Shopping
You will find high quality luxury items as well as affordable items. Many towns in Luxembourg combine sightseeing and shopping in their centres and a visit to Echternach, Diekirch or Esch-sur-Alzette is well worth it.
The most famous shopping areas are found in Luxembourg city, around the train station and in the street called the Grand Rue and its side streets. If you go further away from the main city then you will find the Auchan shopping center on the Kirchberg, The Belle Etoile shopping centre and the City Concorde shopping centre both in Bertrange.
This city is predominantly famous for luxury brands and jewelry stores. The old cities are filled with boutiques and the hottest European fashions and shoppers can also find good art galleries.
Other popular items available are hand painted porcelain plates, which often depict dreamy country scenes in the Ardennes mountains. Cast iron wall plaques, which generally feature coats of arms, castles and other souvenir type goodies. A complete list of Luxembourg’s best shopping is here.
Nightlife in Luxembourg
The Grand Duchy also knows how to ignite the party and there’s no stopping it once it’s started. Luxembourg’s club scene entertains all tastes, types and styles, you are bound to find something for you.
One of the main reasons for its active nightlife is the clubs and pubs have a policy of free entrance. The high number of foreign residents and visitors love this fact. There are a number of stylish places where you can eat, drink and party.
There is also an efficient way of getting back home at the end of the night, the Nightrider. A minibus that serves as a cross between a bus and taxi, (nightrider.lu ).
This operates from 6pm until 5am on Friday and Saturday nights. It will pick you up and drop to your door for a very affordable rate.
The most famous city for enjoying the nightlife is Luxembourg City. Although it is not the biggest capital city in Europe, it has a wide variety of bars and clubs to satisfy the large crowd of party goers. Most of the bars and clubs are situated in the main part of the city.
Some of the most most popular places are:
- Scott’s Irish pub
- Melusina nightclub
- Go Ten - Japanese inspired bar
- Tube English pub
- Shaggys bar
- Apoteca - dance club
- Vinoteca wine bar
- Urban bar
- d'Qliq bar
- Secret Garden - lounge bar
- O’Bar - a traditional French cafe