbul, Pécs, eat for theRuhr area |2011: Tallinn, Turku |2012: Guimarães, Maribor |2013: Košice, Marseille |2014: Riga, Umeå |2015: Mons, Plzeň |2016: Wroclaw, Donostia-San Sebastian |2017: Aarhus, Paphos |2018: Leeuwarden, Valletta |2019: Matera, Plovdiv |2020: Galway, Rijeka |2021: Timisoara, Eleusis, Novi Sad |2022: Esch on the Alzette, Kaunas |2023: Veszprém |

2024: Bad Ischl, Bodø, Tartu
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