New Coworking Space for Public Sector Staff Opens in Differdange

On Thursday 11 June 2026, Luxembourg's Ministry of the Civil Service opened a new coworking space for state employees in Differdange, bringing the total number of such workstations available across the country to 98.

Public Service Minister Serge Wilmes inaugurated the new facility in the presence of Differdange Mayor Guy Altmeisch.

According to the ministry, the new coworking space is located in the Gravity building near the railway station and offers 30 workstations. It complements the existing sites in Schieren, which opened in March 2024, and in Clervaux and Dudelange, which opened in May and September 2025 respectively.

The ministry noted that more than 3,000 state employees living near Differdange could potentially benefit from the new facility, allowing them to work closer to home and avoid often heavily congested journeys to Luxembourg City. On average, this represents a daily saving of 32 km of travel and around 21 minutes, excluding traffic conditions.

"By reducing long daily commutes as much as possible, we are helping to improve both work organisation and the well-being of our employees, while also making a concrete contribution to environmental protection," said Minister Wilmes

The ministry estimated that, if fully utilised, the Differdange coworking space could reduce annual travel by approximately 192,000 km and cut CO₂ emissions by nearly 25 tonnes, based on average emissions of 130 g of CO₂ per kilometre for a standard car.

According to the ministry, all coworking sites opened since 2024 could, if fully occupied, eliminate more than 700,000 km of annual travel, almost the equivalent of a return journey between the Earth and the Moon, and reduce CO₂ emissions by more than 90 tonnes. Offsetting such emissions would require the planting of between 5,000 and 10,000 trees, based on an average annual absorption rate of 15 to 20 kg of CO₂ per tree..

Mayor Guy Altmeisch welcomed the initiative, stating: "This is a leading example of how municipalities and the government can work together in the interests of the public service and to help achieve the country's ambitious climate objectives."

"The development of new coworking spaces will continue in 2027," Minister Wilmes also announced. "New locations are currently being considered in the east and west of the country."

The ministry added that the Differdange coworking space forms part of a broader effort to share public infrastructure, with the Ministry of the Civil Service and the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth sharing premises within the building.