How walkable is Innere Stadt?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Innere Stadt has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Vienna, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,587 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Innere Stadt. The nearest grocery is Hellenic Market Austria, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Vom Fass3 min
- BILLA4 min
- FABIO Restaurationsbeteiligungs und betriebs GmbH1 min
- feinklein 1 min
- ETRO1 min
- Miu Miu1 min
- Gutruf1 min
- Caffe Delia's1 min
- Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG2 min
- Meinl Bank2 min
- Börsepark8 min
- Volksgarten9 min
- Neue Mittelschule Renngasse6 min
- Volksschule Börsegasse7 min
- Wilhelm Frick Buchhandlung2 min
- Globenmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek5 min
- Oper in der Krypta1 min
- Actors Studio1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Innere Stadt at 48.2100, 16.3697. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 205 street intersections per km², and blocks average 64 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Innere Stadt
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Innere Stadt. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Vienna
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Josefstadt | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Landstraße | 1.7 km | 96 |
| Mariahilf | 1.7 km | 100 |
| Leopoldstadt | 1.7 km | 94 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Vienna page.
Questions about walking in Innere Stadt
Is Innere Stadt walkable?
Yes. Innere Stadt in Vienna has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Innere Stadt more walkable than the rest of Vienna?
Innere Stadt is more walkable than Vienna as a whole: it scores 100, against 91 for the 5 km around Vienna's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Vienna neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Vienna?
Of the 5 Vienna neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Mariahilf (100), Josefstadt (100) and Innere Stadt (100).
How is the walkability score of Innere Stadt calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Innere Stadt it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 950 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.