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23 February 2023 12:46

Esch2022: The European Capital of Culture project has played a key role in the transition of this cross-border territory

Presentation of the results of three major studies on satisfaction, image, impact etc.; Esch2022 has opened up new cultural perspectives in the South of Luxembourg and in neighbouring France.
The title of European Capital of Culture is more than just the headline of a cultural year. It is a large-scale project that is intended to have a long-term effect, bringing about lasting change for a

23 January 2023 15:00

Esch2022 hands the torch to PRO-SUD and CCPHVA

The title year of the European Capital of Culture has come to an end. The Esch2022 project is now to be carried on by the municipalities of the PRO-SUD syndicate and the French municipalities of the CCPHVA (Communauté de Communes Pays Haut Val d’Alzette).
One month after officially closing the first chapter of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022 on 22 December 2022, the torch was handed ov

10 January 2023 10:15

A flame for culture and a common future

Official handover of the title of European Capital of Culture took place yesterday in Athens
From the European Capitals of Culture 2022:
Esch-sur-Alzette (Esch2022, Luxembourg & France)
Kaunas (Kaunas 2022, Lithuania)
Novi Sad (Novi Sad 2022, Serbia)

To the European Capitals of Culture 2023:
Elefsina (2023 Eleusis, Greece)
Timisoara (Timi

23 December 2022 11:43

Esch2022: festive closing of the first chapter

Esch2022, ce n'est qu'un au revoir
Esch2022: festive closing of the first chapter
The European Capital of Culture region, Esch2022, including southern Luxembourg and neighbouring France, celebrated the end of the title year.
2000 visitors celebrated the closing evening of Esch2022 - REWIND-PLAY-FORWARD on 22.12.22, with more than 100 artists. In the first part, twelve roundtable di

(C) Léa Cheymol ¦ Esch2022 ¦ Pure Europe

16 December 2022 12:00

Pure Europe : Cultivated, white, rich, Christian, old and nationalistic

An interactive exhibition offering new and surprising perspectives on what Europe means today to be presented in the Möllerei (Esch-Belval) as part of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022 from the 17thof December until the 26th of February 2023, organised in collaboration with Luxembourg based Historical Consulting & the Dutch studio tinker imagineers.

The territory of the European

30 November 2022 11:30

Esch2022: REWIND-PLAY-FORWARD closing celebration

On 22.12.22, Esch2022 invites you to the festive closing evening of the first chapter of the European Capital of Culture.
To celebrate the closing of the European Capital of Culture title year, Esch2022, together with the 19 Luxembourgish and the French municipalities invites you to the Rockhal in Esch-Belval on Thursday 22 December from 17:30 and to an after-show at the new cultural centre L`A

23 November 2022 16:00

What could jazz music look like?

As part of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022, multimedia artist Émile V. Schlesser and the jazz trio Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen are presenting an immersive audiovisual jazz experience: Synaesthesia

On the weekend of the 25th to the 27th of November, visitors have the opportunity to become part of a unique, immersive jazz event organised by Esch2022 at the opderschmelz cultural centre in Dud