BECHER GARE in Bech

“There’s the next stop,” Emil calls out excitedly. Emil and I are walking the children’s walking trail in Bech. This trail is not boring, like trails for the adults. Here, you can really let off steam.

Emil waves me over. I hear something splashing. It is a washing fountain. Emil reads from the board: Grandmother’s washing machine. He looks at me, wide-eyed: “Grandma’s washing machine doesn’t look like that!”

“But grandma’s mother still used to wash this way,” I explain. Emil takes the brush, the soap, the wooden paddle, and gives it a go. He scrubs away like mad. Suddenly, he pants for breath. I laugh: “Have you run out of puff?

Emil sticks his tongue out at me and tries to soak me. At the last moment, I manage to deflect the spray of water with my coat. We put the cleaning equipment back and walk on.

As we go, we still have a number of challenges to tackle. We keep a look-out for animals. We practise long jump. And we learn what makes an echo. The path to the last two stops leads through a long tunnel.

“Is that Charly’s tunnel?” Emil asks. I ask myself who this Charly is. Then I remember. Grandma sometimes talks about Charly. Charly was a train. A very slow train. Charly ran between Echternach and Luxembourg City. On the way, it stopped in Bech. Charly hasn’t run for a long time. But the tunnel and the station are still there.

At the end of the tunnel, Emil suddenly turns round.

“Do you think Charly also has an echo?” he asks me. I shrug my shoulders. Emil makes a funnel with his hands and calls out loudly: “Choo-choo-choo-choo.” From the other end of the tunnel, it echoes back: “Choo-choo-choo-choo.”

“Be careful that Charly doesn’t run you over,” I say. Emil jumps to the side. I burst out laughing. Emil has to laugh too: “You scared me then!”

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Bech
Children’s Trail – “On the Hunt for Charly”
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With 13 different stop-off points, on this children’s trail you can track forest animals and try out “Grandmother’s washing machine”. It sets off from the former station in Bech.
Download - Children’s Trail – “On the Hunt for Charly” | pdf | 8.16 MB

EXTRAS

Mini-Bike

Do you like riding a mountain bike? Then the MTB trail for children in Bech is just right for you. The trail is 1.7 km long. It starts at the old Bech station, the “Becher Gare” in Luxembourgish. The trail runs on a marked route (BMB).

Forest Playground with Forest Skittle Alley

Near the former station in Bech there is an accessible play area, a forest skittle alley, a pétanque terrain and an amphitheatre with. After you finish the children’s trail, you can spend a pleasant afternoon here.