Luxembourg’s second-largest city, Esch, kicked off its programme as European Capital of Culture 2022 with a brilliant open-air spectacle on Saturday. Around 25,000 guests celebrated in the historic centre of Esch and in the hip university district of Esch-Belval, with live music, DJs, dance, light installations, performances and projections. “We are showing that a region shaped by the steel industry can also do culture,” said the mayor of Esch and president of Esch2022, Georges Mischo. To this end, Esch has brought 18 other municipalities in the south of Luxembourg and in neighbouring France o…