Beien an der Stad 2025;
Credit: VdL
To raise public awareness about bee protection and biodiversity conservation, the City of Luxembourg (VdL) has announced it is offering a freely accessible, educational beekeeping walking trail through the capital.
The bee and biodiversity awareness project has been implemented by the VdL in collaboration with natur musée (National Museum of Natural History- MNHN) and the Neumünster Abbey Cultural Exchange Centre (neimënster), with the support of the National Archives, Luxembourg’s National Roads Administration and Servior - Op der Rhum.
As reported by the VdL, the trail is approximately 2.5 km long and features thirteen information points, allowing both children and adults to learn about the world of bees. At various stops along the trail, information panels in English, French and German provide explanations on urban biodiversity, along with a wide range of bee-related topics relating to different species of wild and honeybees, their habitat, lifestyle, reproduction habits, products produced from the hives and the issue of bee mortality.
The educational trail is designed to present the characteristics of bees, hornets and wasps - noted by the VdL as “essential to a healthy and balanced environment” - in a fun and instructive way. Visitors can also discover a house for wild bees and insects and closely observe the daily comings and goings of the various insects.
The trail features the following stops:
1. Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO): The Bee and the Wasp;
2. Place de Clairefontaine: Biodiversity;
3. Rue du St Esprit: Planters and Flowerbeds;
4. National Archives: Bees in the City of Luxembourg;
5. Biisserwee: Biodiversity in Stone Walls;
6. Biisserwee - Staircase to the Rham Plateau: Wild Bee House;
7. Belvedere 1 - Rham Plateau: Bee Navigation;
8. Belvedere 2 - Rham Plateau: Insecticides – A Major Threat;
9. Rham Plateau: Green Roofs;
10. Foot of the Bock Rock: The Colony;
11. Foot of the Bock Rock: Pollination;
12. Near Rue Sosthène Weis: Log Hive;
13. Rue Plaetis: Bees and Hive Products.
A brochure, featuring a map of the various trail stops, is available at https://beien.vdl.lu.
The VdL and its partners will also offer several guided tours, in English, of the bee-themed trail and the role of these insects in the ecosystem. Tours are available on the following dates:
- Saturday 27 May 2025 at 17:00
- Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 17:00
- Saturday 5 July 2025 at 14:00
- Tuesday 22 July 2025 at 17:00
- Saturday 23 August 2025 at 14:00
The tours start at Place Guillaume II (in front of the Luxembourg City Tourist Office), end at the Grund Lift Tunnel and last for up to two and a half hours. Each tour is limited to eight participants.
Participation in the tours is free however registration is required. More information can be found at https://beien.vdl.lu
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