Overview

Founded in June 1979, "ons stad" is a magazine that chronicles the social development City of Luxembourg through articles and features on history, culture and society. Since then, it has developed into a veritable encyclopaedia of information on Luxembourg City.

Since 2018, Simone Beck has been the magazine's publishing coordinator, working in close collaboration with the editorial committee comprising Astrid Agustsson (Head of the City's Service Communication et relations publiques), Christiane Sietzen and Guy Thewes (director of the municipal museums).

Publication and distribution

"ons stad" magazine is published twice a year.

Distribution

  • Residents of Luxembourg City need not register, as it is distributed free of charge to all households in Luxembourg City.
  • It is also available at the City Hall and Bierger-Center reception desks, while stocks last.

Digital collection of past issues

As all back issues have now been digitised, its entire content from previous years is now easily available.

Readers can now browse past issues and use a search engine to look for specific keywords, such as street names, buildings, districts and authors.

"ons stad" is one of the first magazines in Luxembourg to include a search engine on its website that offers full-text searches on all back issues.