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Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Free public transport

  1 jan – 31 dec

  The whole country's buses, trams and second-class trains are free to everyone, residents and visitors alike. There is no ticket to buy and no barrier to tap. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winterlights markets (20 nov – 5 jan (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Liichtmessdag

  2 febLicht & vuur

  On 2 February children walk the streets after dark with home-made lanterns and sing at doors for sweets. An evening the city keeps for itself, and half an hour later it is over. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Buergbrennen bonfires

  22 febLicht & vuur

  On the first Sunday of Lent every village and city quarter burns a wooden cross on a hill to see winter off. It is a neighbourhood evening with mulled wine, not a ticketed one. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Eimaischen pottery market

  6 aprPasen & Goede Week

  On Easter Monday the Feschmaart fills with potters selling Peckvillercher, the bird-shaped clay whistles everyone leaves with. It has run in the old town since the eighteenth century. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Buergbrennen bonfires (22 feb)

Druk — Octave pilgrimage and Maertchen, schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Octave pilgrimage and Maertchen

  20 apr – 25 mei · meestalBedevaartseizoenDruk

  A fortnight of pilgrimage to the cathedral in spring, with a food and trinket market taking over Place Guillaume for the duration and a closing procession through the streets. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Eimaischen pottery market (6 apr)

Topdrukte — Octave pilgrimage and Maertchen, ING Night Marathon

• Festival

  ING Night Marathon

  1–31 mei · meestalSportevenementSluitingenDruk

  A marathon run in the evening on a Saturday in May, through the upper town and out onto the Kirchberg plateau, finishing long after dark. The centre closes to traffic from mid-afternoon. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Octave pilgrimage and Maertchen (20 apr – 25 mei (meestal))

Druk — National Day, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  National Day

  22–23 junNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The eve of 23 June is the event: a torchlit parade through the upper town and fireworks off the Pont Adolphe over the gorge. Everything closes on the day itself. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  August residents' holiday

  25 jul – 25 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesSluitingen

  A small capital of commuters empties for the summer, and the Schueberfouer funfair on the Glacis in the last two weeks of August and start of September is what brings the place back. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Schueberfouer, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Schueberfouer

  21 aug – 9 sepGroot festivalDruk

  A funfair on the Glacis that has run since the fourteenth century and takes three weeks. Entry is free, the fish stalls are the point, and the city loses its main car park to it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), August residents' holiday (25 jul – 25 aug (meestal))

Druk — Schueberfouer, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Moselle wine harvest

  10 sep – 20 okt · meestal

  The riesling and elbling terraces along the river east of the city are picked from mid-September, in the small wine towns of Remich, Grevenmacher and Wormeldange a short drive east.

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Schueberfouer (21 aug – 9 sep)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Moselle wine harvest (10 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Festival

  Winterlights markets

  20 nov – 5 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaar

  Four squares in the upper town take markets and a rink from late November, with a ferris wheel on Place de la Constitution looking down the valley. It is small and walkable in an evening. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Free public transport (1 jan – 31 dec), Winterlights markets (20 nov – 5 jan (meestal))