Venice and Paris in Luxembourg

Yes! Unfortunately Venice was deconstructed and is no longer there (!), but Paris is still present - there is a place called "Place de Paris" in the center of the Luxembourg-City (nearby the bus stop Paris-Zitha). Maybe it's the way to thank for the Luxembourg Garden and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris ;) By the way - did you know that Paris is only 2 hours from Luxembourg by TGV train?

As for Venice, I mean Luxembourgish Venice - it existed in 2003. Within 6 months, some 300 craftsmen and labourers transformed six hectares of the industrial wasteland Terres Rouges in Esch-sur-Alzette to make it look like Venice at the end of the 16th century. It was done to shot "Secret Passage" (by Adémir Kenovic).

Esch-sur-Alzette seemed to be "good in the role" so it "played" the city of channels once again, this time in the famous "Merchant of Venice" (by Michael Radford, starring Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Al Pacino; based on Shakespeare's play of the same name). Have a look at the sets of "Venice" in Esch (like it?):

source of the photo above: http://www.eu2005.lu (other pictures are mine)