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The European Heritage Days will return to Luxembourg from Thursday 18 to Sunday 28 September 2025, with the theme “Architectural Heritage: Windows to the Past, Doors to the Future”.
A joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union, European Heritage Days invites everyone to explore the richness and diversity of Europe’s architectural landscape.
The Luxembourg programme includes activities such as:
⁃ Exhibition: Belval in Transformation - Through Marcel Bouschet’s Lens (1957–1997), from Friday 19 September (Esch-Belval): The CNCI, together with the Fonds Belval and the Amicale des Hauts-Fourneaux A and B, presents a new exhibition of photographs by Marcel Bouschet. Entitled “Metamorphosis – Belval”, it offers two perspectives: “Before/After” and “Everyday Life in Transition”;
⁃ Participatory Saturday at VEWA, Saturday 20 September (Dudelange): DKollektiv opens the historic VEWA site to the public for a creative day. The event invites everyone to rediscover and reinvent this emblematic space in line with the European Heritage Days 2025 theme;
⁃ Architectural Walk - Old Slate Quarries of Haut-Martelange, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September (Haut-Martelange): The National Institute for Architectural Heritage (INPA) invites participants on a walk through the former slate industry site;
⁃ Children’s workshop - Small Bricks for a Big Brownfield, Sunday 21 September (Esch-Belval): CNCI and LUCA invite children to a creative workshop on industrial architecture. Step by step, participants explore the former blast furnace site and imagine new ways to transform and reuse it;
⁃ Luxembourg Stone in the Capital’s Architecture visit / conference, Sunday 21 September (Luxembourg City): This guided tour highlights the role of Luxembourgish stone in the capital city’s architecture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries;
⁃ Discover the Soul of the Moselle through its Historic Houses, Saturday 27 September (Bech-Kleinmacher): The “A Possen” Museum offers a guided tour through its historic houses, revealing their construction secrets and architectural evolution;
⁃ Transformation of the Former Organ Factory, Saturday 27 September (Lintgen): Visit the striking brick main building of the former organ factory opened in 1924;
⁃ Architectural Treasure Hunt at the “A Possen” Museum, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September (Bech-Kleinmacher): Explore this unique Moselle heritage with a game booklet full of puzzles about architecture and past daily life;
⁃ Open Days at Cercle Cité, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September (Luxembourg City): Guided tours in four languages and a collaborative workshop invite the public to explore and reinterpret the story of this emblematic building - a true “memory in stone” of Luxembourg City;
⁃ Parc Dräi Eechelen visit / conference, Sunday 28 September (Luxembourg-Kirchberg): Learn about the history of the park as former military site and how it developed into the popular park it is today.
The full itinerary of events in Luxembourg can be found at https://journeesdupatrimoine.lu/agenda/.
Venue: Across Luxembourg
Organiser: Council of Europe / EU / Luxembourg
Price: See website
Reservations: See website
URL: For details, see https://journeesdupatrimoine.lu/agenda/
