Cultural and Historic Places in Luxembourg from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of cultural and historic places in Luxembourg. The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites tagged via OSM keys for tourism, amenity, historic, or heritage. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres based on the `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural context layers for tourism applications based on the described features.
• Cross-reference local field knowledge for cultural mapping as suggested in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is derived from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, a free world map.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete as noted in the description.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:03:55.042767; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Luxembourg