His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri is a nature lover who enjoys lacing up his hiking boots and exploring Luxembourg's landscapes on foot. However, the Grand Duke has a fond attachment to the garden of the Colmar-Berg castle in the Éislek region of northern Luxembourg. He can relax here, and he knows almost every shrub and flower by heart. We take a stroll with the monarch through the Berg Castle park.
This one tree partially overhanging the path is particularly dear to Grand Duke Henri. The branches with their delicate leaves reach down to the ground, and the inside of the tree (supported by a few poles) forms a proper dome, like a greenhouse, providing shelter from the sun and the rain. "This sophora is certainly well over 150 years old and has been here longer than the castle. We used to play hide and seek here as children. Our grandchildren adore this place too, of course, and my father, Grand Duke Jean, loved to paint watercolours of this tree in his later years. He used to say that the shape of the tree makes it look like a mammoth." Grand Duke Henri smiles as he stands reminiscing inside the green dome. He then steps out of its shadow and continues along the path, away from the castle, towards the tall trees and the carp pond.
