🇱🇺 Strassen

Name: Strassen
Address: Luxembourg Canton, LU

Luxembourg Canton, Luxembourg10,998 inh.35.1/m²· 1,973 €/month

Rent per m² source: Editorial estimate, calibrated on the country's official series

average advertised rent: 1,973 €/month · 294 listings · The advertised €/m² is published per commune; it is used here only where the listing mix matches a normal apartment, and estimated from those communes otherwise.

The capital's residential and office extension along the route d'Arlon. Everything is ten minutes away; rents flirt with city-centre levels.

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Quality-of-life score

5.8

/ 10

City fingerprint

Quality of life7.6

Transport7.6

Nature3.5

Cost of living2.4

Safety5.5

Culture & going out6.5

Remote work8.8

Schools8.4

Luxembourg commute8.2

Commute to Luxembourg City

Car (off-peak)

11 min

Car (rush hour)

17 min

Train

No station — bus or car only

Road corridor: centre

Key figures

−13%

vs capital rent

Car (rush hour) ×2 ×21 days

≈ 12 h

commuting per month

Red flags — the hard truths

Rents and purchase prices among Europe's highest: without a full Luxembourg salary, housing costs become crushing.
Constant construction and densification: the commune changes visibly from one year to the next.

Local political lean

Liberal-centrist tradition (DP leading in the capital and its belt), with a large foreign population that cannot vote in national elections.

Nature & biodiversity

Backed by the Grünewald forests and the Alzette and Pétrusse valleys — major ecological corridors under constant land pressure.

Where this city ranks

🌍ExpatsBest cities for settling in from abroad#3 💼Young professionalsBest cities for a young professional in Luxembourg#4 🚗Cross-borderBest cities for Luxembourg cross-border workers#5 🚆TransportBest-connected cities#5 🎭Culture & nightlifeWhere to go out: the liveliest cities in the Greater Region#5 💻Remote workBest cities for remote work#6 🛡️SafetySafest cities#6 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦FamilyBest cities for families#9

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Guides for this city

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