US Military Cemetery

Only planes taking off from nearby Luxembourg airport disturb the peace at the country's two main war cemeteries.

The easiest to reach and most visited is the US Military Cemetery at Hamm, 4km east of the capital. Here lie more than 5000 US war dead, including famous general George S Patton jr. Most of those buried or remembered here were killed during the US's WWII liberation of Luxembourg and the subsequent Battle of the Ardennes. Patton's headstone is easily identified among the rows of white crosses and stars, each marked with flags from the US and Luxembourg. White-stone pylons commemorate the soldiers whose bodies were never found, and enormous wall maps detail the main events from the 1944-45 battles. To get here, take bus 8 from Hôtel Alfa opposite Gare Centrale.