Luxembourg is a diminutive country buried in the heart of Europe with only a handful of UK airports having direct flights there. Mostly London airports with one flight at present from Manchester.
An easier route from other parts of the UK is to fly to Brussels, then catch a train to the country. That’s what we did.
While there are officially 12 cities in Luxembourg, most visitors will head to the capital Luxembourg City. A fair number of the cities are very small, more like towns or even villages.
The train from Brussels to Luxembourg’s capital takes almost 3 hours and is regular, more than one an hour.
So if you are flying into Brussels, you may want to have a quick look round there before getting the train on even if you only look at the Grand Palace, a 17th square. It is certainly worth a look.
Whether you want to hunt out the statue of the boy peeing is up to you, but we were quite underwhelmed by it.
Luxembourg is an expensive country and we were fortunate to have someone we could stay with, so no exorbitant hotel costs. You could be paying 100 euros for a 3 star hotel as a yardstick in 2026.
The capital is known as a banking hub, and many of the residents earn big bucks from banking. Walking through the city, you feel like the people you meet are largely quite wealthy.
The city has old quarters and fortifications, tunnels, lively squares, a grand palace, gothic cathedral and also more modern architecture in some areas. In a day, you can cover most of the city’s attractions.
We stayed in the suburbs of the city with some semi-rural land to walk our host’s dog through. A burly creature that would come up behind you and bundle you off the path out of its way.
It didn’t feel like a city with wild nightlife and one of our nights out consisted of having a meal then going to the cinema. Not exactly crazy.
It’s probably best to find a local to show you the night spots, then you might have a more interesting night as they will know the best bars and clubs.
While not the most exciting country in Europe, it’s worth a couple of days to look around and could be a stopping point on a longer trip through that part of Europe.
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