🇱🇺 Dalheim: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Dalheim asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Dalheim charges for its position: you get to work fast, and the rent lets you know.
With 2,396 inhabitants, Dalheim scores 5.4 out of 10 overall, which puts it mid-table of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 24.9 €/m² is lower than in 35% of them, and its 29-minute peak commute shorter than in 81%.
Its strengths: culture & going out (6.3) and quality of life (6.2). Its weak point: transport, at 4.1 — and since the overall score applies a worst-axis penalty, that weakness weighs more than a plain average would suggest.
On the Luxembourg side the daily trip costs nothing: public transport is free across the whole country, and the only price of the journey is time.
What carries it
What holds it back
Where it sits in the area
35 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
81 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,790 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 29 minby car (peak)21 minby train
Photo: Fliedermaus at lb.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 lu🇱🇺 Schifflange
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,790 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 30 minby car (peak)26 minby train
Photo: Johnny Chicago at Luxembourgish Wikipedia · GFDL🇱🇺 Garnich
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Farming plateau facing the Belgian border: four villages, no station, but the A6 within reach and gardens as the main selling point.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,790 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 28 minby car (peak)
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