Visits

Find out more about the workings of the only Blast Furnace in Luxembourg that is open to visitors. Follow the fascinating route, at your own pace, through the heart of steel production and enjoy safe access to the 40-metre-high viewing platform, where iron ore and coke were loaded.

To ensure the safety of visitors, access to the blast furnace may be closed at any time due to the weather conditions

The Fonds Belval offers various guided tours devoted to the industrial heritage of Luxembourg and, more specifically, to the operation of the blast furnace, as well as to the regeneration of the industrial wastelands and the exceptional architectural development of the Belval site.

Find out more about the workings of the only Blast Furnace in Luxembourg that is open to visitors. Deep in the heart of this impressive enclosure, the guide will explain to you the process used to manufacture cast iron and steel. During the visit, you will climb to a height of 40 metres (to the viewing platform) from where you can enjoy a spectacular view of the City of Science, the new neighbourhood of Belval and its remarkable contemporary architecture.

However, to ensure the safety of visitors, access to the Blast Furnace may be closed at any time due to the weather conditions.

Explore the Belval site, renowned for the diversity and quality of its contemporary architecture, which blends in perfectly with the impressive industrial heritage. During the tour, the guide will explain the overall design to you, which includes both the conservation and enhancement of the blast furnaces as well as the development of the City of Science, the brand new urban district of Belval.

Visit the Blast Furnace and the City of Science and enjoy a general overview of the history of steel production and the regeneration of the industrial wasteland into a contemporary urban district with exceptional architecture and urban planning.

However, to ensure the safety of visitors, access to the Blast Furnace may be closed at any time due to the weather conditions.

The guided tours are designed to satisfy a wide audience.
However, depending on the particular interests of the group, it is possible to go into more detail on certain topics such as the steel industry, architecture or town planning.
Please specify any special requirements at the time of booking. Special tours are subject to the availability of the guides.

Visit the Blast Furnace and the City of Science and enjoy a general overview of the history of steel production and the regeneration of the industrial wasteland into a contemporary urban district with exceptional architecture and urban planning.

For school groups, the Fonds Belval offers a visit adapted to schoolchildren. We explain how the blast furnace works and enlighten them on whole project to regenerate the Belval industrial wasteland and its architectural development.

Ideal for an unforgettable experience, the treasure hunt is a fun way to learn. By the end of the adventure, the brave little explorers will know everything there is to know about both the operation of the Blast Furnace and the contemporary architecture of Belval. Participants will look for hidden signs, which have to be deciphered from a map.

This is a more active way to discover the new urban district of Belval, which is developing at the foot of the blast furnaces. Explore the Belval site, renowned for the diversity and quality of its contemporary architecture, which blends in perfectly with the impressive industrial heritage. During the tour, the guide will explain the overall design to you, which includes both the conservation and enhancement of the blast furnaces as well as the development of the brand new urban district of Belval (the City of Science). After the bike ride, you are free to visit the blast furnace (no guided tour).

Built in 1910 and completely transformed at between 1965 and 1970, this immense building was used to store the iron ore and coke that was poured into the blast furnaces of the Belval plant until it was finally decommissioned in 1997. Carefully restored by the Fonds Belval from March 2020 to February 2022, it is now freely accessible to visitors who can admire its architectural splendour. The Blast Furnace tour will now start from this building and follow the route of the raw materials. The Möllerei is open every day, from 10h00 to 19.00 (16h00 in winter), closed on Tuesdays and from December 24 to January 1 inclusive.

The exhibition devoted to the City of Science makes it possible (owing, in particular, to the model on display) to appreciate the scale of the regeneration project of the Belval industrial wasteland, following the final closure of the plant in 1997. The exhibition is open every day, from 10h00 to 19.00 (16h00 in winter), closed on Tuesdays and from December 24 to January 1 inclusive.