UNESCO cultural heritageTraditional Hopping Procession returns to Echternach on June 7

Once again, organisers of the Hopping Procession expect thousands of participants and spectators to descend on Echternach for the event.

In 2010, Echternach’s Hopping Procession has been granted the status of UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.

Programme of the 2022 edition

Whit Monday
8pm: Opening ceremony and prayer, conducted by Dr Stephan Ackerman, Bishop of Trier

Whit Tuesday
8.30am: Line-up of the procession
9.15am: Address by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg
9.30am: Beginning of the procession
1pm: Expected arrival of the last participants at the Saint Willibrod basilica, followed by a final prayer.

Knowledge Bites: Echternach’s Hopping Procession