Credit: Ali Sahib, Chronicle.lu
On Saturday 27 September 2025, the eighth edition of the Luxembourg Kilt Walk took place, with participants walking from Luxembourg-Grund to Mersch and back in aid of pancreatic cancer charities.
The event, originally conceived in 2017 by organiser Ross Steele whose step-father succumbed to pancreatic cancer on New Year's Eve 2016, saw over 30 participants take part in the charity event, with many donning the traditional Scottish kilt.
Initially, the fund-raising walk was intended as a one-off event to raise awareness of the disease and to donate to ongoing research but has now raised over €30,000 for various charities selected by the participants and has featured a multitude of nationalities donning the traditional Scottish kilt to raise funds for charity.
The walk began at The Pyg Irish Pub in Luxembourg-Clausen with the route taking participants some 40 km up to the Boss Café in Mersch before returning to the starting point.
After completion of the walk, a BBQ, quiz and raffle took place at The Pyg to raise additional funds.
Speaking to Chronicle.lu organiser Ross Steel said: “We started the walk in 2016 in memory of my stepdad who died of pancreatic cancer. We wanted to do something for charity to raise awareness for the cancer because it was so bad. It was only one month from diagnosis to [his] death and it was really difficult, so I decided to start the walk. It’s quite common in Scotland to do a kilt walk, so we decided we'd do a Luxembourg kilt walk and it has been going since 2018.”
He added: “This is the eighth year and we have had so many different nationalities getting involved. Everyone gets a kilt on so it is good fun. At the beginning it was just a group of friends that were doing it and now it has just evolved. We have had at least 20 to 30 people every year and loads of different nationalities. Everybody just likes to embrace the kilt.”
