School trip to Luxembourg: iron mines, Belval blast furnaces and Luxembourg Science Center (3 days)
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Reference SCO-03-771
- Duration 3 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
Three days in southern Luxembourg: Rumelange iron mine, Belval blast furnaces, the Science Center and workers’ history.
The south of the Grand Duchy, known as the Minett, owes its growth to the iron ore that made Luxembourg a major steel producer in the 20th century. Pupils ride a small train into an old gallery at the National Mining Museum in Rumelange, then discover the Belval blast furnaces, preserved in the middle of a modern university district. At the Luxembourg Science Center in Differdange, they carry out physics and chemistry experiments themselves. The trip also covers the immigration of workers, notably from Italy and later Portugal, and the transformation of an industrial region now recognised as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. It suits pupils from the last years of primary school to secondary school, for science, geography and history lessons.
Programme
Day 1: Rumelange and the mine
- Departure from your school by coach at the agreed time.
- A 30-minute break after 3 hours of driving at most: this is our drivers’ safety rule, day and night.
- Free lunch or packed lunch.
- Visit of the National Mining Museum in Rumelange, with a train ride into the gallery (on request).
- Walk in the Ellergronn nature reserve, a former mining site near Esch-sur-Alzette.
- Check-in at the youth hostel or hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Science Center and Fond-de-Gras
- Breakfast at the accommodation.
- Workshops and experiments at the Luxembourg Science Center in Differdange (on request).
- Free lunch or packed lunch.
- Discovery of Fond-de-Gras, a former mining site, and ride on the Train 1900 (on request).
- Check-in at the youth hostel or hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Belval and return
- Breakfast at the accommodation.
- Guided tour of Blast Furnace A in Belval, with a climb to the viewing platform (on request).
- Walk through the Cité des sciences in Belval, a new university district.
- Visit of the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights in Esch-sur-Alzette (on request).
- Free lunch or packed lunch.
- Return journey, with a break at least every 3 hours of driving, and arrival back at school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school
- The services of a driver
- Free places for the accompanying teachers (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Road tolls and parking fees
- 2 nights in a youth hostel or hotel, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the teachers
- Half board (breakfast and dinner)
- The driver’s accommodation
The price does not include
- Visit of the National Mining Museum in Rumelange, with a train ride into the gallery
- Workshops and experiments at the Luxembourg Science Center in Differdange
- Discovery of Fond-de-Gras, a former mining site, and ride on the Train 1900
- Guided tour of Blast Furnace A in Belval, with a climb to the viewing platform
- Visit of the National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights in Esch-sur-Alzette
- Lunches (free; packed lunches on request) and drinks
- Entrance fees to museums and sites not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money
Good to know
- Valid identity card (Kids-ID for children under 12), parental authorisation to travel abroad and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for each pupil.
- Times adapted to your school; pupils are supervised by the accompanying teachers.
- The Train 1900 at Fond-de-Gras only runs on certain dates (mainly May to September) and the Rumelange mine has limited opening days: to be checked; bring a jacket, as it is cool in the gallery.
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- From 20 participants
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- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
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School trip to Luxembourg: iron mines, Belval blast furnaces and Luxembourg Science Center (3 days)
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