Must-see attractions in Luxembourg City

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    Musée d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg

    Luxembourg City

    Hidden within a series of 17th- to 19th-century houses, including a former ‘holiday home’ of the Bishop of Orval, the city's history museum is engrossing…

  • Bock Casemates

    Luxembourg City

    Beneath the Montée de Clausen, the clifftop site of Count Sigefroi’s once-mighty fort, the Bock Casemates are an atmospheric honeycomb of rock galleries…

  • Mudam Museum

    Mudam

    Luxembourg City

    Groundbreaking exhibitions of modern, installation and experiential art take place in this airy architectural icon designed by Pritzker-winning architect…

  • Stunning view of the lower city along Alzette river and Le Chemin de la Corniche of the upper city, Luxembourg

    Chemin de la Corniche

    Luxembourg City

    Hailed as 'Europe's most beautiful balcony', this pedestrian promenade winds along the course of the 17th-century city ramparts with views across the…

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    Palais Grand-Ducal

    Luxembourg City

    Luxembourg's turreted palace was built in 1572 and has been greatly extended over the years. It now houses the Grand Duke’s office, with parliament using…

  • Abbaye de Neumünster

    Luxembourg City

    Dominating the Grund riverbank, this 17th-century Benedictine abbey has been transformed into a cultural centre. Around the cloister are bronze sculptures…

  • US Military Cemetery

    Luxembourg City

    In a beautifully maintained graveyard 6km east of the city near the airport, lie 5075 US WWII war dead, including the general of the US Third Army George…

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    MNHA

    Luxembourg City

    Startlingly modern for its Old Town setting, the national art and history museum starts deep in an excavated rocky basement with exhibits of Neolithic…

  • Musée-Mémorial de la Déportation

    Luxembourg City

    Prior to WWII, Luxembourg had a Jewish community of approximately 3500 people. Of them, some 2500 fled, most to France, before emigration was halted in…

  • Cathédrale Notre-Dame

    Luxembourg City

    Built between 1613 and 1621, and enlarged between 1935 and 1938, Luxembourg's cathedral is most memorable for its distinctively elongated black spires,…

  • Am Tunnel

    Luxembourg City

    Deep beneath the Spuerkeess bank is a permanent exhibition on photographer Edward Steichen, who put together Clervaux’ Unesco-listed Family of Man…

  • Musée de la Banque

    Luxembourg City

    Where better than the financial hub of Luxembourg to spend an hour browsing through a bank museum? It's housed in the dramatic, century-old, castle-style…

  • Fort Thüngen

    Luxembourg City

    A 1730 twin-towered extension of the plateau's vast complex of Vauban fortifications, Fort Thüngen has an intruiging museum about Luxembourg's historic…

  • Casino Luxembourg

    Luxembourg City

    Hungarian composer-virtuoso Franz Liszt gave his last concert at this grand one-time society mansion. Today, the building hosts regularly changing…

  • Gëlle Fra

    Luxembourg City

    Originally installed on Place de la Constitution in 1923 by Luxembourg sculptor Claus Cito, this 21m-high grantie obelisk topped by a wreath-bearing…

  • Natur Musée

    Luxembourg City

    Ranging over 10 exhibition halls, this family-oriented, interactive museum covers all the natural history bases with stuffed animals, preserved insects…

  • Hôtel de Ville

    Luxembourg City

    Completed in 1838, the city's neoclassical town hall was largely constructed from the stones of a Franciscan monastery that previously occupied the site…

  • Place de la Constitution

    Luxembourg City

    Towering above this leafy triangular ‘square’ is a WWI memorial, Gëlle Fra. Beyond, the valley falls away to the Pétrusse River.