The Lindenplatz, in the centre of the village of Lontzen, invites visitors to sit down and have a nice rest, whilst a large wooden train invites children to come and play. A wagon reminds us of the zinc ore mining carried on in Lontzen between 1870 and 1940. The trilingual information panel standing next to it is part of the Via Gulia hiking route (from the source to the confluence) and communicates things worth knowing about those mining activities. Here, among other things, observers can learn why the French capital had an important role to play in the upturn and success of this local zinc mining. On the Lindenplatz, several signposted local circular hiking trails start, as does a 3-kilometre nature trail with 50 species of indigenous trees, bushes and shrubs. As well as that, the square is part of the cycling and hiking node system, which enables guests to navigate easily by nodes. Cycling and hiking routes are connected up by means of a number at the places where they intersect (nodes). Routes can easily be put together in advance with the route planner.
