Luxemburg : architecture, modern art and more fortifications at the Kirchberg
After 1,5 days downtown we had walked by each viewpoint and monument downtown so our last morning we took the tram to head over to the European quarter on another hilltop Kirchberg. I was a bit surprised to learn that the European parliament had held sessions in the past in Luxemburg city. We profited from the free public transport in Luxemburg and got out at the modern building of the Philarmonic orchestra. From there it was a short walk towards the MUDAM Grand-Duc Jean museum. The building is designed by IM Pei who designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre. Here he built the museum of modern art on top of the old Vauban fortifications and next to the military museum in the fort. I have never seen a city with that many fortifications. Fort Thungen still has its strong access nextdoor and hosts a military museum that we didn't visit anymore. We did walk in the garden of the hillslope giving views towards the Aldstadt. The days before we had obser...
