Steinfort: Nature, Trails and Industrial Heritage

Steinfort combines outdoor activities with nature and cultural heritage. You can explore climbing courses, trails along the Eisch, the Schwaarzenhaff nature reserve, Al Schmelz and Piscine Steinfort. The attractions offer a range of experiences, from climbing and cycling to landscapes, industrial history and swimming.

Climbing and trails along the Eisch

Steinfort Adventure offers more than 91 climbing elements across ten courses with varying levels of difficulty. These include zip lines, suspension bridges and Nepalese bridges; platforms and ropes integrated into the landscape connect the stations. When planning your visit, it is therefore worth considering the difficulty level and type of elements.

Gemeind Park invites you to enjoy walks and picnics along the Eisch waterways. The Circuit Auto-Pédestre Steinfort circular hiking trail offers a different focus: it follows the Eisch towards the Belgian border, passes the former Steinfort dam and then runs through the forest to Hafferbësch. While walks and picnics are the focus at the park, the Circuit follows a route with named points along the way.

For cycling, the Attert cycle path PC 12 offers another route: it reaches Steinfort at the N6, skirts the town to the east and then follows the former narrow-gauge railway line “Charly” towards the Valley of the Seven Castles. The circular hiking trail follows the Eisch; the PC 12 is a cycling route that follows Charly towards the Valley of the Seven Castles.

Nature and cultural heritage

The Schwaarzenhaff nature reserve is part of the Natura 2000 site “Vallée de la Mamer et de l’Eisch”. It includes semi-natural dry grasslands, alluvial forests, wet meadows and beech forests. Rare amphibians and bats also find a habitat there, including the midwife toad. The Centre Mirador serves as an entrance to the protected area and provides information about local flora, fauna and cultural heritage.

Al Schmelz is now home to a modern cultural centre; an exhibition tells the story of the former industrial site. The venue hosts theatre performances, conferences, film screenings, exhibitions and receptions. Its current cultural use is part of a longer industrial history: Steinfort’s economic boom in the 19th century was closely linked to the construction of the smelting furnace and crushers in 1846. The works closed in the early 1930s. If you want to attend a specific performance, film screening or exhibition, check the date in advance.

Swimming in Steinfort

Piscine Steinfort offers a different focus. It has a 25-metre pool for training and a 25 × 10-metre multi-purpose pool. Facilities also include a Finnish sauna, a hammam and a solarium. Check the current opening rules before your visit.

Discover more destinations: Kopstal, Septfontaines, Gaichel, Mamer, Bascharage, Olm, Eischen, Hobscheid.

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