Table of Contents of "The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg"
Tourist Guide
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CONTENTS
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| Welcome to Luxembourg |
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GENERAL INFORMATIONS
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| 1.PRACTICAL TIPS AND ADVICE |
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| Accommodation 7 - Camping 7 - Currency and Exchange Rates 8 - Customs and Visa Regulations 8 - Emergencies 8 - Holidays, Weather 9 - Post 9 - Public Holidays 9 - Shopping 10 - Sport and Leisure 10 Telephone 13 - Traffic 14 Walking and Cycling 15 Gastronomy: In the Country of "Judd mat Gardebounen" 16 | |
| 2. THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE |
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| At the Heart of Europe 19 - Varied Landscape 19 - Temperate Atlantic Climate 19 - Population 19 - Eventful History 20 - Luxembourg in the 20th Century 22 - Political System 23 - From Agricultural Land to Banking and Media Centre 24 - Lhtzebuergesch, the Luxembourg Language 25 - Colourful Cultural Palette 26 | |
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LUXEMBOURG CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS
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| 3. THE CAPITAL CITY, LUXEMBOURG |
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| The Changing History of the City
29 - The Historic Heart of the City 32 - The Charming City Centre 40 - The
Lower City 45 - The Kirchberg Plateau 47 - The Railway Station District
50 - Luxembourg and its Surrounding Area 51 Luxembourg, the European City: Open to the World 49 Kermess Festival "Schueberfouer": Spectacle of the Senses 53 |
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| 4. MERSCH AND THE MAMER, EISCH AND ATTERT VALLEYS |
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| Mersch 56 - The Mamer Valley 57 - The Eisch Valley 58 - The Attert Valley 61 - Between Eisch and Attert 64 - The Alzette Valley from Mersch to Ettelbruck 65 | |
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THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY
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| 5. ETTELBRUCK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA |
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| Ettelbruck 66 - The Surrounding Area 67 | |
| 6. DIEKIRCH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA |
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| Diekirch 69 The Ardennes Offensive in World War II (The Battle of the Bulge: Memorials and Museums are a Reminder of Bad Times 71 |
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| 7. THE UPPER SURE FROM ERPELDANGE TO ESCH-SUR-SURE |
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| Bourscheid Castle 74 | |
| 8. ESCH-SUR-SURE AND THE UPPER SURE LAKE |
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| Esch-sur-Sure 77 - The Lake as
a Holiday Resort 78 - The Northern Shore of the Lake 79 - The Upper Sure
to Martelange and its Surrounding Area 80 - The Southern Shore of the Lake
and its Surrounding Area 81 The Upper Sūre Nature Reserve: Environmentally Conscious Tourism 83 |
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| 9. WILTZ AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA |
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| Wiltz 85 - The Surrounding Area of Wiltz 88 - The Wiltz Valley to Kautenbach 89 - The Clert Valley and its Surrounding Area 90 | |
| 10. CLERVAUX AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA |
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| Clervaux 93 - The Surrounding
Area of Clervaux 95 "Family of Man" in Clervaux Castle: A Photographic Heritage 98 |
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| 11. TROISVIERGES AND THE FAR NORTH OF THE OESLING |
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| Troisvierges and its Surrounding Area 100 | |
| 12. VIANDEN AND THE OUR VALLEY |
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| Vianden 103 - Historic Vianden 105 - The Upper Our Valley 107 - From Vianden to the Blees Valley 110 - From Vianden to the Lower Sore Valley 111 | |
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THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY
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| 13. THE LOWER SURE FROM DIEKIRCH To ECHTERNACH |
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| 14. ECHTERNACH AND LITTLE SWITZERLAND |
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| Echternach 117 - Places of Interest
118 - The Mullertal Valley: Luxembourg's Little Switzerland 123 - Larochette
and its Surrounding Area 126 Echternach Spring Procession: The Skipping Pilgrims 130 |
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| 15.THE LOWER SURE FROM ECHTERNACH To WASSERBILLIG |
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| 16. THE LUXEMBOURG MOSELLE |
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| From Wasserbillig to Remich 137
- Remich and its Surrounding Area 147 - From Remich to Schengen 148 Gre venmacher Butterfly Garden: The Tropics on the Moselle 145 The Wines and Sparkling Wines of the Luxembourg Moselle: The Romans Treasured this "Noble Drop" 152 |
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| 17. MONDORF-LES-BAINS AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA |
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| The Surrounding Area of Mondort-les-Bains
157 Memories of the Golden Age 159 |
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THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY
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| 18. SOUTHERN LUXEMBOURG |
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| Esch-sur-Alzette 161 - The Surrounding
Area of Esch-surAlzette 165 Facades which Tell a Story 164 Brewing: Cheers Gambrin us! 172 |
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APPENDIX
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| Information Offices 173 - Embassies 174 - Camp Sites 175 - Youth Hostels 179 - Culture: Libraries 179 - Cinemas 180 - Museums 181- Theatres 184 - Footpaths 184 | |
| Index of Places and People |
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