What to do and see in Luxembourg, Luxembourg: The Best Historic Sites

First this museum was dedicated to the "Battle of the Bulge" in Luxembourg in winter 1944/45. The key topic of the museum remains the balanced and objective historical representation of the military operations in the Ardennes from the german, american and civilian points of view. Over 3000m2 of exhibition space enable an insight of the dramatic and tragic situations that both, soldiers and civilians, were caught in. Special showrooms feature extensive collections of weapons, uniforms, military equipment of all kind, wheeled- and tracked vehicles, in addition to numerous personal soldier's belongings, photographs, documents and maps. The museum's core is doubtlessly the detailed diorama of the night-time Sauer river crossing at Diekirch on January 18th, 1945. Another part is dedicated to the history of Luxembourg's own armed forces. Other sections are dedicated to Luxembourgers fighting in allied armies in both WWI, WWII, and during the Korean conflict.

Die große Bühne mit der monumentalen vierteiligen Freitreppe von 1727, der Vorplatz der Bühne, der Hof, die Schlossgärten und die imposante Silhouette des Feudalschlosses im Hintergrund, alles zusammen macht diesen Ort zu einem prachtvollen und angesehenen Freilichttheater. Jedes Jahr, von Ende Juni bis Anfang August, finden in Wiltz die bekannten Freilichtfestspiele statt.

13 January 1945, under the fire fed from the Battle of the Bulge, ten women and men made the promise to build a public Way of the Cross with a picture of Jesus' divine heart and a representation of Our Lady Fatima. After nine days of intense prayers the German troops left the town on 20 January 1945, the day of the Saint-Sebastian.