Troisvierges, a railway town, three virgin saints and the roof of the country

Troisvierges is where the map runs out. The commune covers Luxembourg’s northern tip, with the country’s northernmost point inside its boundary, and has 3,708 residents spread over eight localities. It goes by three names, Troisvierges in French, Ulflingen in German and Ëlwen in Luxembourgish, and the French one is the youngest.

Three virgins and a pilgrims’ name

According to the commune, the town first appears in 1353 as Ulvelingen. The French name only arrived in the 17th century, when Walloon pilgrims started using it on their way to the shrine of the three virgins, Faith, Hope and Charity, a cult spread by the Franciscans. The church in the centre was completed in 1658 around an earlier chapel first recorded in 1489. It’s baroque, with one of the oldest organs in the country, paintings from the school of Rubens and statues of the three saints. It’s the one stop here I wouldn’t skip.

A town the railway built

Until the mid-19th century Troisvierges was an isolated corner squeezed between Prussia and a newly created Belgium. The Luxembourg to Troisvierges railway opened in December 1866, and by 1871 the population had doubled to 726. By 1910 it was 1,550. visitluxembourg explains that once the line to Saint-Vith opened, the station handled up to 800 wagons a day, that it suffered in both world wars and that US Army engineers had it running again within two months of the German retreat in 1945.

It’s still a stop on CFL line 10, free in second class, and the easiest way to reach the far north without a car. I go through the details in my guide to trains in Luxembourg.

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Walking on the roof of the country

The commune boasts 17 waymarked walks. The most poignant is the sentier des passeurs, two routes of 12 and 9 km from the station that trace the escapes into Belgium of resistance members and young men refusing forced conscription at the end of the Second World War. The Sideschlee, a slate ridge with a view over the whole town, lies on the Éislek Trail, the northern stretch of the Escapardenne, and can only be reached on foot.

Then there’s the summit of the country. In Wilwerdange, within the commune, the Kneiff, at 560 metres, is the highest point in Luxembourg, while Buurgplaatz in Huldange reaches 559. Huldange has another curiosity, because for eighty years, from 1839 to 1919, a point there known as «auf der Schmiede» was where Belgium, Prussia and Luxembourg touched.

The practical bits

The Tourist Info is in the campsite at 46 rue de Binsfeld, right on the Éislek Trail, and hires out two e-bikes from 1 June. Watch the hours, as visitluxembourg only listed its 2026 times up to 30 September, Monday to Friday, so in autumn it’s worth ringing first. In summer there’s a heated outdoor pool with a 45-metre slide, and in the park, the Garden of Europe designed by students from Edinburgh.

As for beds, the commune had a campsite but not a single hotel in STATEC’s 2025 figures. I’d stay in Clervaux, on the same line, and you’ll find it compared in hotels in Clervaux. Next door is Weiswampach with its lakes, linked by the Our Nature Park’s 28 km e-bike route.

Once your dates are set, check which hotels are still free in Clervaux before prices climb.

If you would rather have a local show you round, book a guided tour in Clervaux and choose by the reviews.

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