Anyone been to Luxembourg?

[baz7175]

Random question for today, anyone been to Luxembourg before?

Myself and Mrs Baz are going to take a run there tomorrow and at the moment I'm putting together a list of possible things to stop off and see (and snap some pics of too). There's a massive wealth of old buildings, churches, castles etc in the Ardennes area, the likes of the old copper mine in Stolzembourg, the village of Clervaux (nice location in hills surrounding a valley), Esch-sur Sure which gives a view of 4 castles from it's steep rocky ledges, the reconstructed 2nd WW bunker at Schlindermanderscheid, and the castle of Heringen and Schiessentümpel waterfall.

Just looking for any nice places that any of you may have found when there in the past that may make us change our current plans to add them in.

Cheers as always!!!

[baz7175]

Plan of attack is as follows:-

Leave Aachen in the early morning (planning for 6.45am kickoff) and drive to first stop in Luxembourg:-

[u]Clervaux[/u]
Castle of Clervaux
Saint-Maurice and Saint Maur Abbey

[u]Vianden[/u]
Vianden Castle
The Hockelstur (belltower) on rock close to castle
Church of the Trinitarians (Cross of Justice nearby)
Church of St Nicholas

[u]Mullerthal[/u]
The Schiessentümpel waterfall near Waldbillig in Mullerthal

[u]Larochette[/u]
Ruined Castle

[u]Mersch[/u]
Mersch Castle

[u]Schoenfels[/u]
Schoenfels Castle

[u]Hollenfels[/u]
Hollenfels Castle

[u]Ansembourg[/u]
2 Castles in town

[u]Septfontaines[/u]
Septfontaines Castle

[u]Koerich[/u]
Koerich Castle (known locally as Grevenschlass)
Koerich Church
Roman remains in the Miecher forest near Goeblange

[u]Luxembourg[/u]
Fort Thüngen
The Gelle Fra Monument
European Court of Justice
Grand Ducal Palace
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Neumunster Abbey
Clairefontaine Square

If all goes to plan we should hit Luxembourg city for around 5pm and stay there for 2-3 hours before heading homeward and being back in Aachen again for around 10pm

[baz7175]

What a stunning country Luxembourg is, and the main city itself is something to behold also, built on so many different levels with huge bridges spanning across valleys and rivers...only downside was the -5 to -10oC weather we had to deal with most of the day...just starting to work on the images shot now from the whole day, and thought I would share a few from Luxembourg city itself:-

First off the Luxembourg Philharmonie, which is a simply stunning building on it's own, and with the added moving lights inside it just makes the buildings appeal even greater...





And then a 5 exposure HDR from low down on the South side of the city looking back inward (and upward) along one of the citys many rivers towards the cliffs which play home to the city centre itself...

[nick_bbb]

baz7175 said:

First off the Luxembourg Philharmonie, which is a simply stunning building on it's own, and with the added moving lights inside it just makes the buildings appeal even greater...

Cool Is that the one in Quantum of Solace?

[baz7175]

Honest answer is I'm not sure, as I've only seen some of the film, but from the homework I did on it prior to the trip yesterday I don't recall any mention of it being used in the film.