The town merges almost seamlessly with Luxembourg City's south-eastern suburban quarter of South Bonnevoie, which lies to the north of Howald.

However, for cross-border travel, this has since been supplanted by the A3 motorway, which connects the same two cities via Bettembourg and Dudelange, and the northern terminus of which is just to the west of the town, on the other side of the railway track.

From 20 February 1882 until 22 May 1955 a steam railway line from Luxembourg to Remich ran alongside the route de Thionville through Howald.

[2] The name Jangeli is still maintained as the bus stop location on the Route de Thionville in Howald.

[3] Even until the Second World War, the town was limited almost exclusively to lining the sides of the route de Thionville.