A new shopping centre emerged on the Luxembourg landscape on Thursday – at least part of it did. Niederkorn Mall is located in the north of Differdange, close to the Belgian and French borders in southwest Luxembourg.
The first phase comprises a 1,500 square metre Delhaize supermarket, first announced in November 2025. The initial offering of 130 parking spaces will later be complemented by a crèche, a fitness centre, a food court, a barbershop and more.
Another notable addition to phase one of the shopping centre is the first-ever permanent Jean La Gaufre outlet – well known to visitors of the Schueberfouer and other open-air festivities, and now available year-round. The famous waffles are likely to draw visitors from across the Grand Duchy.
It will be 2028 before the full 37,000 square metres of the project open to the public, featuring a total of 55 shops and restaurants. The centre’s second building is still under construction to eventually house the remaining units and increase the car park’s capacity from 130 to 500 spaces.
Promise to the citizens of Niederkorn
Thursday’s partial opening nonetheless marks a milestone in a project that was approved in 2023 by Differdange’s municipal council. “This is a great moment for the town. We had promised the citizens of Niederkorn that we would open a food shop, and today that promise is being fulfilled,” said Mayor Guy Altmeisch.
According to the mayor, the new shopping centre aims both to meet the needs of residents and to cater for the general population growth in Differdange: “We have grown from 30,000 to 32,000 residents and there was a real demand. So we responded and sought investors to open what you see today,” said the mayor.
Guy Altmeisch, mayor (LSAP) of Differdange © Photo credit: Eva Krins
The primary objective of Niederkorn Mall, according to Altmeisch, is to “bring the Differdange community together in a shopping centre”, which he had previously described as a “vibrant hub” in a speech at the opening of the Delhaize. “There will no longer be any need to drive 10 or 20km” to access all the services that the Niederkorn Mall will eventually offer. “We are building a city of short distances,” he said.
The town of Niederkorn is located within the commune of Differdange.
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Why Delhaize chose Niederkorn
“Today, Niederkorn has a population of nearly 8,000. It was therefore only natural for us to come and provide a new solution for the residents,” said Nicolas Gueuzurian, Luxembourg country director for Belgium’s Delhaize supermarket chain. The new Niederkorn outlet is the 66th Delhaize store in the Grand Duchy.
“The choice of locations is made in line with demographics and the commercial needs that may be identified,” said Gueuzurian. “Delhaize operates across three formats, which means we can select suitable locations in line with these formats.”
Delhaize Luxembourg had planned its 66th opening to be the new store near GRIDX in Wincrange, announced at the end of last year for an opening in spring 2026. That opening is going ahead, “but more likely towards the end of the year”, Gueuzurian said. These two stores are Delhaize Luxembourg’s main projects for this year so far.
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Niederkorn Mall not yet revealed all its secrets
With two years to go until the (scheduled) completion of the entire project, it is difficult to describe exactly what Differdange’s second shopping centre, following Opkorn, will look like in the heart of the town. “The Niederkorn Mall will complement the existing offering with Opkorn and local shops,” the mayor said. Any clues as to the retail and service offering that will be available there?
Details are scant. Altmeisch did, however, mention the arrival of a “DIY centre” upon the project’s completion. Patrick Meyer, director of the architectural firm Belvedere, explains that “the second phase is already taking shape, with the construction of the bridge that will form the entrance gateway”.
Developers remain tight-lipped about the centre’s future, but municipal council minutes from 2023 tease the arrival of a food court comprising 11 restaurants arranged around a central plaza, as well as a beer garden-style restaurant with a 4,500 square metre terrace.
But will all these projects mentioned at the time remain unchanged? Have any modifications had to be made to the plans initially drawn up? And will deadlines be met after the initial completion date of late 2027 was pushed back to 2028? No answers were forthcoming at the time of publication.
(This article was published by Virgule. Machine translated, with editing and adaptation by Alex Stevensson)
