Luxembourg - cheap fuel, petrol, diesel, gasoline in Northern Europe

Well known by those who travel a lot through the region - Luxembourg is the place in Northern Europe to fill up your tank with fuel - gasoline - petrol - diesel. With an average price difference of about 10 eurocents / liter with surrounding countries Luxembourg highway petrol stations are hugely popular.

Luxembourg fuel prices at the Internet

Regardless of the listed price on any website, fuel in Luxembourg is sold at the lowest prices available in Northern Europe. The exact location of the Luxembourg petrol station with the biggest turn-over is shown at the map below.
 

 

Although not updated daily, Luxembourg fuel prices are listed at several sites:

 

IRU fuel prices - International Road Transport Union (registering required)

ACL fuel prices - Automobile Club du Grand-Duché Luxembourg

For comparison, regional fuel prices in France are listed on this government run website:
 

French fuel prices - Prix des carburants en France, site gouvernemental
 

Prices in France are considerable higher compared to Luxembourg.

In April 2010 the Spanish Enclave Ceuta sold diesel for € 0.92 / liter. In July 2010 diesel in Morocco is sold at € 0.60 - 0.70 / liter. In the south of Morocco diesel prices drop to € 0.50 / liter.

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Largest fuel turn-over in Europe at D'Aire de Berchem - Luxembourg
 

Service station D'Aire de Berchem at the A3/E25/E29 highway has 2 petrol station with the largest turn-over in Europe. ARAL petrol station services traffic with direction France, Shell services incoming traffic from France. Shell sold about 200 million liters in 2004 at D'Aire de Berchem only. 80% of this huge volume is diesel, sold to truckers on international transit direction France, Belgium or Germany. ARAL reports an average monthly sale in 2008 of 9 million liters at D'Aire de Berchem only.

Life at Service station D'Aire de Berchem
 

The Samsa Film company in Luxembourg created a 2007 documentary about daily life at D'Aire de Berchem. The documentary "Plein d'essence" tries to highlight both the differences and similarities in behavior of the transiting population.  Plein d'essence was submitted at film festivals in London, Turin, Rotterdam, Saint-Tropez, Varsovie and Saint-Jacques de Compostelle.

The location of D'Aire de Berchem in Luxembourg is mapped below.

Location