Group trips
Embark on an adventure in a paradise for nature and animal lovers. Live an adventure and make new animal friends on a rally through the ‘Escher Déierepark’. Solve the mystery, collect the clues and find the treasure on this interactive and educational rally.
Category: Nature and environment
Duration: 1 hour
Age: 4 - 10 years
Class: Preschool - 4th grade
Price per group: 145 €
Participants: max. 13 children per group
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Office Régional du Tourisme Sud a.s.b.l. – Visit Minett’
Other: Wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The nature and forest centre is located at the entrance to the Ellergronn nature reserve. It is housed in the restored buildings of the former Cockerill mine. It offers hands-on activities for all ages on nature, mining, team building, biodiversity and much more.
Detailed descriptions of the various activities for primary and secondary pupils can be found in the relevant PDFs. Please indicate which activities you would like to take part in when making your booking enquiry.
Category: Nature and environment
Duration: 2,5 hours per activity
Age: from 4 years
Class: from preschool
Price: free for school classes and maison relais; for all other group: 75 € (1,5 hours); 90 € (2 hours); 115 € (3 hours)
Participants: min. 8 children, max. 20 persons
Access: about 25 minutes on foot or a quick ride on bus from/to ‘Esch-Gare’/’Esch-Place Pierre Ponath’ (15 minutes). Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: Nature conservation centre Ellergronn
Other: Please wear sturdy shoes and clothes suitable for the weather. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The Museum of the Resistance (MNRDH) in Esch is the only museum in Luxembourg that covers the entire history of the Second World War. It explains the structures of the Nazi regime, the dictatorship, the reactions and the resulting actions. Other stations deal with Nazi repression, the concentration camps, the Holocaust and the post-war period. Since 1 March 2024, the MNRDH has had a new trilingual permanent exhibition with a renewed museographic concept. A new human rights department provides a link to current events. In addition to workshops and events, the MNRDH also offers guided tours. Temporary exhibitions are regularly organised on both historical and contemporary themes.
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 1,5 hours
Age: from 10 years
Class: from 4th grade
Price per group: 90 € per guided tour plus entrance fee per person
Entrance fee per person: 4 € (for adult groups)
Participants: max. 1 school class or 20 persons
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Musée de la résistance et des Droits humains’
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
Discover the ‘Ellergronn’ nature reserve during a nocturnal torch hike and learn all there is to know about the mysterious natural landscape. Furthermore, a guide will explain the purpose and functionality of the old underground mining galleries.
Category: Nature and environmenet; Art, culture and history
Booking period: October – March
Duration: 2 hours
Age: from 10 years
Class: from 4th grade
Price per group: 200 €
Participants: max. 25 persons
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Office Régional du Tourisme Sud a.s.b.l. – Visit Minett’
Other: Wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The patents of the trolley called ‘Buggien’ have been stolen! All the clues point to the notorious criminal ‘Kolonell’, but where could he have hidden the plans? Help the chief investigator Detective M. and lock up the ‘Kolonell’ for good. The ‘Kolonell’ series of crimes is causing concern throughout the Minett region. Maybe you can help? Check out the villain's escape route and perhaps he can be jailed once and for all? The activity is aimed at young teenagers and will lead you on your own through 12 stations in Esch/Alzette where you can find clues and solutions.
Category: Sports and leisure; Team and group dynamics
Duration: 3 – 3,5 hours
Age: 10 - 16 years
Class: 4th - 10th grade
Price per person: 4,50 €
Languages: German, French, English
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Office Régional du Tourisme Sud a.s.b.l. – Visit Minett’
Other: Wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The ‘Geméisguart’ in Esch/Alzette is is located 5 minutes walking from the youth hostel. In addition to a visit of the urban garden, you have the opportunity to transform a pallete into a planter and create a seed bank.
Category: Nature and environment
Period of reservation: April - November
Duration: 3 hours
Age: from 12 years
Class: from 6th grade
Price per group: 90 €
Participants: max. 10 persons
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Centre d'Initiative et de Gestion local a.s.b.l’
Other: Wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
During this activity, located only a few steps from the youth hostel, participants prepare and enjoy a common meal (starter, main course and dessert) with seasonal vegetables. The kitchen workshop will be preceded by the harvest of the ingredients and a visit of the urban garden.
Category: Nature and environment
Period of reservation: June - October
Duration: 3 hours
Age: from 5 years
Class: from preschool
Price per group: 150 €
Participants: max. 15 persons
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Centre d'Initiative et de Gestion local a.s.b.l’
Other: Wear sturdy shoes and weather appropriate clothing. Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
Immerse yourself in an art gallery and get to know various urban artists. Here you can not only admire art, but also create it yourself. You will draw your own work of art in one of the gallery's artists' studios.
