Getting to Dudelange (Centre) by public transport

Forced recruitment... A perhaps sometimes obscure term, especially for younger people who often find it difficult to imagine what it really means. Archival images, documents, photos, advertisements, propaganda posters, war material, all help to paint a clearer picture of those who were forcibly recruited. They reveal the fate, the courage of these people. Because one sometimes forgets that the inhabitants of Dudelange had been evacuated, that they could not escape the German occupation and that some of them were captured, imprisoned and taken to concentration camps. One also forgets that many resisted, fought and died for their country. All this is explained very clearly in the Museum of Forced Recruits! The museum gives an overview of the resettlement of the inhabitants of Dudelange, the German occupation, the forced recruitment, the militia, the liberation, the deportation, the arrest, the concentration camps and the resistance.

The museum houses a collection of precious historical objects which come from archaeological excavations carried out on Mont St-Jean, near the restored remains of the old castle (pottery, coins, firearms, military brooches, stones, etc.). The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission upon registration via tourisme@dudelange.lu Guided tours on request: T.: +352 51 17 49.

The hiking route begins at the free parking lot at the Boulodrome. Here you can decide whether to start your route immediately into the green of the Haard-Hesselsbierg-Staebierg nature reserve or first explore the workers' district "Quartier Italien". The 7-kilometer circular route offers a lot of variety: from green forest, over open landscapes shaped by the open-cast mine, fields with poppies (between May and June) to red earth and rock walls. The highlight of the route is the Humpen, a former train wagon in the middle of nowhere in which slag was transported.

Founded in 2024 by Fernand Valentiny, VGalerie was first situated in the heart of Mondorf-les-Bains, surrounded by the village's spa and wellness offerings. Starting in December 2025, together with Elena Valentiny, VGalerie opened a second location in the south of the country, in the city centre of Dudelange, Luxembourg. The Gallery features a selection of contemporary art by emerging and established artists and also focuses on the influential pieces from the 20th century that shaped Luxembourg´s artistic landscape.