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 2 hours
Age: from 4 years
Class: from preschool
Price per person: 15 €, or 25 € (including a small painting to take home)
Number of participants:10 - 20 persons
Location: Esch/Alzette
Provider: ‘Kamellebuttek’ Esch/Alzette’
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The indoor climbing hall ‘RedRock Climbing Center’ in Soleuvre is the ideal location to try out this fun kind of sport. The largest climbing centre of the region boasts a main hall with a 1000 m2 climbing surface and routes with a length up to 20 m. Furthermore, the climbing centre is made up of a separate formation room (7 m high) and a lower boulder area (4 m high). Before the visitors start to climb the wall, a coach will show them the safety techniques. And up you go!
Category: Sports and leisure
Duration: 3 hours
Age: from 9 years
Class: from 3rd grade
Price per group: 120 € plus entrance fee per person
Price per person: 10 € (up to 12 years); 12 € (13 - 17 years); 15 € (adults)
Participants: max. 14 persons
Location: Belvaux
Provider: ‘RedRock Climbing Center Klotertuerm S.A.’
Access: rride on the train from/to ‘Esch/Alzette-Gare’/’Belvaux-Soleuvre-Gare’ (11 minutes). Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
A tour takes you through the galleries of the ‘Walert’ mine, which was in active from 1898 to 1963. More than 70 metres underground, you will discover large galleries on two levels and impressive caverns where your museum guide will bring the miners' times back to life. The tools and machines on display bear witness to iron ore mining in the region from the 1870s to 1997. You will experience more than a century of technical progress on site.
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 2 hours
Age: from 6 years
Class: from 1st grade
Minimum price for groups: 150 € up to 13 people; if the minimum price is exceeded, plus 5,50 € per person (children); 7 € (students) and 11 € (adults) for each additional participant
Participants: max. 31 persons
Location: Rumelange
Provider: ‘Musée National des Mines de Fer Rumelange’
Access: ride on bus from/to ‘Esch-Gare’/’Rumelange-Laangegronn’ (9 minutes). Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
Equipped with an iPad tablet and helmet, you will be guided through the mine. After a ride on the mine train and a digital quiz, the tour continues in the gallery on foot for about 1 km. Guided by ‘Spooky’, the ghost of the mine, you will discover the world of the miners through virtual and augmented reality, almost like in reality.
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 1,5 hours
Age: from 6 years
Class: from 1st grade
Price per group: 180 €
Participants: max. 14 participants per group
Location: Rumelange
Provider: ‘Musée National des Mines de Fer Rumelange’
Access: ride on bus from/to ‘Esch-Gare’/’Rumelange-Laangegronn’ (9 minutes).Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The interactive tour allows children to step into the role of a miner. On foot, the participants will head down to their temporary workplace, rapidly noticing just how dark it can get underground. The children will learn about the dangers and challenges of working in poor lighting, equipped with nothing but an acetylene lamp. The children will be actively involved in the mining process as they assist the guide in drilling, breaking iron ore blocks, securing the roof, pushing the mining trolley and even witness a controlled explosion. As the children resurface into daylight after their shift ends, a present awaits them to reward them for their daily work.
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 2 hours
Age: 6 – 14 years
Class: 1st - 8th grade
Price per group: 150 €; 250 € (mining railway)
Participants: max. 18 children and 2 group leaders per group
Location: Rumelange
Provider: ‘Musée National des Mines de Fer Rumelange’
Access: ride on bus from/to ‘Esch-Gare’/’Rumelange-Laangegronn’ (9 minutes).Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.
The Luxembourg Science Center located in Differdange welcomes its visitors to a great discovery centre of various sciences. About 100 experimental stations explain the world of the sciences to the visitor. Spectacular performances and shows invite you to participate. Lift a car with one hand, play table football against a robot, melt steel in seconds or take part in a scientific cooking workshop... Amazement and excitement are guaranteed! Discover the 100+ experiment stations in the exploration room!
Science shows: 6 years and above (please let us know the show you chose when booking the activity):
- Kitchen lab
- Fluids
- Materials
- Mathematics
- Motors
- Mechanics
- Electricity
- Optics
- Chemistry
- Mgnetism
- Planetarium
- … and lots of other activities!
Category: Art, culture and history
Duration: 2 – 4 hours
Age: from 6 years
Class: from 1st grade
Entrance fee per school class: free of charge for Luxembourg school classes (cycle 2 and above)
Entrance fee for all other groups; 15 persons and more: 7 € (kids and adolescents 6 – 17 years); 14 € (adults) (exploration room + 1 show included); cooking workshop & additional shows: 4 €
Participants: between 20 and 80 people, depending on the show
Location: Differdange
Provider: Luxembourg Science Center
Access: Car park in the vicinity. Ride on the train from/to ‘Esch/Alzette-Gare’/’Differdange-Gare’ (11 minutes). Public transport: www.mobiliteit.lu
Other: Please note that the offer is only available in combination with meals and / or overnight stay in a hostel. Otherwise, we will charge an additional administration fee of 20 € per booked activity. The group must be accompanied by at least one adult person.